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Islamism and Islam by Bassam Tibi Publisher Comments Despite the intense media focus on Muslims and their religion since the tragedy of 9/11, few Western scholars or policymakers today have a clear idea of the distinctions between Islam and the politically based fundamentalist movement known as Islamism... (read more) Your price: $30.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic 
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Reframing Transracial Adoption: Adopted Koreans, White Parents, and the Politics of Kinship by Kristi Brian Publisher Comments Until the late twentieth century, the majority of foreign-born children adopted in the United States came from Korea. In the absorbing book Reframing Transracial Adoption, Kristi Brian investigates the power dynamics at work between the white families... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $26.78 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide Publisher Comments The definitive source for the movie fan magazine and how it espoused hoopla and fashioned... (read more) Your price: $40.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Persian Room Presents by Patty Farmer Publisher Comments Ever since Patty Farmer was a little girl, she dreamed of living at the Plaza-just like Eloise of storybook fame. Decades later, she realized that dream when she moved into an apartment on the eighth floor of the famed hotel and became more passionate... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Space, Place and Mental Health by Sarah Curtis Publisher Comments There is a strong case today for a specific focus on mental public health and its relation to social and physical environments. From a public health perspective, we now appreciate the enormous significance of mental distress and illness as causes of... (read more) List Price $124.95 Your price: $120.26 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World by Daniel C. Hallin Publisher Comments Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Hallin and Mancini's... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $23.10 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Event in Science, History, Philosophy & Art by Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon Publisher Comments In this book, Dr. Ben-Aharon demonstrates how the transformation of human consciousness in modern times is expressed in the fields of Science, History, Philosophy, and Art. He shows how creative concepts have been discovered and applied in physics... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $14.43 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Ethnocultural Factors in Substance Abuse Treatment by Shulamith Straussner Publisher Comments This book presents a culturally informed framework for understanding and treating substance abuse problems. From expert contributors, chapters cover specific ethnocultural groups in the United States, including Americans of African, Native American... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $43.31 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Ghost Hunters of the South: Revised Second Edition by Alan Brown Publisher Comments Southerners are accustomed to hearing stories of a residence, an old hotel, a mansion, or a battlefield being haunted. In Ghost Hunters of the South, Alan Brown shows that ghostlore is no longer enough for some. The forty-four ghost hunting groups he... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $20.35 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Designing Social Inquiry by Gary King Publisher Comments While heated arguments between practitioners of qualitative and quantitative research have begun to test the very integrity of the social sciences, Gary King, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba have produced a farsighted and timely book that promises to... (read more) Your price: $14.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Planning By Law and Property Rights Reconsidered by Thomas Hartmann Publisher Comments This book makes the (often implicit) theory behind planning by law and property rights explicit and relates it to those challenges. It starts by setting out what is understood by planning by law and property rights, and investigates - theoretically and... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $96.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Wawahte: Subject: Canadian Indian Residential Schools by Robert P. Wells Publisher Comments WAWAHTE As told to Robert P. Wells By Indian Residential School Survivors Wawahte is a non-fiction book. Although this is the story of Esther, Bunnie and Stanley, it is not unique to the three of them, it was much the same for more than 150,000... (read more) Your price: $3.99 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life by John H. Miller Publisher Comments This book provides the first clear, comprehensive, and accessible account of complex adaptive social systems, by two of the field's leading authorities. Such systems--whether political parties, stock markets, or ant colonies--present some of the most... (read more) Your price: $35.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State by William Voegeli Synopsis Since the beginning of the New Deal, American liberals have insisted that the government must do more—much more—to help the poor, to increase economic security, to promote social justice and solidarity, to reduce inequality, and to mitigate the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $15.93 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Cities Reducing Poverty by Mark Cabaj Publisher Comments This book explores the efforts of collaborative groups in six different Canadian cities as they work to reduce poverty, as part of Vibrant Communities, a cross-Canada effort of many cities to reduce poverty in Canada by creating partnerships that make... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Making Social Science Matter by Bent Flyvbjerg Publisher Comments Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to social science, including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate natural science and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $25.02 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Tracing Technologies by Helena Machado Publisher Comments Through critically engaging with STS, sociological and criminological perspectives on the use of DNA technologies within the criminal justice system, this work provides the reader with valuable insights into the effect of different legal, political... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $96.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Exceptional America: A Message of Hope from a Modern-Day de Tocqueville by Nick Adams Publisher Comments The worsening debt crisis, the plague of political correctness, and the threat to personal freedoms would make a lesser nation and her people crumble. Yet Americans possess an unrelenting desire for a better life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... (read more) Your price: $3.99 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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An Innocent Generation by Justin Chiarot Publisher Comments In this book, Chiarot offers a uniquely poignant social commentary: the current generation, whether consciously or subconsciously, has taken a Nietzscheian approach to dealing with guilt. Clever prose, careful analysis, and witty anecdotes make this both... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $35.49 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Fame Attack by Prof. Chris Rojek Publisher Comments The follow up to Chris Rojek's hugely successful Celebrity, this book assesses celebrity culture today. It explores how the fads, fashions and preoccupations of celebrities enter the popular lifeblood, explains what is distinctive about contemporary... (read more) Your price: $24.69 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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