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Chatter Beyond the Fringe
Chatter Beyond the Fringe
by Robert Ing
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Welcome to the world of forensic intelligence. Based on the case files of Dr. Robert Ing, "Chatter beyond the Fringe" takes you into a world of terrorists, slave traders, spies, gunrunners, drug traffickers, and computer hackers. This is the secret world... (read more)

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At the Heart of Work and Family
At the Heart of Work and Family
by Prof. Anita Ilta Garey
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'\"Garey and Hansen have assembled a stunning collection of studies on the emotional and logistical dynamics of coordinating paid and unpaid work. A must read. \" Stephanie Coontz, author, A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at... (read more)

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Co-Opting Culture: Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies
Co-Opting Culture: Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies
by B. Garrick Harden
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Co-opting Culture: Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies represents a collection of new scholarship on culture from the social sciences and from work done under the rubric of cultural studies. Working from the idea that Sociology and... (read more)

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Social Capital in America
Social Capital in America
by Brian J. Jones
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In the wake of Robert Putnam's bestselling book Bowling Alone, media and popular opinion often contend that American society is losing its cohesion. In an era of culture wars, deep political divisions, and all-consuming household technologies, are we... (read more)

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From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader
From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader
by Andrej Grubacic
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This collection of unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist-historian Staughton Lyndblends themesthat encouragethe rejection of capitalist imperialism, while also seeking a transition toa newly organizedworld. The dynamic... (read more)

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A Painful Reality
A Painful Reality
by Enrico Fabrizius
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What is the most pressing issue, essential to the long-term survival of mankind, to be consistently ignored by governments and world leaders? Overpopulation of Planet Earth by our species and continuing population growth End of 2006:6,525,170,264, Growth... (read more)

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Chatter Beyond the Fringe
Chatter Beyond the Fringe
by Robert Ing
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Welcome to the world of forensic intelligence. Based on the case files of Dr. Robert Ing, "Chatter beyond the Fringe" takes you into a world of terrorists, slave traders, spies, gunrunners, drug traffickers, and computer hackers. This is the secret world... (read more)

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SMALL TOWN / BIG TOWN: Growing Pains on California's Central Coast
SMALL TOWN / BIG TOWN: Growing Pains on California's Central Coast
by Ira Winn
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HOW DO WE CONFRONT OUR LOVE-HATE AFFAIR WITH CITIES? A professor of urban studies retires and moves from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo, a university town on the central coast of California. New friends get him embroiled in local issues of city growth... (read more)

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From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader
From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader
by Staughton Lynd
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This collection of unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist-historian Staughton Lynd blends themes that encourage the rejection of capitalist imperialism, while also seeking a transition to a newly organized... (read more)

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The Undisguised Truth: Thought-Provoking Social and Political Commentary
The Undisguised Truth: Thought-Provoking Social and Political Commentary
by Marcia "denrique" Preudhomme
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If you think you've heard it all . . . you haven't The Undisguised Truth offers a series of thought-provoking social and political essays. It will challenge you to delve deep into some of the most troubling issues in our society, providing an... (read more)

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Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg
Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg
by Rick Bragg
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The Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of "All Over but the Shoutin'" now takes a look beyond the headlines for extraordinary tales of ordinary people and their life struggles.... (read more)

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The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 5, 1925 - 1953: 1929-1930, Essays, the Sources of a Science of Education, Individualism, Old and New, and Constr (Collected Works of John Dewey)
The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 5, 1925 - 1953: 1929-1930, Essays, the Sources of a Science of Education, Individualism, Old and New, and Constr (Collected Works of John Dewey)
by Jo Ann (edt) Boydston
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This volume includes all Dewey's writings for 1938 except for "Logic: The Theory of Inquiry "(Volume 12 of The Later Works), as well as his 1939 "Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, "and two items from "Intelligence in the Modern World... (read more)

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Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs: Essays in Honour of Ted Benton
Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs: Essays in Honour of Ted Benton
by Sandra Moog
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Bringing together some of the most eminent thinkers in the field, this book celebrates the seminal contribution of Ted Benton to such pressing themes as: realism, naturalism and the philosophy of the social sciences, the continuing relevance of Marxism... (read more)

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Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants with CD (Audio) and DVD
Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants with CD (Audio) and DVD
by Nicholas Cull
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Robert M. Young's critically acclaimed 110-minute film Alambrista (1977) depicts the harsh realities of Mexican life on both sides of the border. Following the birth of his first child, a young Mexican slips across the border into the United States in... (read more)

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AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India
AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India
by Amartya Sen
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In this groundbreaking anthology, sixteen renowned writers tell the hidden story of the AIDS crisis, illuminating the complex nature of one of the major problems facing the developing world. India is home to almost 3 million HIV cases, but AIDS is still... (read more)

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Recogiendo Los Pasos de Josi Marma Arguedas
Recogiendo Los Pasos de Josi Marma Arguedas
by Alfredo Torero
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Entre el ensayo y el testimonio, esta obra del especialista Alfredo Torero abre nuevas luces sobre la vida y la obra de Josi Marma Arguedas, el mas importante antropslogo y narrador andino. Tambiin puede ser mirada como un libro espejo sobre la vida y el... (read more)

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American Backlash
American Backlash
by Michael Henry Adams
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In his insightful, award-winning work Fire and Ice, Environics president Michael Adams explored the growing divergence between American and Canadian values. Using the same mixture of polling and analysis in American Backlash, Adams fixes his penetrating... (read more)

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Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model (05 Edition)
Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model (05 Edition)
by Jeffery Klaehn
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Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model'argues that there are five classes of filters'in society that determine what is news; in other words, what gets printed in newspapers or broadcast by radio and television. They are: ownership(is the story in line... (read more)

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The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Volume 5, Number 11
The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Volume 5, Number 11
by Mary Kalantzis
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** Contents available at http: //iji.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.88/prod.1323 **The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences aims to examine the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the... (read more)

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Are You Serious?: How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly
Are You Serious?: How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly
by Lee Siegel
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A provocative critique of modern frivolity and a guide to being serious in an unserious age We used to live in a world run by serious people: politicians and religious leaders, writers and artists, journalists and academics, lawyers and business... (read more)

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