Politics & Social Sciences

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The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create™ includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest a...

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Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emergin...

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Building upon the foundations students gain in introductory sociology courses,Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective examines the social dynamics and conse...

Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses, which are regarded by many as the ulti...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignan...

In this courageous memoir, Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, tells her inspirational story of how she emerged from...

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The authors of the New York Times bestseller Awkward Family Photos are back with a hilarious tribute to the unbreakable and sometimes uncomfortable bond bet...

In the midst of our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative. Now, more than ever, we need to pause--intentionally--and encounter the ...

The First Nine Months Of Donald Trump's Term Were Stormy, Outrageous -- And Absolutely Mesmerizing. Now, Thanks To His Deep Access To The West Wing, Bestsel...

In Boys Should Be Boys, one of our most trusted authorities helps parents restore the delights of boyhood and enable today’s boys to become the mature, conf...

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Descartes's Meditations On First Philosophy, The Fundamental And Originating Work Of The Modern Era In Western Philosophy, Is Presented Here In Donald Cress...

INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER After a decade abroad, the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he ha...

This is a fascinating 2008 study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls...

What Wisdom Is And Why We Need It -- Introduction: The Need For Wisdom -- What Wisdom Is : The Janitor And The Judge -- Balancing Acts : Why Wisdom Is Pract...

Bringing The Ancient Matchmaking Tool Of Astrology Into The 21st Century, The Astrology Of Love & Sex Explores The Romantic And Sensual Sides Of The Zod...

Intention is generally viewed as a pit-bull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this vi...

Through five editions of this best-selling text, David Myers has guided millions of students through their introduction of psychology. The tour always inclu...

In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of ...

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Explore The Vestiges Of The Hamlets And Villages That Have Been Swallowed Up By Toronto’s Relentless Growth. Over More Than Two Centuries, Toronto Has Bal...

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‘Clear and accessible – Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory makes difficult ideas available to an undergraduate audience’ -Larry Ray, Pro...

Things have turned black at the House of Night. Zoey Redbird’s soul has shattered. With everything she’s ever stood for falling apart, it’s seeming m...

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This New Seventh Edition Of Critical Approaches Seeks To Make Informed Critics Of Its Readers By Presenting The Challenging Concepts Of Canada S Political S...

An Anthology Of Writings Of The Modern Period. It Provides The Key Works Of Seven Major Philosophers, Along With A Selection Of Associated Texts By Other Le...

The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek...

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. ...

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Within these visionary pages, meditation and dharma teacher Spring Washam meets the spirit of one of America's greatest ancestors, Harriet Tubman. The Spiri...

Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen y...