Social Sciences

The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape...

Primitive Man as Philosopher is influential anthropologist and ethnologist Paul Radin's enduringly relevant survey of an array of aboriginal cultures and belief systems, including those of the Winnebago, Oglala Sioux,...

The national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award WinnerThe...

Fieldwork Connections tells the story of the intertwined research histories of three anthropologists working in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China in the late twentieth century. Chapters are written alternately...

' Trippy, incisive, riotously funny ' ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN '[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER 'A stunner' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH ' Luminous ... as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance...

This book uses popular culture to demonstrate Christian principles for life. Includes a biblical perspective on the subject of love and articles on its key aspects. It also contains study...

In this book, Margaret Newman, an experienced couple and family counsellor and a member of a stepfamily herself, describes challenges that members of a stepfamily usually encounter. these include managing...

As featured in Bill Moyers's PBS special "Spirit and Nature", leaders from major traditions around the world speak out in this volume about what spiritual resources we may turn to...

Each step of the divorce process is painful, but for many it never seems to be over. The legal battles may end, but the emotional baggage - the loss, pain...

In the beginning there was blame. Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent, and we've been hard at it ever since. We may have come a long way from the...

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The book titled You're Not What I Expected: Learning to Love the Opposite Sex by the author What happens when the romance fades? Are lovers inevitably fated to disillusionment? A...

The Brendon James Life Foundation is Australia's premier cryonic company, with its patient-storage facility situated in outback NSW. To boost sales, and increase its public awareness, it announces a nationwide...

John Houghton and his wife - middle class, highly educated, well-travelled - learned that they could not have children of their own. Instead they adopted three siblings, two boys and...

Emotional Intelligence was an international phenomenon, appearing on the" New York Times" bestseller list for over a year and selling more than five million copies worldwide. Now, once again, Daniel...

The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in...

Inequalities in Marriage is a readable and distubing account of partnerships in the 1990's. Marriages are shown to be power relationships still, in which men usually have their way. The...

In the late 1910s Dr. Harry J. Haiselden, a prominent Chicago surgeon, electrified the nation by allowing the deaths of at least six infants he diagnosed as "defectives". He displayed...

From the mystique of the glamorous Kennedys to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president's impeachment to the historic tenure of Barack and Michelle Obama, each...

Author: Daniel PickBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work dissects the historical and psychological underpinnings...

Author: The New York TimesBinding: HardbackPublished: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: HEAVY. CD-Roms and magnifier included. This monumental collection chronicles over...

Author: Reinhard Bentmann And Michael MüllerBinding: HardbackPublished: HUMANITIES PRESS, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine slightly bruised. Internally sound, clean and bright copy. The Villa As...

Author: Rover Thomas; Trevor NichollsBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Art Gallery of Western Australia on behalf of the Australia Council, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: CURREY O'NEIL, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection of short stories, While The Billy Boils, captures the essence...

Author: Teresa Castelvetere, Dianne Fox, Louise RyanBinding: PaperbackPublished: -, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling local history, Slab Hut To Red...

Author: G. JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: SHIRE OF LILLYDALE, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsBorder Country: Episodes And Recollections Of Mooroolbark & Wonga Park chronicles the rich history and vibrant...

Author: Margaret WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Lowne Press, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The Convict Years: Transportation And The Penal System 1788-1868, meticulously chronicles the...

Author: M.J. Vroom And J.H.A. MeeusBinding: HardbackPublished: Mansell; Nichols Publishing, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic work, Learning From Rotterdam: Investigating The Process Of Urban Park Design,...

Author: Michael CannonBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralia Spirit Of A Nation: A Bicentenary Album presents a comprehensive look at Australia's journey over two...

Author: Geoff GaylardBinding: HardbackPublished: Portside Editions, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the extensive journey of The Moreton Bay Courier as it evolved into The...

Author: Sergio Bettini, Andrea Caizzi, Paolo Carpeggiani, Lanfranco Franzoni, Giovanni Lorenzoni, Sandro Pirovano, Lionello Puppi, Giandomenico Romanelli, Giovanna Scire Nepi, Guglielmo Tagliacarne, Fulvio ZulianiBinding: HardbackPublished: ELECTA EDITRICE, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very...

Author: Melvyn BraggBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1969Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis poignant historical novel chronicles the arduous life of a farm laborer in...

Author: Lord HarewoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe Tongs And The Bones: The Memoirs Of Lord Harewood presents an intimate look into the life...

Author: Paul HasluckBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling autobiography, Mucking About, chronicles the remarkable life and career of Paul Hasluck, offering an...

Author: Nigel DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical and anthropological study chronicles the pervasive practice of human sacrifice across...

Author: Ken LeviBinding: HardbackPublished: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling academic study, Violence And Religious Commitment: Implications Of Jim Jones's People's Temple...

Author: Robert ClaiborneBinding: HardbackPublished: ANGUS & ROBERTSON, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerRobert Claiborne's Climate, Man And History presents a compelling examination of the profound influence...

Author: Allen E. RobertsBinding: HardbackPublished: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co., Inc., 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, House Undivided: The Story Of Freemasonry And...

Author: James W. WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Light foxing on book block. Name and...

Author: Mim Skinner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'I loved it! Brilliantly written, probing and necessary' PANDORA SYKES 'Skinner goes in search of a different way of life ....

Author: Sarah Ladipo Manyika Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'A must read...!!!' will.i.am 'Each encounter is framed and presented with enormous literary skill and grace' David Olusoga WITH A...

Author: Sarah Ladipo Manyika Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Foreword by Bernardine Evaristo Award-winning author and cultural critic Sarah Ladipo Manyika takes us on aremarkable journey across contemporary cultural...

Amidst bloody battles and political maneuvering, thousands of African Americans spent the Civil War trying to hold their families together. This moving book illuminates that struggle through the letters they...

In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to achieve immortality along with utopian...

'Invigorating ... engaging ... thrilling' Samantha Ellis, GUARDIAN 'An astonishing tour-de-force . . . Juliet has found the biographer she deserves' Marion Turner A cultural, historical, and literary exploration of...

Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 Between 1958 and 1962, 45 million Chinese people were worked, starved or beaten to death. Mao Zedong threw his country...

The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain...

In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded...