Sociology
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Telling the Seasons: Stories, Celebrations and Folklore Around the Year
$33.99 Add to cartA month-by-month treasury of stories and traditions that bring to life the changing seasons and celebrate the turning year
Telling the Seasons takes us on a journey through the twelve months of the ye- Author: Maudsley, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0750996714
- Language: English
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Satan’s Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt
$17.95 Add to cart- Author: Nathan, Debbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 16 2001
- ISBN10: 0595189555
- Language: English
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First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
$21.99 Add to cartWe are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a “portion” is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn … [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Bee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0465094120
- Language: English
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Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
$38.99 Add to cartWe have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own ima… [more below]
- Author: Rose, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0393322114
- Language: English
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Atlas of Lost Cities: A Travel Guide to Abandoned and Forsaken Destinations
$24.99 Add to cartExplore more than forty forsaken urban destinations around the world in a “highly entertaining read . . . for history buffs, mystery fanatics and travel junkies alike” (GoNomad).
Cities are mortal,- Author: De Tocqueville, Aude
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0316352020
- Language: English
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The Dall Sheep Dinner Guest: Inupiaq Narratives of Northwest Alaska
$32.95 Add to cartThe rich storytelling tradition of the Inupiat of Alaska is showcased in this remarkable collection of over eighty stories. Meticulously compiled from six villages in Northwest Alaska between 1966 and… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Wanni W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1646424107
- Language: English
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India in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
$16.95 Add to cartAccording to current projections, India will overtake China to become the most populous country on Earth by 2050. Its 1.6 billion people will live in the world’s second-largest economy, after China bu… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Kamdar, Mira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199973598
- Language: English
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Refracted Realities: Navigating a Multifaceted Reflection
$15.00 Add to cartExploring the labyrinth of human consciousness and societal constructs, Refracted Realities delves into the profound impact of technology and culture on our understanding of reality. It urges a journe
- Author: Shafia, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218316396
- Language: English
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Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit
$22.95 Add to cartField of Schemes is a play-by-play account of how the drive for new sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for the sake of private profit. While the millionaires wh… [more below]
- Author: Demause, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0803260164
- Language: English
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Life and Death
$19.95 Add to cartFrom Simon & Schuster, Life and Death by Andrea Dworkin is the unapologetic writing on the continuing war against women.
In this important work, Dworken gathers essays published between 1987 and 1995,- Author: Dworkin, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 10 1997
- ISBN10: 0743236262
- Language: English
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Getting to Maybe: How the World Is Changed
$18.00 Read moreA practical, inspirational, revolutionary guide to social innovation
Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear- Author: Westley, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 07 2007
- ISBN10: 067931444X
- Language: English
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Bulfinch’s Mythology: Includes the Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry & Legends of Charlemagne
$21.00 Add to cartFor almost a century and a half, Bulfinch’s Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myt… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author: Bulfinch, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: August 11 1998
- ISBN10: 0375751475
- Language: English
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The Future
$15.95 Read moreHow the future has been imagined and made, through the work of writers, artists, inventors, and designers.
The future is like an unwritten book. It is not something we see in a crystal ball, or can onl
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Montfort, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: December 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0262534819
- Language: English
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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
$14.95 Add to cartIn The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he considered to be the simples… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Durkheim, ?mile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540128
- Language: English
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The Future: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the beginning of time, humans have been driven by both a fear of the unknown and a curiosity to know. We have always yearned to know what lies ahead, whether threat or safety, scarcity or abundan… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gidley, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198735286
- Language: English
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Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe
$17.99 Add to cartA provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe. Author
- Author: Epstein, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 26 2010
- ISBN10: 006167012X
- Language: English
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The Psychology of Evolving Technology: How Social Media, Influencer Culture and New Technologies Are Altering Society
$59.99 Add to cartTechnological innovations have advanced at an incredible speed since the introduction of the computer that it has altered the fabric of our society. The possession of computers, smart-devices, along w
- Author: Okunev, Rhoda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: December 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1484286855
- Language: English
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From Angels to Werewolves: Animal-Human Hybrids in Myth and Art
$35.00 Add to cartThe alluring mermaids sighted by lonely mariners. The winged angels, by turns avenging and comforting, that abound in Christian art. The fearsome Minotaur of Greek mythology. Animal-headed deities, fr
- Author: Palmedo, Philip F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0789214466
- Language: English
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How To Understand Your Bible: A Philosopher’s Interpretation of Obscure and Puzzling Passages: A Philosopher’s Interpretation of Obscure and Puzzlin
$15.00 Add to cartIn spite of human prejudice to the contrary, there is but one religion and one truth, and all the great faiths of the world are parts or fragments of the Ancient Wisdom. The Scriptures of the world ar
- Author: Manly P Hall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: March 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1639231617
- Language: English
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Lessons from the Drivers Seat
$14.99 Add to cartGet ready for the ride of your life through the eyes and ears of a school bus driver The majority of parents, grandparents and guardians, have no idea of what goes on inside the school bus. I
- Author: Bishop, Wanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: September 17 2020
- ISBN10: 1953586104
- Language: English
