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This presents a celebration of food and a pageant of people enjoying themselves all over the world. It encompasses public feasts, such as Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the mid-autumn...

An uplifting and mind-shifting new book on the surprising power of being "bittersweet", by the author of the megaselling phenomenon QUIET In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deep understanding of the expertise, wisdom and ingenuity...

The first cross-cultural investigation of how humanity copes with the reality of death, this new understanding of the afterdeath in much the same way the work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross does...

The book titled Living and Loving Together: A Practical Manual for Better by the author Bob Montgomery. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

'Superbly explained' Washington Post 'Fascinating' Sunday Times 'Engrossing' Evening Standard Every phase since the advent of the industrial revolution - from the fate of the British Empire, to the global...

Death will come to us all, but most of us live our lives as if death did not exist. Medicine has made dying more complicated and more removed from the...

A radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape. For half a century, statisticians, pundits and politicians have...

This new and revised edition of Fighting for Your Marriage is based on the widely acclaimed PREP? (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) approach. Groundbreaking studies have found that couples can...

***** 'A starkly naked story of a young woman's adventure of self-discovery, told with a striking lack of shame or apology. Highly recommended.' - Dr. Christopher Ryan , author of...

In modern Western societies we are presented with a huge array of choices and encouraged to believe that having the freedom to choose sets us on the path to happiness....

Off-grid isn't a state of mind. It isn't about someone being out of touch, about a place that is hard to get to, or about a weekend spent offline. Off-grid...

In this dictionary there is a detailed listing of all festivals celebrated by mankind from tribal communities to urban societies. It reflects the origins and persistence of ancient beliefs and...

The book titled Reproductive Rituals: Perceptions of Fertility in Britain from the by the author Angus McLaren. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Sociology on the Menu is an accessible introduction to the sociology of food. Highlighting the social and cultural dimensions of the human food system, from production to consumption, it encourages...

A compelling and persuasive look at the social transformations needed to cope with our environmental crises. Our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. On...

A thorough genealogical resource explores the techniques of discovering the secrets of one's family history and locating one's ancestors, covering everything from how to identify the members of one's family...

Our Bodies, Our Babies traces the struggle of women to change approaches to childbirth and to claim their right to choices in childbirth and breastfeeding. This is a wonderful book...

One of the most distinctive features of Chinese culture is the great variety of unique festivals that has evolved over the course of China's long history. Chinese festivals are deeply...

Commonly known as the "Arnolfini Wedding" or "Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride," Jan van Eyck's double portrait, painted in 1434, is probably the most widely recognised panel painting of the...

What is your emotional fingerprint? Why are some people so quick to recover from setbacks? Why are some so attuned to others that they seem psychic? Why are some people...

The book titled Guide to Teaching Practice by the author Lou Cohen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Work in Perspective by the author Lesley Howard Murdoch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously or economically - is one of the most urgent challenges facing civil society today. Together argues that co-operation needs more than...

Wet nursing, or breast feeding another's child for money, is one of the oldest occupations open to women. This book is a history of these substitute mothers from earliest times...

This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth....

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In her new book, REDISCOVERING BIRTH, Sheila Kitzinger explores the universal experience of pregnancy and childbirth and looks closely at feelings and behaviour in pregnancy, the physical and spiritual experience...

Motherhood is often portrayed as one of the most fulfilling experiences in a woman's life. Books on pregnancy, birth and motherhood not only tell women what they should do, they...

Following the "Virago Book of Wicked Verse", this is a collection of poems on every aspect of pregnancy and birth, from Anne Sexton, Laurie Lee, Louise Gluck, Robert Lowell, Seamus...

Can Jews be allowed to become boring? With Israel and antisemitism constantly in the news, it seems as though the Jewish people - a fraction of a percentage of the...

A pioneer in the childbirth movement for 30 years, Michel Odent focuses on birth and breastfeeding and suggests some startling conclusions. The Nature of Birth and Breastfeeding has as its...

Apprenticeship was one of the most enduring economic and social institutions in the lives of the English working class. The young apprentice, "bound by indentures to a tradesman, who is...

As educators and social researchers have become more familiar with the promise of qualitative inquiry, so do students need a strong foundation of qualitative research methods. Offering a comprehensive overview...

About the practices and politics of place and identity formation -- the slippery ways in which who we are becomes wrapped up with where we are -- this book exposes...

From novels of the nineteenth century to films of the 1990s, American culture, abounds with images of white, middle-class mothers. In Motherhood and Representation , E. Ann Kaplan considers how...

Examining the wide range of feminist research methods, Shulamit Reinharz explains the relationship between feminism and methodology, and challenges existing stereotypes. Concluding that there is no one correct feminist method,...

Secondhand Sociology, Philosophy & Feminism Bargain Book Box This intellectually stimulating collection of nineteen books explores the intersections of sociology, philosophy, and medical ethics, with a strong emphasis on feminist...

Secondhand Anthropology & Sociology Bargain Book Box This profound collection of twenty-one volumes delves deep into the structures of human society, culture, and thought. Featuring a definitive set of works...

Secondhand Anthropology & Sociology Bargain Book Box This intellectual treasury contains nineteen volumes dedicated to the study of human society, culture, and political thought. The collection offers a deep dive...

In this sweeping study, one of the world's leading thinkers about the urban environment traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from...

Written in an accessible style this volume tackles such topics as beginning to write, continuing to write, editing and getting published, and ensuring that the researcher's final account is written...

Collaborative Inquiry in Practice is an invitation and guide for people interested in pursuing a more imaginative and holistic approach to human inquiry. The reader is guided step-by-step through the...

Presenting information and findings about the history of the peopling of Australia, this revised edition looks at the way people first came to Australia, where they lived, and how they...

A topic with ever-increasing appeal and scope, Media Studies is attracting more and more higher education students as well as the thousands of practitioners within its various fields. Written by...

Family has always been fertile ground for writers. To the usual familial themes, adoption adds its own potent elements: mystery, luck, the questing for origins, the yearning for a child,...