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Old Friends
by Tracy Kidder  Synopsis Tracy Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine. House and Among Schoolchildren were national bestsellers. Now this "crackerjack reporter with a common touch" (Philip Lopate, The Washington Post) has turned his talents to his most...
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The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology
by J. P. Telotte Publisher Comments Throughout Disney's phenomenally successful run in the entertainment industry, the company has negotiated the use of cutting-edge film and media technologies that, J. P. Telotte argues, have proven fundamental to the company's identity. Disney's...
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Families in Converging Europe
by Eriikka Oinonen Publisher Comments Families in Converging Europe examines common familial trends and differences between Northern and Southern and Eastern and Western Europe from 1960s to early 2000s and discusses the most common theoretical explanations for convergence and divergence...
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Qualitative Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences
by Ruth Wodak Publisher Comments Analyzing language can be tricky but it provides a useful insight within social research. This book shows how to apply methods to written and spoken words, across a range of social sciences. Solving practical problems in research design and application...
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Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective (Springer Series in Statistics)
by Richard A. Berk Publisher Comments Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective considers statistical learning applications when interest centers on the conditional distribution of the response variable, given a set of predictors, and when it is important to characterize how the...
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Private Lives: Australians at Home Since Federation
by Peter Timms Publisher Comments Witty, irreverent, inventive, and full of fascinating information and insight, this account is a sympathetic—but not uncritical—look inside the suburban house as an exhibition of the revolutionary changes that have shaped domestic life...
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Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, a Daughter's Return
by Mary Ellen Geist Publisher Comments Mary Ellen Geist decided to leave her job as a CBS Radio anchor to return home to Michigan when her father's Alzheimer's got to be too much for her mother to shoulder alone. She chose to live her life by a different set of priorities: to be guided by her...
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Medicines and Society: Prescribing and Medicine Taking in Their Social Context
by Nicky Britten Publisher Comments Britten places medicines in their social context, and considers the range of influences on prescribing and the sociology of health and illness. Exploring issues such as "the meaning of medicines" and "alternative treatments," the book provides important...
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The Sociology of Education
by Jeanne H. Ballantine Synopsis Comprehensive, contemporary, and cross-cultural in perspective, this book provides a sociological approach to education-- from several theoretical approaches and their practical application, to current educational issues, to the structure and processes...
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Beating the Odds: Superstars Who Overcame Adversity
by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Publisher Comments Some of the most successful people in our society have overcome great odds in order to achieve their dreams. Through courage and persistence, they have triumphed over a range of adversities and serve as models for students faced with similar...
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Christoph Mackler: Die Rematerialisierung Der Moderne/The Rematerialisation of Modern Architecture
by Christoph Mdckler Synopsis Die Architektur Christoph Macklers zeichnet sich durch die Versohnung von Tradition und Moderne aus. Er sucht die Baukunst wieder mit ihren vormodernen Wurzeln zu verknupfen. Dabei spielt die Wiedergewinnung von Oberflache und Volumen in der Fassade und...
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Survivors of Male Rape: The Emergence of a Social and Legal Issue
by Noreen Abdullah-khan Publisher Comments Focusing on male-on-male rape, this book looks at the common myths surrounding this taboo issue, including the idea that 'men who rape other men must be homosexual' and that 'real men can't be raped'. It also reveals that men are not only raped in prison,...
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Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline
by Tiny Kline Publisher Comments This engaging memoir follows the life and career of circus performer Tiny Kline (1891-1964) from the burlesque house to the circus tent, and on to Disneyland and the silver screen. While working for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus...
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Studies in the Catholic Social Movement
by Henry Somerville Publisher Comments Written in 1933 during the heyday of the Catholic Social Movement, this text provides a primary-source snapshot that cannot be achieved by historical retrospectives written years later. It offers an eye-opening account of the response of...
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Annual Editions: Social Problems 09/10 (Annual Editions)
by Kurt Finsterbusch Synopsis This Thirty-Sixth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: SOCIAL PROBLEMS provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites...
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Marriage: The Dream That Refuses to Die
by Elizabeth Fox-genovese Publisher Comments Nearly everywhere and at all times, marriage has enjoyed a privileged status as the primary social unit—the essential bond that created alliances between families and a bridge between the sexes. In joining a man and woman, marriage attempted to...
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Jim Crow Nostalgia: Reconstructing Race in Bronzeville
by Michelle R. Boyd Publisher Comments In the Jim Crow era of the early twentieth century, Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood on the city’s South Side was a major center of African American cultural vitality and a destination for thousands of Southern blacks seeking new...
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Method and Meaning in Polls and Surveys
by Howard Schuman Publisher Comments Howard Schuman is one of the premier scholars of social surveys. His expertise concerns the way questions about attitudes and beliefs are worded and the effects questions have on the answers people give. However, Method and Meaning in Polls and Surveysis...
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Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview
by Guntram H. Herb Synopsis A comprehensive and revealing compilation of essays analyzing the varied dimensions of national identities and nationalisms across world regions and through time....
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Social Work in Social Change: The Profession and Education of Social Workers in South Africa
by Nicci Earle Publisher Comments As the implementers of government social policy in South Africa, social work professionals have been at the forefront of social change and new approaches since 1994. This study surveys the current state of job satisfaction among...
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