Already a much loved classic in Austria, "Tante Jolesch or the Decline of the West in Anecdotes" is Friedrich Torberg's tribute to the Jewish coffe...

Adolescent dating violence has surfaced as a significant public health issue. As teen dating violence (TDV) incidence has escalated substantially i...

Abuse in dating relationships is common among adolescents. Dating abuse has a plethora of negative associated conditions or consequences. Despite t...

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant helps states fund, among other benefits and services, cash assistance for needy fami...

One of the central features of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant is promoting work and job preparation for parents (mo...

A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to hav...

The Elephant Man is a 138-page softcover book whose first edition inspired the movie and the Tony Award-winning play by the same name. This fascina...

The object of this book, originally published in 1922 and addressed to all cultured men and women, was to set forth the primitive manifestations of...

The Evolution of Man provides a perspective on how life can start and evolve from a simple elemental form. This book will be of interest to those i...

Celebrity grave hunter Catherine Olen guides you through a portal into the mysterious land of the dead in Hollywood. Whether you are curious about ...

The European social sciences tend to absorb criticism that has been passed on the European approach and re-label it as a part of what the critique ...

For many decades, Sr Veronica Brady, IBVM, has been a gadfly to political and ecclesiastical princes and their entourages. For those parched for re...

While creativity and solidarity form the main constructive profile for our species, the primal animal drive for dominance involving basal brain cir...

This volume provides deep insight into the Hungarians based on a detailed description of their history through more than a thousand years. The volu...

Focusing on the case of Russia during Putin’s first two presidential terms, this book examines media manipulation strategies in electoral authorita...

This book explores public perceptions, often reinforced by public service advertising campaigns, of stereotypes tied to violence—which frequently p...

The Market in Babies: Stories of Australian Adoption tells the history of adoption in Australia from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to it...

The beginning of an essay penned by Bob Black in 1985 titled "The Abolition of Work" read, "No one should ever work". The writer believed that work...

A BOLD NEW BOOK ON POPULATION TRENDS AND THE NEED TO CONFRONT THEM. In 2030 there may be six million of us. One and a half million of us will live ...

In this award-winning work Carlson explores the complexities surrounding Aboriginal identity today. Drawing on a range of sources including intervi...

The politico-economic reforms launched during the late twentieth century in post-Soviet Russia have led to contradictory and ambiguous results. The...

The Supreme Court term that began on October 7, 2019 was one of the most eventful in recent history. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandem...

Through a wide variety of primary sources--including letters, eyewitness accounts, and governmental documents--this collection portrays in vivid de...

Originally published separately, Weber's Science as a Vocation and Politics as a Vocation stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two...

This innovative book provides new perspectives on the globalization of knowledge and the notion of hegemonic sciences. Tying together contributions...

This innovative book is a theoretical, reflexive and critical overview of the key issues connected to aging in contemporary society. The book explo...

Community Informatics is an emergent discipline with a dual focus: the conduct of research about the relationship between the design of information...

The central thesis of the book is that man's perception of mind, body and spirit has influenced his thinking in the social sciences. Mind, body and...

Therapeutic Uses Of Writing

This collection of short essays attempts to depict life, thought and actions indigenous to Black Africa and what has been happening there especiall...

The book of suicidal behaviour has been truly interdisciplinary. Scholarly papers on suicide have appeared in anthropological, biological, criminal...

Jay Rosenberg's penetrating and persuasively argued analysis of the central metaphysical and moral questions pertaining to death has been updated a...

What was the real significance of "war paint", of the rituals of shamans, of the mysterious communion with animals, plants, mountains, and wild wat...

The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous Peoples meet the ongoing need to adapt to cultural and environmental change. In...

This handbook is written for transgender people, their families and friends; for professionals who in their day-to-day job may encounter transgende...

Physical anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and ...

In her startling book, Rosalind Kidd uses official correspondence to reveal the extraordinary extent of government controls over Aboriginal wages, ...

This book examines the current policies and restrictions relating to U.S. family planning and population assistance abroad. Topics discussed in thi...

The National Strategy for the Arctic Region sets forth the United States Government's strategic priorities for the Arctic region. This strategy is ...

This collection of texts by writers, historians, philosophers, political analysts, and opinion leaders combines reflections on Ukrainian history an...

Natalya Ryabinska calls into question the commonly held opinion that the problems with media reform and press freedom in former Soviet states merel...