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New Arrivals Browse more New Arrivals in Sociology $18.16 Sale Hardcover add to wish list Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work Matthew B. Crawford $25.00 New Hardcover add to wish list Just Like Family: Inside the Lives of Nannies, the Parents They Work For, and the Children They Love Tasha Blaine $47.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list The Fabric of American Literary Realism: Readymade Clothing, Social Mobility and Assimilation Babak Elahi $26.95 New Hardcover add to wish list Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation, and Youth Violence Are Changing America's Suburbs Sarah Garland $23.25 New Hardcover add to wish list Key Concepts in the Practice of Sufism: Emerald Hills of the Heart, Vol. 3 M. Fethullah Gulen $19.95 New Hardcover add to wish list The Book of Cool: What Is It? Who Decides It? and Why Do We Care So Much? Marianne Taylor Browse more New Arrivals in Sociology General Browse more titles in Sociology-General Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford Staff Pick One of the most engaging, thought-provoking books I've read in a long time. Matthew Crawford has delivered an accessible, carefully reasoned examination of work and America's evolving ideas about it, addressing a host of important subjects — for... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.16 Sale - Hardcover add to wish list check for other copies Recently Arrived Used Browse recently arrived used titles in Sociology $5.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Keeping Women and Children Last: America's War on the Poor Ruth Sidel $9.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-To-Work in Four Cities (Contemporary Political and Social Issues) Stephen V Monsma $9.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list On Hashish Walter Benjamin $7.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Healthy Cities John Ashton $11.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Placemaking Jay Walljasper $5.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society (Heritage of Sociology) Emile Durkheim Browse recently arrived used titles in Sociology Poverty Browse more titles in Sociology-Poverty The Glass Castle: a Memoir by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Urban Studies Browse more titles in Sociology-Urban Studies Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes Staff Pick Mapes's fantastic and inspiring Pedaling Revolution deserves to be read by everyone, from the cycle-curious to the cycle-phobic. Love it or hate it, the pedaling revolution is upon us — read all about it!... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Media Browse more titles in Sociology-Media Communication in History : Technology, Culture, Society (5TH 07 Edition) by David Crowley Publisher Comments Communication in History’s outstanding selection of readings from classic and contemporary sources gives an extensive overview of the most important ideas in the field.   Encompassing topics as wide-ranging as the role of printing in the rise... (read more) List Price $141.50 Your price: $92.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies American Studies Browse more titles in Sociology-American Studies Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss Publisher Comments Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. "I've started to... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Developing Countries Browse more titles in Sociology-Developing Countries The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs Publisher Comments A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the worldas poorest citizens Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, this landmark exploration of prosperity and poverty distills the life work of an economist Time calls one of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Children and Family Browse more titles in Sociology-Children and Family Childhood in America by Paula Fass Synopsis Free Teacher's Guide available for Childhood in America Childhood in America is a unique compendium of sources on American childhood that has many options for classroom adoptions and can be tailored to individual course needs. Because the subject of... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Islamic Studies Browse more titles in Sociology-Islamic Studies The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran by Hooman Majd Publisher Comments A revealing look at Iran by an American journalist with an insider’s access behind Persian walls The grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, now an American citizen, Hooman Majd is, in a way, both 100 percent Iranian... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list check for other copies Sale Books Browse more titles in Sociology-Sale Books A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960 by Elizabeth Rose Publisher Comments Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care. We criticize mothers who choose not to stay at home, but we pressure women on welfare to leave their children behind. We recognize the benefits of early childhood education, but do not provide... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Used Books Browse more titles in Sociology-Used Books Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis Publisher Comments "Graced with a bold political and environmental vision, much splendid phrasemaking and a multitude of facts. . . . A truly eccentric contribution."--The New York Times Book Review <BR>Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies

Bestsellers Saturday, July 11, 2009 Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford The Glass Castle: a Memoir by Jeannette Walls Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Contributors | June 25, 2009 Circles and Cycles 1 comment By Kaya Oakes "When I saw those changes taking place, I decided to take matters into my own hands, because the days of wining and dining authors were clearly coming to an end." Continue » $9.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture Kaya Oakes Guests | June 22, 2009 Bracketology 0 comments By Richard Sandomir "who needs Top 10 lists when you can bracketize, and along the way, discover how much more fascinating it is to pick winners through the prism of great one-on-one matchups?" Continue » $13.96 Sale Trade Paper add to wish list The Final Four of Everything Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir Review-a-Day | June 18, 2009 The Binding of Isaac 1 comment By Review-a-Day Rosenfeld's Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing by Steven J. Zipperstein Reviewed by Adam Kirsch The New Republic Online "Zetland: By a... Continue » $21.95 Sale Hardcover add to wish list Rosenfeld's Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing Steven Zipperstein Original Essays | June 16, 2009 The Evolution of God 1 comment By Robert Wright On September 11, 2001, I was scheduled to start teaching a graduate seminar at Penn called "Religion and Human Nature." But religion and human... Continue » $18.19 Sale Hardcover add to wish list The Evolution of God Robert Wright Review-a-Day | June 15, 2009 The Way of All Debt 1 comment By Review-a-Day Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (Massey Lectures) by Margaret Eleanor Atwood Reviewed by John Gray New York Review of Books A... Continue » $15.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (Massey Lectures) Margaret Atwood

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