|
by Judy Steed Publisher Comments A powerful and moving book exposing one of Canada's most traumatic crimes--child sexual abuse. Award-winning journalist Judy Steed confronts the painful and controversial subject of child sexual abuse. Verified incidents of sexual assaults against... (read more) Your price $16.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by E S Turner Publisher Comments This is a lively foray into a world where a gentleman with 2,000 a year was betraying his class if he did not employ six females and five males; where a lady could go to the grave without ever having picked up a nightdress, carried her prayer book or... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by William Foote Whyte Publisher Comments Street Corner Society is one of a handful of works that can justifiably be called classics of sociological research. William Foote Whyte's account of the Italian American slum he called "Cornerville"—Boston's North End—has been the model for... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Barry Sanders Publisher Comments The failure of increasing numbers of young people to attain even minimum levels of literacy signals a catastrophe at the deepest levels of our culture. A Is for Ox is an important and impassioned work that both proves this conclusion and suggests what... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Dona Schwartz Publisher Comments The Super Bowl is an annual American rite. Around the country, friends gather together around the television with beer and potato chips and gear up for the game of the season. A multi-million dollar event produced by the NFL, corporate sponsors and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jean Gottmann Publisher Comments In 1961 Jean Gottmann published his pioneering study of urban sprawl along the Boston-Washington corridor. The book's title soon became a household word, and its author gained worldwide acclaim for his insights into the dimensions of urbanism. Since... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Ann Hartman Publisher Comments After many decades of focus on the individual as the unit of attention, social workers in almost every field of practice are returning to the profession's original emphasis on serving families and on understanding and helping individuals in the context... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
Publisher Comments It reviews a variety of decision models and tools such as geographic information systems (GIS)as well as public and private sources of relevant data. Including several case examples, this book will be important to planners, planning decision makers... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $9.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Samuel P Oliner Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $5.78 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Debra Schweige Berg Publisher Comments Can average Americans solve the country's social problems? Absolutely! Thirty-five altruistic Americans with 25 working solutions are featured as part of a new trend now saving taxpayers millions while changing lives worldwide.... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
|
by Naomi Gerstel Publisher Comments What is the relationship between work and family in a world where employment creates endless tensions for families and families create endless tensions for the workplace? This collection of reprinted and original articles broadens this discussion by... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by James Gilligan Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking book, James Gilligan examines the epidemic foremost in the minds of most Americans -- violence. As the former director of mental health at a hospital for the criminally insane, Gilligan worked with intractably violent criminals and... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jeff Chester Publisher Comments The celebrated media advocate's clarion call for new media to serve the public instead of corporate interestsand what's involved in this high-stakes struggle. With the explosive growth of the Internet and broadband communications, we now have the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John De Graaf Publisher Comments Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries watched by 10 million viewers, Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done ? to our health, our families, our communities, and our environment ? by... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Anthony Smith Publisher Comments A series of lectures and essays by one of Britain's media experts. This text presents the issues, offers insights and speculates about future trends concerning libraries and the Arts - television and computers, public interest and the nation.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Leonard Downie Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Raymond Murphy Publisher Comments Sociology as if nature did not matter has been the sociological expression of modern societies negligent of the processes of nature. In response to this “ecological blindness,” Raymond Murphy examines the limitations of sociology that have... (read more) List Price $36.00 Your price $11.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Peter Stafford Publisher Comments In Psychedelics, Peter Stafford offers a framework for understanding the enormous amount of information available on psychoactive substances. In addition to the photographs, illustrations, charts, and tables, he writes about the origins, varieties... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Karal Ann Marling Publisher Comments In her quest for the unhistorical George Washington, Marling has examined the subculture of American life--magazine fiction, historical romances, movies, and journalism. She traces the descent of high art into such popular forms as posters, billboards... (read more) List Price $57.00 Your price $23.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by George De Stefano Publisher Comments "Invites Italian-Americans of all backgrounds to the family table to discuss how mob-related movies and television shows have affected the very notion of what their heritage still means in the 21st century." --Allen Barra, "The New York Sun <BR>""A... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
|









