Society and Social Sciences Books
HarperCollins A Walk Around the Block
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight…he may just change how you look at the world around you.” — TODAY Show "No neighborhood walk will ever be the same after Spike Carlsen reveals to you the extraordinary origins of your ordinary surroundings. His grand storytelling style will make you wonder why you’ve always taken for granted alleyways, asphalt, and manhole covers, and how your ancestors could ever have lived without them." — Rebecca Martin, technical editor, Mother Earth News and Grit "Writing in the mode of Edward Humes, David Owen, and Mary Roach, Carlsen offers an eye-opening and exuberantly informative walk-around-the-block tour that is made-to-order for this time of necessary at-homeness." — Booklist (starred review) "Carlsen takes 'mundane' objects and illuminates their importance to society, creating a unique book that will have readers looking at everyday objects in different ways." — Library Journal “An entertaining and informative read” — Physics Today “A Walk Around the Block succeeds in making the mundane fascinating, opening our minds (and front doors) to an everyday world easily taken for granted.” — Bookpage (starred review) “This book is going to make you observe your world differently, which will lessen your stuck-at-home boredom.” — Philadelphia Tribune
£11.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Power Moms How Executive Mothers Navigate Work
Book SynopsisTrade Review”Power Moms releases us working mothers from the guilt of outdated roles and unrealistic expectations. Most important, Lublin empowers us with the stories of incredible female leaders.” — Sarah Alter, CEO and president of Network of Executive Women ”Joann Lublin helps unravel the myth of having it all and reminds working moms to embrace the messy realities of work/life balance. It’s a fantastic case study of working women.” — Meg Whitman, former CEO of Quibi, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Hewlett-Packard ”Powerful women aren’t yet powerful enough because they still face obstacles their male counterparts don’t, such as the motherhood pay gap and unequal division of labor in the home. That’s both unfair and costly, not only to the individual women who suffer unjustly but also to families, communities, businesses, and society. Thanks to Joann Lublin for her gripping account of the real lives of today’s executive mothers and her practical recommendations for our movement to an egalitarian world.” — Stewart D. Friedman, Professor Emeritus of Management Practice, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and author of the bestsellers Total Leadership and Leading the Life You Want and co-author of Parents Who Lead “Power Moms is a must read for the next generation of business leaders and working moms and moms-to-be. Yes, the world has changed for young women balancing motherhood and business. But Power Moms illustrates how much further we have to go so that women and men can raise their children well while carving out successful careers.” — Abbe Raven, former CEO and acting chairman, A+E Networks “There is no person better qualified to opine on this subject than Joann Lublin. Through her career at the Wall Street Journal, she has developed an unparalleled understanding of the world of work as seen through the eyes of highly successful women. As a devoted journalist, wife, and mother, she has a deep and visceral understanding of the dance required to raise a family and navigate one’s career journey through that world of work. As a society, we can do better, and Joann helps us see how.” — Doug Conant, founder, ConantLeadership; former CEO, Campbell Soup Company; New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author
£22.50
HarperCollins God Is a Black Woman
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc My People
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A wonderful showcase of the work of an invaluable 20th-century journalist.” — Kirkus, starred review “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a hero of the Civil Rights movement and a brave and glorious writer. In the cause of humanity and clear-eyed reporting, she has always held the banner high.” — David Remnick “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary. Spanning datelines in the American South, South Africa and points scattered in between, her work constitutes a history of our time as rendered by the pen of a singular and indispensable black woman journalist.” — Jelani Cobb “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is the quintessential eye-witness to the riveting events and fascinating characters of the last half-century’s racial reckoning. In this invaluable collection—informative, vivid, bracing and humane—she reveals the distance traveled and the hard road yet ahead.” — Geraldine Brooks “Since climbing the marble steps to her first class at UGA, which she integrated in 1961, Charlayne Hunter-Gault has been a front-row observer and reporter of racial turbulence around the world. The pages in this book are a study in Black history—and reiterate her lasting impact on society. Charlayne has the innate ability to make connections, lift voices, and make every one of us—no matter our race, color, creed, or religion—feel that we will break through, together, one day.” — Heather Dunhill, Sarasota Magazine “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an absolute gift to this world. She’s one of those unsung female heroines who bravely helped change the landscape in the worlds of civil rights and education. I was able to attend the University of Georgia and pursue a journalism career because of her sacrifice. What an eye opening experience to read her gripping new book, My People, and to fully understand her journey of struggle and triumph. Thank you Charlayne for staying in the fight even when it felt dangerous and uncertain . . . and for eventually claiming your purpose and your joy! I stand on your shoulders as do so many others.” — Deborah Johnson, ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent “Charlayne Hunter-Gault has masterfully weaved together her decades of bearing witness to the experiences of Black people in America and around the globe. Detailing the realities and challenges of those ranging from the everyday person to global icons, her clear and incisive words speak to both the head and the heart. Despite the struggles that she so adeptly and compassionately describes, her historic perspective leaves you with a sense of optimism that is her trademark and that is needed as much now as ever.” — Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH President, Spelman College " A fascinating record of the evolution of modern Black life.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Pathblazing journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault has gifted us this collection of some of her most essential pieces, illustrating the beauty, variety and nuance of the Black experience over five decades.” — Ms. magazine “[A] powerhouse collection. . . . Whether covering the TV show Black-ish or politics in South Africa, Hunter-Gault employs razor-sharp thinking and a keen journalistic eye. This solidifies her status as one of the greats.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review “This collection compounds Hunter-Gault’s impact by delivering a version of American history that is complex in its backward and forward glimpses and that reinforces the enduring need for telling old stories, so readers can relearn what they should have gotten right decades ago. Hunter-Gault’s book makes it easy to revisit difficult historical moments and envision better choices, better outcomes, and better futures.” — Library Journal, starred review "An inspirational collection and a must-read." — Booklist, starred review
£19.00
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Best of Health 25 Stories on Living He 25 Stories
Book SynopsisInspiring stories of battling extraordinary situations, exploring hormones, stem cells, excess pitfalls, bypass surgery, caregiver anguish, rare conditions, staying away from home, overcoming grief, addictions, phobias, and cancer. Narratives of compassion, empathy, guidance for prevention and cure shared by those in need and helping others.
£7.40
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd The Big Bookshelf Sunil Sethi in Conversation
Book SynopsisPulsating with pleasure, adventure and discovery, and tempered by nostalgia, this book speaks as eloquently to the armchair traveller as to lovers of the sae and its lore.
£7.40
Cengage Learning, Inc Marriage in Culture
Book SynopsisMARRIAGE IN CULTURE is an innovative text that makes accessible to a broad audience the rich insights anthropology provides into the meaning of marriage in different cultures. Marriage practices in the four societies discussed contrast with each other in dramatic ways-from number of spouses to the meaning of postmarital residence arrangements.The author provides compelling ethnographic accounts of the !Kung San (Bushman), Chinese, Iroquois, and Tibetan societies to familiarize students with anthropologists' unique perspective on marriage in culture. Each chapter places marriage within the context of the whole culture, exploring the ways in which different economic, political, family, and gender systems shape the practice and meaning of marriage. The author makes an original contribution by highlighting the importance of postmarital residence in defining different experiences of marriage for husbands and wives in each society.Trade Review1. Marriage as a Cultural Practice. 2. Marriage Among the !Kung San of Southern Africa. 3. Marriage in Traditional Chinese Society. 4. Marriage Among the Historical Iroquois. 5. Marriage Among Tibetans: The Nyinba of Nepal. 6. Epilogue.Table of Contents1. Marriage as a Cultural Practice. 2. Marriage Among the !Kung San of Southern Africa. 3. Marriage in Traditional Chinese Society. 4. Marriage Among the Historical Iroquois. 5. Marriage Among Tibetans: The Nyinba of Nepal. 6. Epilogue.
£67.50
Oxford University Press Inc From Deficit to Dialect
Book SynopsisThe emergence of new English dialects in postcolonial regions has transformed the politics of English in the world and language ecologies in many regions. Why, how, and when did these dialects develop? Why do they have the accents and grammars that we hear? Are the grammars of these dialects completely different due to the influence of local languages, or similar due to natural tendencies in human cognition? In terms of social identity, do these new speakers behave like native speakers of British or American English, or like language learners? Focusing on two prominent cases; English in India and in Singapore; this book examines the social, historical, and cognitive forces that together created and continue to shape these dialects. Differences in the linguistic ecology of the two regions help us to identify the strongest mechanisms of dialect formation under long-term cultural contact. The multi-scale analysis of a range of bilinguals moves beyond a simplistic divide between ''deficit'Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction PART I. ENGLISH IN INDIA Chapter 2. Histories of English in India Chapter 3. Errors or innovations? Chapter 4. The article system Chapter 5. The verbal system Chapter 6. Dialect identity PART II. COMPARING INDIA AND SINGAPORE Chapter 7. Rates of change Chapter 8. Grammatical universals? Chapter 9. The role of input Chapter 10. Style range and attitudinal change Chapter 11. Summary and implications
£92.80
Oxford University Press Inc The Contest for Japans Economic Future
Book SynopsisJust as a wave of entrepreneurship created Japan''s postwar economic miracle, so it will take a new generation of entrepreneurs to revive its stagnant economy. A complex distribution system dominated by the incumbents has made it hard for newcomers even to get their products on store shelves. Fortunately, major social changes are now opening new opportunities. Generational changes in attitudes about work and gender relations are leading more and more talented people to the new companies. This includes ambitious women who are regularly denied promotions at traditional companies. The rise of e-commerce is enabling tens of thousands of newcomers to bypass the traditional distribution system and sell their products to millions of customers. Three decades of low growth have convinced many within both the elites and the public of the need for change. Still, progress remains an uphill climb because of resistance by powerful forces. Bank financing remains quite difficult. For example, the system of lifetime employment has made it very hard to newcomers to recruit the staff they need. Banks, who are often in the same sprawling conglomerates as the corporate giants, are still loath to lend to new companies. While parts of the government try to promote more startups, other parts resist making the needed changes in regulations, taxes, and budgets.Japan''s economic future will be determined by the contest detailed in this book.
£21.84
Oxford University Press Psychology in Everyday Life
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£35.99
OUP India The Cracked Mirror An Indian Debate on Experience
Book SynopsisUsing the format of a dialogue between two authors, this book confronts the problematic issues of experience and theory by first beginning with an analysis of the nature of experience followed by an argument for an ethics of theorizing. These topics are discussed within the context of theorizing dalit experience and conceptualizing the problematic category of untouchability, by drawing upon both Indian and Western intellectual traditions.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction - Gopal Guru and Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 1: Egalitarianism and the Social Science in India - Gopal Guru Chapter 2: Experience and Theory: From Habermas to Gopal Guru - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 3: Understanding Experience - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 4: Experience, Space, and Justice - Gopal Guru Chapter 5: Experience and the Ethics of Theory - Gopal Guru Chapter 6: Ethics of Theorizing - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 7: Phenomenology of Untouchability - Sundar Sarukkai Chapter 8: Archaeology of Untouchability - Gopal Guru Chapter 9: Conclusion - Gopal Guru and Sundar Sarukkai References Index
£17.99
Oxford University Press, USA Making Social Sciences More Scientific The Need for Predictive Models
Book SynopsisIn this book the author challenges the position of statistical analysis as the main quantitative tool used in social sciences. Why Social Sciences Are Not Scientific Enough will be of interest to social science students, researchers, and methodologists.Table of ContentsPART I. THE LIMITATIONS OF DESCRIPTIVE METHODOLOGY; PART II. QUANTITATIVELY PREDICTIVE LOGICAL MODELS; PART III. SYNTHESIS OF PREDICTIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE APPROACHES
£101.25
The University of Chicago Press Love and Saint Augustine
Book SynopsisThis is a revised and corrected English translation that incorporates Arendt's own substantial revisions and provides additional notes based on letters, contracts and other documents. It demonstrates how her early work on Augustine provides the key to her later critique of modernity.
£17.10
University of Chicago Press Social Science as Civic Discourse Essays on the
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£47.50
The University of Chicago Press Aid to Africa So Much To Do So Little Done
Book SynopsisInvestigates the impact of bureaucratic politics, special interest groups, and public opinion in aid-giving countries/agencies. This work finds that aid agencies in Africa often misdiagnosed problems and had difficulty designing appropriate programs that addressed the local political environment.
£28.50
University of Chicago Press General Education in the Social Sciences
Book SynopsisHigher education's most vibrant and contentious issues--common and specialized learning in the curriculum, conceptions of general and liberal education, the design of common core sequences, the merits of classic texts and contemporary research, Western and non-Western course materials, the place of undergraduate teaching in scholarly careers--have for decades been debated by the faculty of the College of the University of Chicago. At the College, they have become embodied in educational programs of sufficient historical depth to reveal patterns of intellectual and pedagogical continuity amidst changing social and institutional circumstances. Social Science 2 holds the place of honor among these educational projects. For more than half a century, Soc 2 has been one of the most influential courses in American undergraduate education. This unique, year-long course, the oldest and most distinguished of its kind at any American university, has served as an ongoing experiment in how the social sciences can be taught and learned in the general education context. In this collection John MacAloon has gathered essays by fourteen eminent social scientists--such as David Riesman, Michael Schudson, and F. Champion Ward--who as either teachers or students were profoundly shaped by Soc 2. Their multifarious and selective memories--full of dissonances and harmonies of recollection, judgment, and voice--create a compelling biography of a course and a college that have survived tumultous change through sustained and committed argument. This book will be of great interest to anyone interested not only in the theory but the practice of higher education.
£81.00
University of Chicago Press General Education in the Social Sciences
Book SynopsisHigher education's most vibrant and contentious issuescommon and specialized learning in the curriculum, conceptions of general and liberal education, the design of common core sequences, the merits of classic texts and contemporary research, Western and non-Western course materials, the place of undergraduate teaching in scholarly careershave for decades been debated by the faculty of the College of the University of Chicago. At the College, they have become embodied in educational programs of sufficient historical depth to reveal patterns of intellectual and pedagogical continuity amidst changing social and institutional circumstances. Social Science 2 holds the place of honor among these educational projects. For more than half a century, Soc 2 has been one of the most influential courses in American undergraduate education. This unique, year-long course, the oldest and most distinguished of its kind at any American university, has served as an ongoing experiment in how the social sciences can be taught and learned in the general education context. In this collection John MacAloon has gathered essays by fourteen eminent social scientistssuch as David Riesman, Michael Schudson, and F. Champion Wardwho as either teachers or students were profoundly shaped by Soc 2. Their multifarious and selective memoriesfull of dissonances and harmonies of recollection, judgment, and voicecreate a compelling biography of a course and a college that have survived tumultous change through sustained and committed argument. This book will be of great interest to anyone interested not only in the theory but the practice of higher education.
£36.03
The University of Chicago Press Controlling Unlawful Organizational Behavior
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£22.80
Palgrave Macmillan Sharing our Lives Online Risks and Exposure in
Book SynopsisWhy do we share so much about our lives on social media when we often have little idea who might be reading or viewing? David R. Brake examines the causes and consequences of moving towards a radically open society.Trade Review“Sharing our lives online: Risks and exposure in social media, by David R. Brake is a comprehensive research-based book, dealing with the risks of sharing and revealing personal information online. … David R. Brake has extracted this book out of his doctoral dissertation, which makes it an interesting example for postdoctoral researchers to publish their research.” (Marziyeh Ebrahimi, Information, Communication & Society, Vol. 21 (12), 2018)'In the age of social media sharing, David R. Brake presents a nuanced, evidence-based, and highly readable account of the dangers of exposing our lives online, grounded in understandable scientific and scholarly theory. Steering between uncritical enthusiasm at one pole and moral panic at the other - extremes that have characterized much of the public discourse about the effects of social media - Brake shows exactly how, and in what circumstances, sharing aspects of our personal lives online can be risky. Sharing our Lives Online also offers sound advice to individuals and parents who need to know what to do themselves to take advantage of social media without running into the pitfalls of oversharing, and need to know how to talk to their children about risks and cautions.' - Howard Rheingold '[Sharing our Lives Online] provides a compelling account of the risks of online communication and the ways in which technologies are constructed to lead us to disclose more than we may think. [His research is] delicately woven into a rich discussion of the economic, technical and social factors that encourage self-disclosure [and features] a fascinating glimpse into blogging practice over time... An engaging and illuminating book.' Times Higher Education 'Sharing Our Lives Online is an interesting resource for students and scholars in the fields of digital media and interpersonal communication but also for a non-academic audience interested in the risks of online self-exposure. Not only does it successfully combine theoretical discussion and empirical examination; it also draws upon specific case studies that make the reading particularly accessible.' - LSE Review of Books, 2014Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1. Introduction 2. What is Risky and Who is at Risk? 3. How and Why Social Media Interaction is Different 4. Imagining the Reader 5. Time and Memory in Social Media 6. Towards a Radically Open Society 7. Conclusion Bibliography
£42.74
Columbia University Press Technology the Economy Society the American
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Columbia University Press Representations Essays on Literature and Society
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£23.80
Columbia University Press The Republic in Print
Book SynopsisOffers a history of the early republic and its antebellum aftermath. Challenging the idea that print culture created a sense of national connection among different parts of the early American union, this book reveals the early republic as a series of local and regional reading publics with distinct political and geographical identities.Trade ReviewLoughran's logic throughout is deep, intricate, and scholarly... Good reading. American Journalism Loughran's well-written book will likely promote vigorous debate among historians of U.S. nationhood, print culture, and slavery. -- Carl Ostrowski The Journal of American History A remarkable study, both in its marshaling of archival detail and in its ambitious thesis. -- Phillip H. Round William and Mary Quarterly ...Promise[s] to be useful to literary scholars in many ways. College Literature This book is inventively dialectical, unfailingly provocative, and consistently interesting. It formulates its myraid insights with an unusually rich, incisive and occasionally playful language that is deligtful to read. -- Oz Frankel American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface: A View from the Capitol: The Unfinished Work of US Nation Building 1. U.S. Print Culture: The Factory of Fragments Part I. The Book's Two Bodies: Print Culture and National Founding, 1776-1789 2. Disseminating Common Sense: Thomas Paine and the Scene of Revolutonary Print Culture 3. The Republic in Print: Ratification as Material Text, 1787-1788 Part II. The Nation in Fragments: Federal Representation and its Discontents, 1787-1789 4. Virtual Nation: State-Based Identity and Federalist Fantasy 5. Metrobuilding: The Production of Federalist Space Part III. The Overextended Republic: Slavery, Abolition, and National Space, 1790-1870 6. Abolitionist Nation: The Space of Organized Abolition, 1790-1840 7. Slavery on the Move: From Fugitive Slave to Virtual Citizen Conclusion: The Due Process of Nationalism
£73.60
Springer Us Handbook of the Sociology of Gender Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
Book SynopsisDuring the past three decades, feminist scholars have successfully demonstrated the ubiq uity and omnirelevance of gender as a sociocultural construction in virtually all human collectivities, past and present.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: “... I find the volume as a whole to offer a broad range of diverse sources and perspectives that are conveniently brought together in a single compendium. For a handbook that necessarily presumes a certain level of disciplinary knowledge, and hence some degree of jargon, it is relatively accessible and clearly written ... This book is a substantial resource ...” (American Journal of Sociology)Table of ContentsI: Basic Issues. 1. The Varieties of Gender Theory in Sociology.- 2. A Feminist Epistemology.- 3. Similarity and Difference: The Sociology of Gender Distinctions; II: Macrostructures and Processes.- 4. Comparative Gender Stratification.- 5. Third World Women and Global Restructuring.- 6. Gender and Migration.- 7. The Feminization of Poverty: Past and Fugure.- 8. Gender Movements.- 9. Gender and Organizations.- 10. The Study of Gender in Culture: Feminist Studies/Cultural Studies; III: Microstructures and Processes.- 11. Gender Socialization.- 12. Gender and Social Roles.- 13. Gender and Interaction.- 14. Gender, Violence, and Harassment; IV: Institutions.- 15. Gender and Paid Work in Industrial Nations.- 16. Sex, Race, and Ethnic Inequality in United States Workplaces.- 17. Gender and Unpaid Work.- 18. Gender and Family Relations.- 19. Gender and Education in Global Perspective.- 20. Gender, Hierarchy, and Science.- 21. Gender and Health Status.- 22. Health Care as a Gendered System.- 23. Gender and Politics.- 24. Gender, Crime, and Criminal Justice.- 25. Gender and the Military.- 26. Gender and Sport.- 27. Gender and Religion.- Epilogue.- Index.
£42.74
Random House USA Inc Active Liberty
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Random House USA Inc The Knot Bridesmaid Handbook Help the Bride Shine
Book SynopsisWill you be my bridesmaid?Now that you've said Yes!, a whole world of joys--and jobs--awaits. The Knot, the #1 source for wedding information, has created this book to help you become a brilliant bridesmaid—which also means a brilliant therapist, communications coordinator, stylist, and bodyguard to the bride.You'll get the real deal on:The duties: What you need to do in the months leading up to the big celebration, and on the big dayThe parties: How to throw a fab bachelorette and a shower the bride will always rememberThe dress: How to magically ensure you'll love it as much as the bride doesThe other gals: How to deal with the best and worst from your fellow maidsSprinkled throughout are tons of bonus pointers on how not to break the bank and the lowdown from real-life bridesmaids before you, and their hilarious or horrifying anecdotes of brazen brides and bridesmaids behaving badly.
£11.69
Random House USA Inc Brooklyn Zoo
Book SynopsisIn her eye-opening, ruthlessly honest account, Darcy Lockman shares the stress, frustratation, and exhilaration of her clinical training as a psychologist in the midst of institutional dysfunction at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital. After leaving her career in magazine journalism to become a psychotherapist, Darcy Lockman confronted a slew of challenges including numerous troubling cases, struggles to provide the poor and chronically ill with adequate care, and the general and sometimes humorous indignities of being a trainee in any field. This compelling memoir will by turns deeply move, shock, and enrage you. Hope is not lost though, and Brooklyn Zoo introduces us to the many smart people currently trying to fix the mental health-care system, enhancing our understanding of what psychologists can make possible through their work.
£13.56
National Academies Press The Future of Air Traffic Control
Book SynopsisFocuses on the interaction of pilots and air traffic controllers, with a growing network of automated functions in the airspace system. This book explores ways in which technology can build on human strengths and compensate for human vulnerabilities, minimizing both mistrust of automation and complacency about its abilities.
£67.45
National Academies Press Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy
Book SynopsisUsing Science as Evidence in Public Policy encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. This report investigates why scientific evidence is important to policy making and argues that an extensive body of research on knowledge utilization has not led to any widely accepted explanation of what it means to use science in public policy. Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy identifies the gaps in our understanding and develops a framework for a new field of research to fill those gaps. For social scientists in a number of specialized fields, whether established scholars or Ph.D. students, Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy shows how to bring their expertise to bear on the study of using science to inform public policy. More generally, this report will be of special interest to scientists who want to see their research used in policy making, offering guidance on what is required beyond producing quality research, beyond traTable of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Why This Report Now; 5 3 The Use of Research Knowledge: Current Scholarship; 6 4 Research on the Use of Science in Policy: A Framework; 7 5 The Next Generation of Researchers and Practitioners; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: Selected Major Social Science Research Methods: Overview; 10 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
£30.40
NATL ACADEMY PR Structural Racism and Rigorous Models of Social
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National Academies Press Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
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£25.17
National Academies Press Womens Empowerment Population Dynamics and
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National Academies Press Economic and Social Mobility
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National Academies Press Examining Prosecution
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sins of Fathers
Book Synopsis‘Michael is living proof that love always has the power to bring you home.’ Charlie Mackesy‘A cracking read. Really gets to the bottom of the madness of a man fighting his demons.’ Ray Winstone‘His life may have had its ups and downs, but it is wonderful example of God’s transforming power.’ Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of HTB & pioneer of ALPHA‘Take it from me, Michael got up to some mischief. And to find some peace at the end of it all! You really need to hear this story.’ Former London Crime Boss Growing up, Michael wanted nothing more than to follow in his dad’s footsteps and join the family business. Aged 18, he did just that and entered into the glamourous, dangerous world of organised crime.Michael’s father, a career criminal and contemporary of the infamous Krays, was a wayward role model. Soon Michael&rsqTrade Review'A cracking read. Really gets to the bottom of the madness of a man fighting his demons.' * Ray Winstone *'Having been on the journey with him since he left prison, I can honestly say he is the real deal and I am in awe of his desire to be a better man.' * Paul Cowley MBE *'His life may have had its ups and downs, but it is wonderful example of God's transforming power.' * Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of HTB & pioneer of ALPHA *'Michael has battled the darkest nights and the fiercest storms. Somehow he has come through it with strength and kindness and humility. What a journey. What a story.' * Jaime Haith *'Michael is living proof that love always has the power to bring you home.' * Charlie Macksey *'Owen Sins of the Fathers' is both gut-wrenching and heart-warming. Michael Emmett is searingly honest and incredibly vulnerable in telling his story.' * Rev. Canon Mike Pilavachi MBE *'Owen uses his years of experience as a therapist to help us look at our lives and happiness in a clear and practical way. A brilliant book of intelligent advice and detailed case studies that encourages reflection and positive change.' * Paul Anderson, Actor Peaky Blinders and The Revenant *'Take it from me, Michael got up to some mischief. And to find some peace at the end of it all! You really need to hear this story.' * Former London Crime Boss *
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Zondervan Dont Follow Your Heart
Book SynopsisWhy chasing after expressive individualism, experiences, and desires always fails to deliver on its promise of happiness.Today we are told to be true to ourselves, look within for answers, and follow our hearts. But when we put our own happiness first, we experience record-breaking levels of aimlessness, loneliness, depression, and anxiety. Self-centeredness always fails to deliver the fulfillment we''re seeking.In Don''t Follow Your Heart, Thaddeus Williams debunks the ten commandments of self-worship, which include popular propaganda, like: #liveyourbestlife: Thou shalt always act in accord with your chief end—to glorify and enjoy yourself forever. #followyourheart: Thou shalt obey your emotions at all costs. #yolo: Thou shalt pursue the rush of boundary-free experience. Williams builds a case that this type of self-worship is not authentic, satisfying, orTrade Review'Don't Follow Your Heart is a bold, timely, and enjoyable read. Williams takes the top ten common 'commandments' permeating our culture and systematically shows how they each lead (surprisingly) to misery and brokenness. This is a book I will be recommending wholeheartedly to the next generation.' * Sean McDowell, Ph.D. apologetics professor at Biola University, popular YouTuber, author of A Rebel’s Manifesto *'Don't Follow Your Heart is filled with truths that lay bare the theological, philosophical, and logical failures of today's self-worship religion. Williams writes with a wit and relatability that make this book a joy to read. If I could put it into the hands of every Christian high school student, I would!' * Natasha Crain, speaker, podcaster, and author of four books including Faithfully Different *'In Don't Follow Your Heart, Thaddeus Williams challenges us to break the self-worship commandments that promise freedom but deliver captivity. I appreciate the bold urgency of this call. Following the herd is leading our generation off a cliff. Maybe a little heresy can do us a lot of good.' * Collin Hansen, editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, host of Gospelbound, and author of Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation *'Thaddeus Williams skillfully dismantles the ten commandments of self worship and shows us a better way. Don't Follow Your Heart is a wonderfully biblical guidebook for those who desire full, meaningful, and counter-cultural lives--lives with God at the very center.' * Uche Anizor, associate professor of theology, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, author of the award-winning Overcoming Apathy *'The fear of missing out (#FOMO) and self-worship began in the garden. Instead of bearing God's image as witnesses of his majesty, we have become imposters who bear witness to our own kingdoms. Thaddeus Williams exposes the futility of self-worship with kingdom of God-aligned correctives that reflect God's glory and his commitment to redeem us. Read this book expectantly. You won't be disappointed.' * Joanne Jung, Ph.D., associate dean of online education and faculty development and professor of biblical and theological studies, Biola University *'Today's ascendent religion--a new orthodoxy--derives from malformed self-love and expressive individualism and includes a new ethical code: following your heart. Gratefully, Thaddeus Williams here provides a calm, careful, and cogent cure rooted, not in Self, but in Savior, the One who created and loved us, the One who made our hearts for Him, the One who truly has just authority and thereby does all things right. Following one's heart will cause us to flinch in fear, being forever trapped in dead end comparisons and endless strivings to both 'follow our hearts' but also 'be like Mike.' Christ liberates us so that under His gentle yoke we no longer flinch in fear but can flourish in faith. By NOT following our hearts, we gain the heart of God. Dr. Williams illustrates the way to do so in this key and needed volume. Don't follow your heart; instead, follow my advice and read this book - twice!' * Jeffery J. Ventrella, J.D., Ph.D., architect, The Blackstone Legal Fellowship *'With the publication of Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth, Professor Williams established himself as a leading evangelical philosophical Theologian with a tender heart for Jesus and others. He also possesses a keen eye for the hot-button issues in culture that are undermining unbelievers and believers alike. Now comes Don't Follow Your Heart, a penetrating book if insights that get deep into the heart of the emotional and spiritual suffering ubiquitous in our society. Not content to identify the fundamental problems, Williams goes on to provide us with ways to spot a set of problems in our own lives and practical steps to set them aside and live a more flourish biblical life. The book is deep but quite accessible and fun to read. I strongly recommend this book.' * JP Moreland, distinguished professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University and author of A Simple Guide to Experiencing Miracles *
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Little, Brown Book Group Primitive Rebels
Book SynopsisSocial agitation is as essential a part of public life today as it has ever been. In Eric Hobsbawm''s masterful study, Primitive Rebels, he shines a light on the origins of contemporary rebellion: Robin Hood, secret societies, revolutionary peasants, Mafiosi, Spanish Civil War anarchy, pre-industrial mobs and riots - all of which have fed in to our notions of dissent in the modern world.Coining now familiar terms such as ''social banditry'', Primitive Rebels shows how Hobsbawm was decades ahead of his time, and his insightful analysis of the history of social movements is critical to our understanding of movements such as UK Uncut, Black Lives Matter and the growing international resistance to Donald Trump''s presidency.Reissued with a new introduction by Owen Jones, Primitive Rebels is the perfect guide to the revolutions that shaped western civilisation, and the bandits, reformers and anarchists who have fought to change the world.Trade ReviewA pioneering work opening up several little-explored themes. Its subject matter is of profound human interest . . . a very satisfying book. Written with a broad sociological slant, it continually thrusts ideas upon its readers, and it is inspired by a humanity and a deep sympathy for humble people -- Christopher Hill * History Today *Hobsbawm writes so fairly and with so much understanding and sympathy that many who disagree with him fundamentally will find their own views substantially altered by what he says * Spectator *There is much more in this carefully considered book than a lively account of forgotten risings * New Statesman *A book which is as fruitful as this one in posing problems as well as in providing answers descerves the careful attention of any reader. It is plausible, suggestive and intelligent * Observer *
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Cengage Learning, Inc Empowerment Series Research Methods for Social
Book SynopsisIf you're intimidated by the thought of taking research methods, Rubin and Babbie's classic bestseller can help you overcome the fear factor often associated with this course with its reader-friendly presentation of all aspects of the research endeavor. If you're not intimidated, you'll still appreciate the authors' clear and often humorous writing style as well as the book's depth and breadth of coverage. RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK, Ninth Edition, strikes an optimal balance of quantitative and qualitative research techniques -- illustrating how the two methods complement one another and can be integrated in the same study. Relevant examples from real-world settings highlight the connections between research and social work practice. Comprehensive, friendly, accurate, and integrating the best of technology, this text is widely considered the best text for the research methods course -- and when you read it, you'll see why.Table of ContentsPart I: AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK. 1. Why Study Research? 2. Evidence-Based Practice. 3. Factors Influencing the Research Process. 4. Comparing Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods of Inquiry. Part II: THE ETHICAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH. 5. The Ethics and Politics of Social Work Research. 6. Culturally Competent Research. Part III: PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT. 7. Problem Formulation. 8. Conceptualization in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry. 9. Measurement. 10. Constructing Measurement Instruments. Part IV: DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE. 11. Causal Inference and Experimental Designs. 12. Quasi-Experimental Designs. 13. Single-Case Evaluation Designs. 14. Program Evaluation. Part V: DATA-COLLECTION METHODS WITH LARGE SOURCES OF DATA. 15. Sampling. 16. Survey Research. 17. Analyzing Existing Data: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Part VI: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. 18. Qualitative Research: General Principles. 19. Qualitative Research: Specific Methods. 20. Qualitative Data Analysis. Part VII: ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA. 21. Descriptive Data Analysis. 22. Inferential Data Analysis. Part VIII: WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS. 23. Writing Research Proposals and Reports. Appendix A: Using the Library. Appendix B: Statistics for Estimating Sampling Error. Appendix C: Critically Appraising Meta-Analyses.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Black Joy Project
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Random House USA Inc Slam Dunks And NoBrainers Pop Language in Your
Book SynopsisIn this marvelously original book, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan offers fascinating insights into why we’re all talking the talk—Duh; Bring it on!; Bling; Whatever!—and what this reveals about America today. Savan traces the paths that phrases like these travel from obscure slang to pop stardom, selling everything from cars (ads for VWs, Mitsubishis, and Mercurys all pitch them as “no-brainer”s) to wars (finding WMD in Iraq was to be a “slam dunk”). Real people create these catchy phrases, but once media, politics, and businesses broadcast them, they burst out of our mouths as celebrity words, newly glamorous and powerful. Witty, fun, and full of thought-provoking stories about the origins of popular expressions, Slam Dunks and No-Brainers is for everyone who loves the mysteries of language.
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Random House USA Inc A New World Order
Book SynopsisThe Africa of his ancestry, the Caribbean of his birth, the Britain of his upbringing, and the United States where he now lives are the focal points of award-winning writer Caryl Phillips’ profound inquiry into evolving notions of home, identity, and belonging in an increasingly international society.At once deeply reflective and coolly prescient, A New World Order charts the psychological frontiers of our ever-changing world. Through personal and literary encounters, Phillips probes the meaning of cultural dislocation, measuring the distinguishing features of our identities-geographic, racial, national, religious-against the amalgamating effects of globalization. In the work of writers such as V. S. Naipaul, James Baldwin, and Zadie Smith, cultural figures such as Steven Spielberg, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Marvin Gaye, and in his own experiences, Phillips detects the erosion of cultural boundaries and amasses startling and poignant insights on whether there ca
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Random House USA Inc Embroideries
Book SynopsisFrom the best–selling author of Persepolis comes a gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. “Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute.” —ElleEmbroideries gathers together Marjane’s tough–talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vagaries of men.As the afternoon progresses, these vibrant women share their secrets, their regrets and their often outrageous stories about, among other things, how to fake one’s virginity, how to escape an arranged marriage, how to enjoy the miracles of plastic surgery and how to delight in being a mistress. By turns revealing and hilarious, these are stories about the lengths to which some women will go to find a man, keep a man or, most important, keep up appearances.Full of surprises, this introduction to the private lives of some fascinating women, whose life stories and lovers will strike us as at once deeply familiar and profoundly different from our own, is sure to bring smiles of recognition to the faces of women everywhere—and to teach us all a thing or two.
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Diversified Publishing Chicago Tribune Daily Crossword Omnibus 300
Book SynopsisLook what just blew in from Chicago! It's 300 daily-size puzzles from the pages of the Chicago Tribune, edited by Wayne Robert Williams. These manageable daily-size puzzles are easy to enjoy anywhere, whether commuting to work or waiting for an appointment. • 300 puzzles for the same $12.95 as our 200-puzzle omnibus editions• Not too easy, but not too hard• Wayne Robert Williams expertly edits all the Chicago Tribune puzzles
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Random House Children's Books Golden Legacy The Story of Golden Books Deluxe
Book SynopsisBack in print, the fascinating history of Little Golden Books, in celebration of their 75th anniversary in 2017! With a Foreword by Eric Carle. Eminent children's historian Leonard Marcus' Golden Legacy chronicles the fascinating story of the creation, marketing, and worldwide impact of Little Golden Books, the most popular children's books of all time. Launched during the dark days of WWII, Golden Books such as The Poky Little Puppy were an instant sensation. Hallmarked by their superlative quality yet affordable to nearly all, they changed the cultural landscape and mirrored our changing postwar culture: the powerful influence of television, the post-Sputnik renaissance in American science education, and the birth of the civil rights movement. Lavishly illustrated with the iconic Golden Book covers and colorful artwork generations of children have pored over, Golden Legacy is a compelling tale of mavericks, innovators, a
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Basic Books Spheres Of Justice A Defense of Pluralism and
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Cultural Conservatism Political Liberalism
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis well-wrought, well-researched book tackles one of the major academic battles of our times, the culture wars. . . . It endorses a tradition going back to Samuel Johnson and Matthew Arnold. It denounces, or at least criticizes, 'contemporary cultural leftists' such as Richard Rorty, Fredric Jameson, Edward Said, and Stanley Fish--all of whom agree that the past is not a corrective to the present but a source of error. The error, Seaton argues, is theirs. . . . Seaton's book . . . argues well for that 'sense of wonder' which is, by anyone's measurement, our priceless heritage and hope."--Roanoke Times & World News"This wonderful book defends a tradition of American cultural self-criticism that includes Irving Babbitt, H. L. Mencken, Dwight McDonald, the Trillings, Edmund Wilson, and Ralph Ellison from famous and formidable contemporary opponents. Seaton takes on Richard Rorty's pragmatism, the cultural radicalism of Leslie Fielder and Susan Sontag, the trendy academic cultural studies movement of Frederic Jameson, Edward Said, and Stanley Fish, and the cultural conservatism of E. D. Hirsch and Allan Bloom. . . . This book, above all, is a criticism of the pretensions of American romantic idealism, the desire to liberate the self from all constraints for its natural innocence. Because such liberation is really impossible, all that disappears is what is required for genuine self-scrutiny and self-restraint. The pursuit of the innocent self produces the imperial self and the deranged self. . . . Seaton is a most reasonable, sensible, courageous, instructive, and witty liberal, and we should count him among our most helpful friends."--University Bookman
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Ebola Culture and Politics
Book SynopsisIn this case study, readers will embark on an improbable journey through the heart of Africa to discover how indigenous people cope with the rapid-killing Ebola virus. The Hewletts are the first anthropologists ever invited by the World Health Organization to join a medical intervention team and assist in efforts to control an Ebola outbreak. Their account addresses political, structural, psychological, and cultural factors, along with conventional intervention protocols as problematic to achieving medical objectives. They find obvious historical and cultural answers to otherwise-puzzling questions about why village people often flee, refuse to cooperate, and sometimes physically attack members of intervention teams. Perhaps surprisingly, readers will discover how some cultural practices of local people are helpful and should be incorporated into control procedures. The authors shed new light on a continuing debate about the motivation for human behavior by showing how local responses Table of Contents1. Images and First Contact. 2. Outbreak Ethnography: The Anthropologists Toolkit. 3. Indigenous Knowledge about Epidemics: Uganda 2000-2001. 4. Providing Humanitarian Care: Congo 2003. 5. Facing Death and Stigmatization: Healthcare Workers and Survivors. 6. Ebola Outbreaks, Past and Present. 7. Outbreak Control. 8. Explaining Human Responses to Acute High-Mortality Epidemics. 9. Policy, Terrorism, and Bird Flu. Appendix A: The Role of a Medical Anthropologist in Outbreak Alert and Response. Appendix B: Useful Internet Sites. References Cited. Index.
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University of California Press Know Your Chances
Book SynopsisEvery day we are bombarded by television ads, public service announcements, and media reports warning of dire risks to our health and offering solutions to help us lower those risks. This book intends to help consumers sort through this daily barrage by teaching them how to interpret the numbers behind the messages.Trade Review"Short and simple... Present(s) the basic skills necessary in navigating today's confusing health-media landscape. " Library Journal " Delightful and educational reading, simple enough for laypeople to understand yet academic enough to meet the needs of ... students." -- L. Synovitz Choice "Know Your Chances is an accessible and empowering text." Journal Of Biosocial Science "A great reminder that ... medical claims should always be evaluated by how they affect you and your current state of health." Tampa Tribune "A great reminder that ... medical claims should always be evaluated by how they affect you and your current state of health." Highlands Today "Read this book first and then think again." Time MagazineTable of ContentsWhat This Book Is About PART ONE. WHAT IS MY RISK? 1. Understanding Risk 2. Putting Risk in Perspective 3. Risk Charts: A Way to Get Perspective PART TWO. CAN I REDUCE MY RISK? 4. Judging the Benefit of a Health Intervention 5. Not All Benefits Are Equal: Understand the Outcome PART THREE. DOES RISK REDUCTION HAVE DOWNSIDES? 6. Consider the Downsides 7. Do the Benefits Outweigh the Downsides? PART FOUR. DEVELOPING A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM 8. Beware of Exaggerated Importance 9. Beware of Exaggerated Certainty 10. Who's Behind the Numbers? EXTRA HELP Quick Summary Glossary Number Converter Risk Charts Credible Sources of Health Statistics Notes Index
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Virtual Light
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer.”—People“A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination.”—Entertainment Weekly“Convincing . . . frightening . . . Virtual Light is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores.”—Chicago Tribune“In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
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