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Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth Cline Publisher Comments Like The Omnivore’s Dilemma did for food, Overdressed shows us the way back to feeling good about what we wear.Fast fashion and disposable clothing have become our new norms. We buy ten dollar shoes from Target that disintegrate within a month and... (read more) Available June 14, 2012 Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover 
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Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation by James Howard Kunstler Synopsis James Howard Kunstlers critically acclaimed and best-selling The Long Emergency, originally published in 2005, quickly became a grassroots hit, going into nine printings in hardcover. Kunstlers shocking vision of our post-oil future caught the attention... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Cultural Hybridity: Contradictions and Dilemmas by Kwok-bun Chan Publisher Comments This book is an ambitious attempt to bring together a group of scholars from diverse disciplines to interrogate everyday life events in various interpersonal and organizational contexts so as to answer an age-old question: what happens when (carriers of)... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $150.25 New - Hardcover
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Urban Growth Analysis and Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Kolkata, India 1980 2010 (Springerbriefs in Geography) by Basudeb Bhatta Publisher Comments This book documents research conducted on the analysis of urban growth and sprawl by using remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The research was conducted between 1980... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $56.95 New - Trade Paper
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Trends in Communication Policy Research (Intellect Books - European Communication Research and Educat) by Manuel Puppis Publisher Comments With contributions from leading international experts from within both the communications industry and academia, Trends in Communication Policy Research comprises the very latest developments in the theories, methods, and practical applications of the... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover 
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White Bread by Aaron Bobrow-strain Publisher Comments How did white bread, once an icon of American progress, become “white trash”? In this lively history of bakers, dietary crusaders, and social reformers, Aaron Bobrow-Strain shows us that what we think about the humble, puffy loaf says a lot... (read more) Available February 12, 2013 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Public Policy: A New Introduction by Christoph Knill Publisher Comments A major new introduction to the theories and methods of public policy analysis and the changing nature of the policy process. Comprehensive, up-to-date and truly international in scope, it provides accessible yet sophisticated coverage of the field... (read more) Available June 5, 2012 Your price: $119.50 New - Hardcover
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What Are Qualitative Research Ethics? by Rose Wiles Publisher Comments Due to the increasing ethical regulation of social research, being 'ethically literate' is now more important than ever for social scientists. This book offers a short, succinct and accessible overview of the field. Wiles clearly identifies the key... (read more) Available August 7, 2012 Your price: $31.75 New - Trade Paper
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Love and Justice as Competences by Luc Boltanski Publisher Comments People care a great deal about justice. They protest and engage in confrontations with others when their sense of justice is affronted or disturbed. When they do this, they don’t generally act in a strategic or calculating way but use arguments... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $29.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Profession of Social Work: Guided by History, Led by Evidence by Catherine N. Dulmus Publisher Comments The introductory course in social work exposes students to all the important aspects of the study of social work and the profession so they can make an informed decision about majoring in the field. This book provides a broad overview to the profession... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $53.25 New - Trade Paper
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Playing with Purpose: Adventures in Performative Social Science (Writing Lives) by Mary M. Gergen Publisher Comments Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work. They present a unique exploration of the origins of performative social science... (read more) Your price: $44.50 New - Trade Paper
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Love and Justice as Competences by Luc Boltanski Publisher Comments People care a great deal about justice. They protest and engage in confrontations with others when their sense of justice is affronted or disturbed. When they do this, they don’t generally act in a strategic or calculating way but use arguments... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $73.50 New - Hardcover
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science (Oxford Handbooks) by Harold Kincaid Publisher Comments The philosophy of the social sciences considers the underlying explanatory powers of the social (or human) sciences, such as history, economics, anthropology, politics, and sociology. The type of questions covered includes the methodological (the nature... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $169.75 New - Hardcover
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To Promote the General Welfare: The Case for Big Government by Steven Conn Publisher Comments Americans love to hate their government, and a long tradition of anti-government suspicion reaches back to debates among the founders of the nation. But the election of Barack Obama has created a backlash rivaled only by the anti-government hysteria that... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $85.95 New - Hardcover
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The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death by Jill Lepore Publisher Comments Renowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has composed a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautifully crafted history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave. How does life... (read more) Available June 5, 2012 Your price: $39.97 New - MP3 CD
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Consultancy in Public Services: Empowerment and Transformation by Robert Adams Review “This invaluable book genuinely breaks new ground in the use of consultancies, showing you how to work positively with staff to develop creative solutions in order to provide effective services.” Professor Brian Littlechild, University of... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $49.95 New - Trade Paper
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Why I Buy: Self, Taste, and Consumer Society in America by Rami Gabriel Publisher Comments Why do we buy? How do our acts of—and ideas about—consumption impact our selves, our institutions, and our societies? An incisive response to these questions, Why I Buy explains how consumption came to give meaning and value to social and... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Wild Duck Chase: Inside the Strange and Wonderful World of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest by Martin J. Smith Publisher Comments The Wild Duck Chase takes readers into the peculiar world of competitive duck painting as it played out during the 2010 Federal Duck Stamp Contest—the only juried art competition run by the U.S. government. Since 1934, the duck stamp, which is... (read more) Available September 18, 2012 Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever by Harm De Blij Publisher Comments In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $21.50 New - Trade Paper
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Visualizing Atrocity: Arendt, Evil, and the Optics of Thoughtlessness by Valerie Hartouni Review Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt; mso... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $29.75 New - Trade Paper
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