Dictionary of Sociology, The Penguin: Second Edition (Reference)
Puffin, July 1988. Paper Back. More
Puffin, July 1988. Paper Back. More
University of California Press, November 1993. Paper Back. In 1978 Lila Abu-Lughod climbed out of a dusty van to meet members of a small Awlad 'Ali Bedouin community. Living in this Egyptian Bedouin settlement for extended periods during the following decade, Abu-Lughod took part in family life, with its moments..... More
Polity, April 2004. Trade Paperback. What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices..... More
Polity, June 1994. Trade Paperback. Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time-related concerns. This book argues that time should be a key part of social theory and focuses concern upon issues..... More
Polity, February 1995. Trade Paperback. In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to..... More
Knopf, March 2017. Hardcover. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah gives us this powerful statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who..... More
Littlefield, Adams & Company, 1973. Paper Back. Cover wear. More
North Atlantic Books, November 2023. Paper Back. How to end homelessness in America: a must-read guide to understanding housing instability, supporting our unhoused neighbors, and reclaiming our humanity. A deeply humanizing analysis that will change the way you think about poverty and homelessness--for the socially engaged reader of Isabel Wilkerson's..... More
Mariner Books, August 2001. Trade Paperback. Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Agee and renowned photgrapher Walker Evans's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is a landmark work of American photojournalism "renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality" (The New York Times) In the summer of 1936, James Agee..... More
Random House, September 2023. Hardcover. A riveting true story of a mother who fought back against the drug cartels in Mexico, pursuing her own brand of justice to avenge the kidnapping and murder of her daughter--from a global investigative correspondent for The New York Times "Azam Ahmed has written a...... More
Alcove Press, March 2024. Hardcover. This essential book is a rallying cry for women to recognize and reject the ways social media is being weaponized against us -- and instead wield it to empower ourselves. In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social..... More
New Press, The, January 2010. Hardcover. Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold,"..... More
Yale University Press, November 1994. Hardcover. In this innovative book, C. Fred Alford argues that the group - not the individual - is the most fundamental reality in society and that political theory has overlooked the insights of group psychology and leadership. Basing his argument on his experience with the..... More
Doubleday Anchor, 1958. Mass Market PaperBack. Mild shelfwear. {498 pp.]. More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 1990. Trade Paperback. "Suicide, " writes the noted English poet and critic A. Alvarez, "has permeated Western culture like a dye that cannot be washed out." Although the aims of this compelling, compassionate book are broadly cultural and literary, the narrative is rooted in..... More
St Martins Pr, August 1999. First Thus. Paper Back. A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, "The King's English "is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than" Fowler's Modern Usage, " lighter than the "Oxford..... More
Crown, January 2024. Hardcover. The bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED explores one of humankind's defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future--"an essential read to kick off the new year" (Forbes, "16 Must Have Books and Podcasts for Leaders..... More
Vintage, September 1996. Trade Paperback. This incisively reasoned book by the editor of The New Republic addresses the full range of viewpoints on the issue. Sulllivan draws from both his personal experience and on rigorous argument to explore how a predominantly heterosexual society should treat those citizens who love members..... More
Marzani & Munsell, January 1960. Trade Paperback. Cover wear; previous owner's name. More
Simon & Schuster, February 2024. Hardcover. A sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal..... More
Harper Perennial, May 2015. Trade Paperback. Three-time New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendary The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journal advice column, "Ask Ariely". Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think about..... More
Vintage Books, July 1965. Reprint. Paper Back. The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Aries traces the evolution of the concept of childhood from the end of the Middle Ages, when the..... More
University of California Press, September 1972. Trade Paperback. More
Doubleday Anchor, 1968, 1970. Mass Market PaperBack. Mild wear. Sunned spines. Previous owner's name stamped veso of front cover, top textblock edge and last page of book. (354 pages, vol. I; 346 vol. II). More
Doubleday Anchor, 1959. Mass Market PaperBack. Edgeworn cover with bruise and creased from hard strike midway of spine. Tanned margins of cover. Mildly duststained textblock edges. Previous owner's name inked verso of front cover. 143 pages plus three page list of Anchor titles then available. More