Politics & Social Sciences

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from whi...

George Grant—philosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist, Christian—was one of Canada's most significant thinkers, and the author of Lament for a Na...

Every single year in Canada, one-third of all deaths among Indigenous youth are due to suicide. Studies indicate youth between the ages of ten and nineteen...

The star news anchor recalls her career-risking decision to speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace, shares the stories of women who have faced...

For the Sweet Magnolias, now a Netflix original series, friendship lasts a lifetime…\Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity and have the bes...

Happy Lives, Good Lives offers a thorough introduction to a variety of perspectives on happiness. Among the questions at issue: Is happiness only a state o...

How Can Confusing Directions Actually Help Us? Why Can Large Bonuses Make Ceos Less Productive? Why Is There Such A Big Difference Between What We Think Wil...

Gordon Williamson. Distributor From Label Mounted On T.p. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 172-173.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics &...

From Library JournalThis fascinating book should appeal to general readers interested in popular culture, art, and literature. Gerould, a professor of theat...

\"A hard-hitting polemic against religious fundamentalism\" - Foreword by Richard Dawkins ' Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not ...

Bill Bryson meets Thomas Frank in this deeply insightful, unexpectedly hilarious story of how politicians hijacked American democracy and how we can take i...

An inside look at America's most controversial charter schools, and the moral and political questions around public education and school choice.The promise...

In the tradition of Michael Moore, Ed Asner—a.k.a. Lou Grant from The Mary Tyler Moore Show—reclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that ...

Traces The Author's Journey Of Self-discovery After The Dissolution Of Her Marriage, Revealing How She Found Healing By Rejecting Gender Standards And Refus...

Colin Morris traces the origin of the concept of the individual, not to the Renaissance where it is popularly assumed to have been invented, but farther bac...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

A journalist reflects on the recent past and offers a wide-ranging perspective on the startling changes now reshaping the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, a...

J. Krishnamurti was one of the most influential and widely known spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. Here, he inquires with the reader into how r...

THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH includes key selections from the most important works of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most distinguished writers of our time -...

When environmental health problems arise in a community, policymakers must be able to reconcile the first-hand experience of local residents with recommend...

In this dual autobiography, father and son discuss their war experiences in Vietnam, how the tragedy of cancer--caused by exposure to Agent Orange--has affe...

Documents the pell-mell pace of a major political campaign--Cuomo's remarkable, come-from-behind victory over Mayor Edward Koch in the primary and his victo...

Community Psychology, 6th Edition offers an easy-to-navigate, clearly organized, and comprehensive overview of the field, with theoretical roots that carry...

Genocide Confounds Scholars, Practitioners, And Laypersons Alike. Despite The Carnage Of The Twentieth Century, Our Understanding Of Genocide Remains Partia...

Why did George Washington personally lead the militia that put down the Whiskey Rebellion? What drove Harry Truman to fire Douglas MacArthur at the height o...

A primer on the world's best parenting strategies—with eye-opening research on the surprising disadvantages lurking in the typical American childhood. ...

FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023"Groundbreaking" ―Next Big Idea Club\"This book helps us live happier, successful, and more fulfilling lives." â...

if You Know The Enemy And Know Yourself, You Need Not Fear The Result Of A Hundred Battles. If You Know Yourself But Not The Enemy, For Every Victory Gain...

101 Questions for Humanity - The supreme coffee table book for armchair philosophers. Designed to provoke, question, and challenge. Crack the cover open dur...

Once A Sleeping Giant, China Today Is The World's Fastest Growing Economy -- The Leading Manufacturer Of Cell Phones, Laptop Computers, And Digital Cameras ...

How scientists saved humanity from the deadliest infectious diseases--and what we can do to prepare ourselves for future epidemics. After the unprecedented ...

Consumer advocate, investigative reporter, and bestselling author John Stossel is back with a new book based on his top-rated 20/20 segment, which debunks ...

Pt. 1. Ideologies: The American Constitution: A Revolutionary Interpretation / Stanley N. Katz -- The Constitution Of The Thinking Revolutionary / Ralph Ler...

Aristotle is widely regarded as the greatest of all philosophers; indeed, he is traditionally referred to simply as `the philosopher'. Today, after more tha...

As a child, Victoria Spry was brutally beaten, neglected and starved by the woman she called Mummy.To the outside world Eunice Spry was a devoted parent, b...

The World Is Complex, But Acknowledging Its Complexity Requires An Appreciation For The Many Roles Context Plays In Shaping Natural Phenomena. In Unsimple T...

Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist ...

2017 Books for a Better Life Award Winner: Inspirational Memoir The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profoun...

Product Description A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-firs...

Fresh with new insights, issues, and developments, thisintriguing book offers a sound analysis of religion as a social institutionthat is interdependent an...

Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. In Bodies of Inscription Margo D...

This fully revised and updated edition of Social Psychology is an engaging exploration of the question, "what makes us who we are?" presented in a new, str...

* NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Painfully good. The book could have been called, 'Outrageous.' The story Andy Slavitt tells is not just about Trump's monumental ...

Socialists Don't Sleep Is About All The Sneaky Ways The Secular Left Has Pressed Socialism Into American Politics And Life - And Why Christians Are The Only...

Now available in paperback, the New York Times bestseller that reveals the shocking truth about President Trump's enemies.The assault on the 45th president...

How The Grove Became Gay : 1936-1945 -- Built Upon The Sand -- The Gay Country Club : 1946-1959 -- The Battle For The Beach -- Conviviality And Camp -- Trou...

more Than A Martial Art, T'ai Chi Is Also A Holistic Method Of Self-healing, A Form Of Moving Meditation, And A Philosophical Way Of Life. Health, Relaxati...

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting...