Society & culture: general books

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An Experiment in Leisure

An Experiment in Leisure

Author: Marion Milner ,  Akshi Singh (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781032757568
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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After the Guns Fall Silent: Peace or Armageddon in the Middle-East

After the Guns Fall Silent: Peace or Armageddon in the...

Author: Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
ISBN: 9781032768090
Format: Hardback
$179.00

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The Sociology of the Palestinians

The Sociology of the Palestinians

Author: Khalil Nakhleh ,  Elia Zureik
ISBN: 9781032769455
Format: Hardback
$189.00

First published in 1980, The Sociology of the Palestinians is a comprehensive collection of sociological and demographic...  Read More >>

Disability in Modern Children's Fiction

Disability in Modern Children's Fiction

Author: John Quicke
ISBN: 9781032768380
Format: Hardback
$179.00

First published in 1985, Disability in Modern Children’s Fiction presents a case for the inclusion of a planned...  Read More >>

Indigenous Perspective to Climate and Environment

Indigenous Perspective to Climate and Environment

Author: Darren Parry
ISBN: 9781647691806
Format: Paperback
$20.99

The lands and waters of the American West encountered by European colonizers were not “untouched” or “wild” as some...  Read More >>

Hollywood's Monstrous Moms: Vilifying Mental Illness in Horror Films

Hollywood's Monstrous Moms: Vilifying Mental Illness...

Author: Kassia Krone
ISBN: 9781476688930
Format: Paperback
$93.50

Using case studies from a broad range of films, including the classic, campy, slasher, or prestige, and placing...  Read More >>

Fairy Tales in the College Classroom: Essays to Spark Lesson Plan Ideas Across the Curriculum

Fairy Tales in the College Classroom: Essays to Spark...

Author: Heather Powers
ISBN: 9781476689524
Format: Paperback
$84.70

Centered on fairy tales, this pedagogical resource contains educational theories and classroom techniques contributed...  Read More >>

Marie Sharp: Made in Belize (The Authorized Biography)

Marie Sharp: Made in Belize (The Authorized Biography)...

Author: Deborah Wagnon
ISBN: 9798823323055
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Tells the story of an extraordinary woman from Belize who overcame societal barriers, as well as personal and professional...  Read More >>

Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics...

Author: Anastasia C. Curwood
ISBN: 9781469683157
Format: Paperback
$40.70

"Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the...  Read More >>

Winners and Losers: Ethnic Minorities in Sport and Recreation

Winners and Losers: Ethnic Minorities in Sport and Recreation...

Author: Gajendra K. Verma (University of Manchester, UK) ,  Douglas S. Darby
ISBN: 9781032253626
Format: Paperback
$58.99

First published in 1994, Winners and Losers is based upon a two-year study carried out in Manchester. Using empirical...  Read More >>

The Illustrated Empathy Gap: Challenging public incredulity on the prejudice against men and boys

The Illustrated Empathy Gap: Challenging public incredulity...

Author: Collins
ISBN: 9781838021641
Format: Paperback
$97.68

"This book does not duplicate the material in my earlier book, The Empathy Gap, though the broad topics are, of...  Read More >>

Birds through Indigenous Eyes: Native Perspectives on Birds of the Eastern Woodlands

Birds through Indigenous Eyes: Native Perspectives on...

Author: Dennis Gaffin
ISBN: 9780691250847
Format: Hardback
$65.87

An intimate and personal account of the profound roles birds play in the lives of some Indigenous people For many...  Read More >>

The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook

The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook

Author: Nico Larco ,  Kaarin Knudson
ISBN: 9781138945678
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book presents a comprehensive framework that organizes the elements of urban design in relation to four main...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of William James

The Oxford Handbook of William James

Author: Alexander Mugar Klein (Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, McMaster University)
ISBN: 9780199395699
Format: Hardback
$313.95

"William James was a giant of turn-of-the-century intellectual life. He helped found the young science of physiological...  Read More >>

Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution

Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French...

Author: Anne Higonnet (Barnard College)
ISBN: 9780393867954
Format: Hardback
$57.95

The forgotten story of how three women dazzled the world with their radical style and transformed the fashion of...  Read More >>

Put Your Hands on Your Hips and Act Like a Woman: Black History and Poetics in Performance

Put Your Hands on Your Hips and Act Like a Woman: Black...

Author: Gale P. Jackson
ISBN: 9781496238894
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival, Rebellion, and Reconstitution in Nineteenth-Century California

We Are Not Animals: Indigenous Politics of Survival,...

Author: Martin Rizzo-Martinez ,  Valentin Lopez
ISBN: 9781496238757
Format: Paperback
$105.60

By examining historical records and drawing on oral histories and the work of anthropologists, archaeologists, ecologists,...  Read More >>

The Boy Who Promised Me Horses

The Boy Who Promised Me Horses

Author: David Joseph Charpentier ,  He'seota'e Miner
ISBN: 9781496238078
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men

We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for...

Author: Angela P. Dodson
ISBN: 9781506491110
Format: Hardback
$64.99

A powerful and needed collection of essays by accomplished women writers on violence and injustice toward Black...  Read More >>

Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force

Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force...

Author: Sarah Jakes Roberts
ISBN: 9780785291909
Format: Hardback
$44.99

New full-length trade book from the bestselling author of Woman Evolve.  Read More >>

Funk the Clock: Transgressing Time While Young, Perceptive, and Black

Funk the Clock: Transgressing Time While Young, Perceptive,...

Author: Rahsaan Mahadeo
ISBN: 9781501774218
Format: Paperback
$86.99

"""Funk the Clock reveals how time is racialized, how race is temporalized, and how race, racialization, and racism...  Read More >>

Saul Bellow: """I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer"""

Saul Bellow: """I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer"""...

Author: Gerald Sorin (State University of New York at Paltz)
ISBN: 9780253069436
Format: Hardback
$206.99

"Saul Bellow: ""I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer"" offers a fresh and original perspective on the life and...  Read More >>

Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family

Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race,...

Author: OiYan A. Poon
ISBN: 9780807013625
Format: Hardback
$65.00

"""A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter's many questions about race and racism with an earnest...  Read More >>

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