Politics & Social Sciences

An internationally renowned palliative care physician offers guidance on living with a terminal illness. Based on research funded by the Soros Foundation an...

A Beautiful, Full-color Book Showcasing 20 Best Practice Designs From Ecovillages Around The World--Categories: Arts & Photography ArchitectureSustainab...

How To Read Better And Faster is a book that teaches reading techniques to its readers - techniques that can help them increase their reading speed and rete...

**the Instant New York Times Bestseller** Kompromat N.--russian For Compromising Information This Is A Story Of Dirty Secrets, And The Most Powerful People ...

Waking At Lou's -- A Considerable Trauma -- Footprints -- The Top Of Their Games -- No Bed, No Breakfast -- The Woman In The Castle -- Motion Sickness -- A ...

An Accessible Introduction To The Science Of Evolutionary Psychology And How It Explains Many Aspects Of Human Nature. Unlike Many Books On The Topic, Which...

The defect, Sandel maintains, lies in the impoverished vision of citizenship and community shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. American politics has...

"This book is a virtual case study in the application of hermeneutical principles to illuminate philosophical texts. The book contains translations of eight...

A Collaborative Picture Book About Music. The Wilco Book Documents The Band At Home, On Tour, And In The Recording Studio, While Elucidating Its Ideas, Phil...

As A Commentator, Citizen, And Advisor, Daniel Yankelovich Has Had A Long Career Reporting And Analyzing National Issues, Trends, And Opinions. Here, He Sha...

The contested creation of free movement—for people and goods—in the Schengen area of EuropeEurope is a place of free movement among nations—or is it? ...

This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storyte...

Few Concepts Are More Unshakable In Our Culture Than Free Will, The Idea That Individuals Are Fundamentally In Control Of The Decisions They Make, Good Or B...

The Lost Soul of American Politics is a provocative new interpretation of American political thought from the Founding Fathers to the Neo-Conservatives. R...

The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who rais...

Synthesizing the best and most current scholarship, Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents is a widely admired, ground-breaking text. Th...

Examines The Political Party's Activities Beyond The Lebanese Borders, From Its Financial And Logistical Support Networks To Its Covert Criminal And Terrori...

This volume includes the complete texts of two of John Stuart Mill¹s most important works, Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and selections from his other wr...

Plan Of The Book -- 1. Attitudes And Language: Foundational Issues. The Importance Of Attitudes. The Nature Of An Attitude. Attitude As Input And Output. Th...

In This Thoughtful Treatise Spurred By The 2015 Death Of African-american Academic Sandra Bland In Jail After A Traffic Stop, New Yorker Writer Gladwell (th...

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his...

A clear, understandable book which shows the many ways spiritual problems try to affect children, and how to effectively minister deliverance for Children a...

Corporations need great leaders – particularly during times of distress and crisis. Shareholders, employees, and longtime customers all experience firsth...

Julien Benda's classic study of the European 1920s resonates today. La trahison des clercs is one of those phrases that bristle with hints and association...

Since 1999, a number of documents relating to the CIA’s activities in Guatemala have been declassified, and a truth and reconciliation process has unearth...

Narcissism — a very positive and inflated view of the self — is everywhere. It's what you have if you're a politician and you've strayed from your wife...

357 pages of excellent text, filled with fabulous photos. The most original political book to come along in years, it is a magnficent panorama of Canadian d...

Dean Jobb. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPolitical Science

How anyone can become a data ninja From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as...

The idea for Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told came up between Carol Shields and longtime friend Marjorie Anderson over lunch. It appeared that after d...

The Emphasis On Duly In Kant's Ethics Is Widely Held To Constitute A Defect. Marcia W. Baron Develops And Assesses The Criticism, Which She Sees As Comprisi...

In A Natural, Cultural, And Artistic History Of Our Favorite Mood Enhancer, The Authors Show How Caffeine Was Discovered, Its Early Uses, And The Unexpected...

Martha C. Nussbaum. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 512-525.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences PhilosophyHistory & Schools of Thought

Prior to the original publication of Africa in History, the history and development of Africa had been measured by the European concept of "civilization", a...

Benjamin Weinstein. The Royal Historical Society. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 177-195) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Poli...

Describes The Potsdam Conference, Which United Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, And Joseph Stalin To Establish Post-war Order, Negotiate Lasting Peace Treat...

Henry Willson was one of the quintessential power brokers in Hollywood during the late 1940s and 1950s when he launched the careers of Rock Hudson, Lana Tur...

"The tree of life represents the roots of man. The branches are the different directions a man can take, live or exist. When you're dead, those that you le...

The first Latin American to become a superstar, Ramon Novarro was for years one of Hollywood's top actors. Born Ramón Samaniego to a prominent Mexican fam...

In the years following World War II a group of gay writers established themselves as major cultural figures in American life. Truman Capote, the enfant ter...

Out, outrageous, provocative, and proud, this comprehensive anthology and library resource reviews 500 of the best of Hollywood's output of gay, bisexual, ...

The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul."\From Marion Davies'...

"This beautifully illustrated book. . . . [is] Both an ethnographic study and an homage to a culture." -Los Angeles Times "Text and pictures combine to giv...

"Carl Jung said, "Children are driven, unconsciously, in a direction that is intended to compensate for everything that was left unfulfilled in the life of ...

A philosophical exploration of the nature, scope, and significance of ecofeminist theory and practice. This book presents the key issues, concepts, and ar...

Discusses The Spate Of Wall-building By Countries Around The World And Considers The Reasons Why Walls Are Being Built In An Increasingly Globalized World I...

Following on from Roy Bhaskar‘s first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism , Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation...

This Philosophical Critique Of Psychoanalysis Takes Psychoanalysis Seriously But Not As Unchallengeable Dogma. Pt. 1. Under The Rule Of The Reality Principl...