Society and culture: general

The Missing Link blazes a unique trail through the conundrums and controversies generated by evolutionary theory and religious thought.

Family stories of the ties between mothers and daughters form the foundation of Mothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures.

Commercial Poultry Production on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore traces the beginnings and development of commercial poultry production in this very important region.

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice?

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice?

How can sociology inform our understanding of young people's experiences?

This revised edition incorporates plays accessible to students at high novice and intermediate levels, while retaining dramas that challenge and heighten the proficiency of the most advanced students.

As the country recognizes the 101st birthday of former President Ronald Reagan, this memoir offers insight into a local Anglo-Protestant community in Westchester, California, that was but one grain of sand in a sea of change that led to the Reagan Revolution.

The voices of second-generation Korean Americans echo throughout the pages of this book, which is a sensitive exploration of their struggles with minority, marginality, cultural ambiguity, and negative perceptions.

Power and Influence demonstrates how the indigenous wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales can be used to enhance modern life.

The Italian/American Experience: A Collection of Writings represents a meaningful attempt to inform Italian Americans about their group's varied experiences in America.

African Son is a record of the author's many trips to Africa-as a Peace Corps volunteer, Fulbright scholar, teacher, and traveler-over the course of thirty years.

This book is a fresh approach to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

Queens of Mean is an immediate call to action-to stop the bullying and emotional cruelty of girls toward each other in our schools and communities.

The issue of the other has always been an urgent one, especially since 1980's, when the political debates over race, gender, class, culture, ethnicity, and post-colonialism took the central stage.

International Conflict Analysis in South Asia: A Study of Sectarian Violence in Pakistan analyzes the ideological relationship of the Muslim identity to its perceived practice of Islam among the Shia and Deobandi sects.

In the years 1922-1930 Brazil's political and cultural arenas were bestirred by distinct movements of protest and demand for change, forcing a great shift in the manner Brazilians perceived themselves and their country, and shaping a national climate of opinion which led to a revolution and substantial reforms.

I promise you, you have no idea where this story is going Taylor Jenkins Reid s Must-Read Book of the Year in TIME Magazine A clever, twisted thriller.

The complete guide to everyone's favourite films.

Against John Ogbu's oppositional culture theory and Claude Steele's disidentification hypothesis, Jesus and the Streets offers a more appropriate structural Marxian hermeneutical framework for contextualizing, conceptualizing, and evaluating the locus of causality for the black male/female intra-racial gender academic achievement gap in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

Fritz Marti (1894-1991) came from Switzerland, where he had completed his doctorate in philosophy, to The University of Oregon, Eugene, in 1923.

Political developments in Georgia have always been baffling to those who did not live there.

This new history of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, focuses on the growth and evolution of the Congregation through the years 1944-1999.

This book is a collection of essays that reflect the desire and determination guiding many practitioners and researchers as they work together in more meaningful and relevant ways for literacy.

Theory of Social Involvement examines the dynamic interplay between church, state, and society.

Men drink too much alcohol, eat unhealthy food and avoid going to the doctors until they are seriously ill.

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLERA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES'ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE' ED BALLS'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAILTHE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSONBoris Johnson has always been larger than life.

On the whim of an idea, a sophomore student, unlike any other sophomore, takes on the might of the academic world with one of the most thought provoking books written on psychology and philosophy.

Key to understanding drug misuse is an awareness of the full range of models that seek to define, explain and treat the problem.

A highly amusing and satirical look at what happens when grungeland meets suburbia head-on.

What are the potentially negative consequences of an undeniably good public policy?

Humanity now stands at a crossroads between a world of unimaginable wonders and one of unprecedented terrors.

The Continuing Legacy of Simone Weil analyzes the core work of Simone Weil and her views on the nature of the human condition, humanity's relationship with God, and the objective state of our world.

The author's father, when he was a senior Communist Party member in Belorussia, could have been implicated in the assassination of Mikhoels, the popular director of the State Jewish Theatre in the Soviet Union.

Labor Avoidance is about work, something everyone hates, and something everyone longs to escape.

An autobiography unlike other literary forms shows the ego of an author.

It was almost November 2012 when Hurricane Sandy, a late arrival in an otherwise quiet tropical season, slammed into the Mid-Atlantic US coastline.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula serves as a standard textbook in graduate and senior level undergraduate classes in colleges and universities to contribute to the existing mass communication and ICT literature.

Church growth in metropolitan communities motivated a short study concerning the pastoral care and counseling of immigrants, specifically Black Caribbean congregants in large/mega congregations.

From newspapers to social networking sites, the mass media play a huge role in shaping the way we see ourselves and others.

Introducing key psychodynamic theory, concepts and techniques, this text examines the challenges and opportunities of counselling adolescents and children.

This book seeks to liberate and empower practitioners seeking to meet the needs of all the troubled children and young people who come to them for help.

Homo Sapiens, A Problematic Species examines how Western culture has understood and continues to understand what it is to be human.

What is posthumanism and why does it matter?

This work sets forth the argument that in the age of (neoliberal) globalization, black people around the world are ever-so slowly becoming "e;African-Americanized"e;.

This book addresses the climate change crisis through scientific, historical, and spiritual lenses.

Organizational communication impacts service efficiency and productivity.

This anthology of primary material brings together literary and non-literary texts from the 18th century focusing on issues including commerce and colonialism.

A contemporary reflection on current practice, this book gets to the heart of what 'youth work' is about.

The Mungellos (pronounced mun-JEL-os) were Italian-American children of Vesuvius.