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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
by Kenneth M. Pollack  Publisher Comments In his highly influential book The Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, in The Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage...
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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
by Barry Glassner 
Publisher Comments There has never been another era in modern history, even during wartime or the Great Depression, when so many people have feared so much. Three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. The Culture of Fear...
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Policing for a New South Africa
by Mike Brogden Synopsis Mike Brogden and Clifford Shearing examine the state police force of South Africa, an organization that, since its formation, has acquired massive notoriety. Its officers have a reputation for routinely provoking violence and torturing suspects. As the...
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More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want
by Robert Engelman Publisher Comments In the capital of Ghana, a teenager nicknamed “Condom Sister” trolls the streets to educate other young people about contraception. Her work and her own aspirations point to a remarkable shift not only in the West African nation, where just a...
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Systemic Action Research - a Strategy for Whole System Change
by Book News Annotation Action research can be conducted on a variety of scales, and Burns (social and organizational learning, U. of the West of England) shows how to apply it to social and organizational issues to reveal opportunities for whole system change, including...
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Book of Tea
by Kazuko Okakura Publisher Comments Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes by E. F. Bleiler. "Provocative and entertaining, this edition is...
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Freemasonry & Its Etiquette
by W. P. Campbell-everden Publisher Comments Handy guide for Masons everywhere. This complete reference gives a concise history of Freemasonry plus its rules, regulations, ceremonies, rituals, duties, etc....
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Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life
by Mizuko (edt) Ito Publisher Comments The Japanese term for mobile phone, keitai (roughly translated as andquot;something you carry with youandquot;), evokes not technical capability or freedom of movement but intimacy and portability, defining a personal accessory that allows constant...
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Hollywood Goes to High School Cinema, Schools, and American Culture (Contemporary Social Issues)
by Robert C. Bulman Publisher Comments In this brief supplemental book, Robert Bulman separates high school films into three analytical categories and explores how they reflect America's preoccupation with individualism and its ambivalent feelings about wealth and inequality. By looking at...
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The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder, Healthier World
by Leslie Garrett Publisher Comments Is laminate flooring good or bad? Should one buy beverages in plastic bottles or cans? And how can one crack the code of little numbers in triangles on the bottom of plastic containers? Virtuous Consumer is for busy people who want to buy responsibly but...
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Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age
by Anthony Giddens Publisher Comments Modernity differs from all preceding forms of social order because of its dynamism, its deep undercutting of traditional habits and customs, and its global impact. It also radicallly alters the general nature of daily life and the most personal aspects...
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Media Unlimited: The Torrent of Sounds and Images in Modern Life
by Todd Gitlin
Publisher Comments A provocative new exploration of our media-saturated lives-a worthy successor to Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media. Everyone knows that the media is all around us, but no one quite understands its effect on our lives. Critics and analysts focus on...
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From Welfare State to Real Estate: Regime Change in New York City, 1974 to the Present
by Kim Moody Publisher Comments City of Quartz meets Gotham—the dark side of the glittering metropolis. New York is a city of outlandish wealth and extreme deprivation, where the abundance of high-rise office space and luxury housing belies a poverty rate of nearly twice the...
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Solomon's Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C.
by Christopher Hodapp Publisher Comments Solomon’s Builders transports the reader back to the birth of a radical new nation and tells how a secretive society influenced and inspired the formation of what would become the most powerful nation on earth. A history that reads like a thriller,...
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Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat : Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military (98 Edition)
by Melissa S. Herbert Publisher Comments "Looks at how women in the armed forces deal with perceived conflicts between femininity and being a good soldier through active strategies that accentuate or play down perceptions of masculinityand femininity. . . . Goes a long way toward showing how...
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On Relationship
by J Krishnamurti Publisher Comments In 1950, Krishnamurti said: "If we are concerned with our own lives, if we understand our relationship with others, we will have created a new society; otherwise, we will but perpetuate the present chaotic mess and confusion."Providing a far-reaching...
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Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (94 Edition)
by Andrew Wallace-hadrill Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index....
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
by Steve Oney Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [651]-712) and index....
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Sociology in America: A History
by Craig Calhoun Publisher Comments Though the word sociology was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that...
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Amish Society 4TH Edition
by John A Hostetler Synopsis Highly acclaimed in previous editions, this classic work by John Hostetler has been expanded and updated to reflect current research on Amish history and culture as well as the new concerns of Amish communities throughout North America....
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