Society and Social Sciences

Sunny, Rainy, and their mother (Mother Nature) are fictional characters with meaningful real-life experiences.

Lana Hopskins is just a normal woman living a mundane life as an elementary school teacher in a fallen-apart school district when she decides it's time for a change in life.

With all the talk about "e;democracy"e; these days, it's surprising how little time is spent concentrating on the concept of democracy itself, its history and justification as a form of political governance.

In less than four months, beginning with a staff of five, an obscure office buried deep within the federal bureaucracy transformed the nation's hospitals from our most racially and economically segregated institutions into our most integrated.

Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life.

Specialized public resources for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are increasingly common and diverse--from protection order courts and dedicated domestic violence units in police precincts to a vast network of community-based emergency shelters and counseling services.

Tiere als therapeutische und pädagogische Helfer einzusetzen ist heute fächerübergreifend üblich geworden.

Elizabeth Urizar Mota, es una guatemalteca que, en los ultimos doce anos de su vida se ha dedicado a investigar los temas relacionados con el conflicto armado en Guatemala.

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The State of the Republic is an overview of significant political, social and economic events since the end of WWII, along with a look at the criminal justice system, that have led up to the quagmire of disorder witnessed daily among our political leaders in Washington.

Fraud costs the United Kingdom a reported GBP198 billion per year and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (March 2016) estimates that there are over 5 million incidents of fraud and 2 million cyber-related crimes committed annually.

This work revisits and expands upon Yankelovichs seminal 1991 book, Coming to Public Judgment, which argued that people advance through several distinct stages to form politically meaningful judgments about public issues.

This fully illustrated volume explores German military aviation during WWI through archival photographs and authentically detailed replicas.

In the field of emergency response and crisis management, staff work is a tried and tested, but as yet little studied, method of dealing effectively with complex situations.

This book examines the insights of a common man as he examines problems within our country and problems people most deal with on a daily basis.

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Universal Craftsmen is thirty-one lectures that were revised explaining the various rites and symbolisms of Freemasonry and how they are to be applied in reconstructing one's moral development.

The Woman in the Violence draws on fieldwork conducted in Lima, Peru, one of the largest cities in Latin America, and the life stories of dozens of women to examine multiple forms of violence and how it interrelates in their lives.

This book examines President Theodore Roosevelt's use of the United States naval services as supporting components of his diplomatic efforts to facilitate the emergence of the United States as a Great Power at the dawn of the 20th century.

For over thirty years, we have worked on communication and behavior with children and adults in diverse settings and cultures.

Profiles of history's most "e;elite"e; serial killers-including Bluebeard, Henry Lee Lucas, and Erzsebet Bathory.

An "e;outstandingly dramatic and moving"e; memoir of fleeing a brutal girlhood in Somalia-and becoming a supermodel and UN special ambassador (Kirkus Reviews).

Learn everything you need to know to start using business analytics and integrating it throughout your organization.

1000 Years for Revenge is a groundbreaking investigative work that uncovers startling evidence of how the FBI missed dozens of opportunities to stop the attacks of September 11, dating back to 1989.