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Chatter Beyond the Fringe by Robert Ing Synopsis 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) Your price: $22.50 New - Trade Paper
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At the Heart of Work and Family by Prof. Anita Ilta Garey Publisher Comments '\"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) List Price $75.00 Your price: $66.56 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Co-Opting Culture: Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies by B. Garrick Harden Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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Social Capital in America by Brian J. Jones Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $40.95 New - Trade Paper
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From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader by Andrej Grubacic Publisher Comments This collection of unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist-historian Staughton Lyndblends themesthat encouragethe rejection of capitalist imperialism, while also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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $14.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Painful Reality by Enrico Fabrizius Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $12.50 New - Trade Paper
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Chatter Beyond the Fringe by Robert Ing Synopsis 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) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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SMALL TOWN / BIG TOWN: Growing Pains on California's Central Coast by Ira Winn Publisher Comments 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) List Price $3.99 Your price: $3.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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From Here to There: The Staughton Lynd Reader by Staughton Lynd Publisher Comments 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) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Undisguised Truth: Thought-Provoking Social and Political Commentary by Marcia "denrique" Preudhomme Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg by Rick Bragg Publisher Comments 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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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) by Jo Ann (edt) Boydston Synopsis 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) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs: Essays in Honour of Ted Benton by Sandra Moog Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $109.50 New - Hardcover
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Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants with CD (Audio) and DVD by Nicholas Cull Publisher Comments 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) List Price $39.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India by Amartya Sen Publisher Comments 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) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Recogiendo Los Pasos de Josi Marma Arguedas by Alfredo Torero Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $20.90 New - Trade Paper
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American Backlash by Michael Henry Adams Publisher Comments 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) List Price $18.75 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Filtering the News: Essays on Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model (05 Edition) by Jeffery Klaehn Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.99 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Volume 5, Number 11 by Mary Kalantzis Publisher Comments ** 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) Your price: $235.50 New - Hardcover
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Are You Serious?: How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly by Lee Siegel Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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