Social Sciences Books


Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) Best Price: $8.95 I read the paperback edition of this book, edited by L. Maria Child with a new introduction by...	Understanding Third World Politics, Third Edition: Theories of Political Change and Development Best Price: $18.00 Now in its third edition, Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical...	Sex the Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey Best Price: $7.48 Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy's Kinsey: Sex: The Measure of All Things (2000) is a balanced,...	Sex Work and the City: The Social Geography of Health and Safety in Tijuana, Mexico (Inter-America) Best Price: $19.95 A gateway at the U.S.-Mexico border, Tijuana is a complex urban center with a sizeable...	Kimono: Fashioning Culture Best Price: $78.00 The kimono is the national dress of Japan and is instantly recognisable as Japanese wherever you...



The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation Best Price: $1.00 A reference of authority on Middle East Politics, terrorism, and hope through modernization. ...	The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism Best Price: $2.49 Bogle points out a number of problems affecting the honesty and profitability of stock...	Sex and Friendship in Baboons Best Price: $34.18 Despite the title, I'd prefer to have sex and friendship outside of a baboon, but for those...	Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, Sixth Edition Best Price: $29.95 I purchased this book for a graduate level course in family therapy. I found it very helpful in...	Argumentation and Critical Decision Making (6th Edition) Best Price: $19.79 The first and most thoroughly developed audience-oriented argumentation text, Argumentation and...



Deviant Behavior (8th Edition) Best Price: $5.74 This book is a disgrace to academia. The author has yet to master the art of forming a coherent...	Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s Best Price: $11.97 Bromell was there. So was I. But Bromell goes wild analyzing the spaces between words in...	The Prince: Second Edition Best Price: $13.99 This little volume makes for some entertaining reading but it is not the supreme Renaissance...	Wallbangin': Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. Taggers and gangbangers are two very different types of people. Don't confuse the two.	Anatomy of Film Best Price: $38.20 Combining a student-friendly approach with in-depth coverage, this book gives an enthusiastic...

Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom Best Price: $3.85 I knew this book was heading for disappointment when the opening featured the following: - A...	Bosnia and Hercegovina: A Tradition Betrayed Best Price: $7.20 Robert J. Donia and John V.A. Fine make clear a couple of points on the conflict in...	Sex Among Allies Best Price: $163.34 This book gives an excellent history of US-ROK relations re: the US military troops in S. Korea....	The Producer's Business Handbook Best Price: $14.36 From the appendix the book is based on a lie. He first states all of the forms that are...	The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars Best Price: $3.22 The Eaves of Heaven is about Thong Pham's life. His son, Andrew Pham, writes in the first...

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Best Price: $14.98 Barack Obama must be the only person on the planet with a background like this: son of a...	Renegade: The Making of a President Best Price: $2.00 This book is well written with an intellect and command that lets you get the meat without...	Quality Research Papers Best Price: $7.00 Nancy Jean Vyhmeister has written a thoughtful, considerate, and readable technical manual on...	King James: Believe the Hype---The LeBron James Story Best Price: $1.98 Ryan Jones is a great basketball writer. In King James: The LeBron James Story he does a great...	Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat Best Price: $4.88 Grapes eaten in Iowa may have been on a complicated voyage from Chile. The French beans we...

I'm Down: A Memoir Best Price: $2.75 I've been hearing a lot about this book lately and I wanted to read it. The first few...	How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York With Introductory Chapters and a Riis Chronology (Bedford Series in History and Culture) Best Price: $254.46 I really think this book was interested. we had to read it in our english class and everyone...	Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson Best Price: $6.99 I received this book as a B-Day present, and took my time reading it. As it does deserve careful...	Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker Best Price: $0.99 I spent two days lost in this book. Quite a performance by Jim McManus, and I don't mean...	Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy Best Price: $4.99 This is a small book with a simple thesis: the experience of melancholy is an essential part of...

The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Best Price: $34.85 In The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman accounts for the changes taking place in our time, as...	The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Best Price: $3.28 If you are reading this on your computer, much of what Thomas L. Friedman says in his recent...	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Best Price: $18.93 Nickel and Dimed I read this book after reading Dishwasher Pete, a very lightweight read....	The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology And The Myth Of Israel Best Price: $12.97 I'm sorry I have to write this, but I just got so fed up with the so many of the wacky...	Intellectuals and Society Best Price: $6.95 Sowell is either dishonest or seriously lacking the level of intelligence we should expect from...

Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus Best Price: $8.18 It is like someone is watching over your shoulder and reading your very thoughts. I realized...	Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West Best Price: $3.36 On December 27, 2007, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, mere days...	Communicating Effectively [With CDROM] Best Price: $65.99 I was very pleased with the price and shipping. The book I received was in fair condition, not...	Adolescence with PowerWeb Best Price: $3.99 This is an excellent text for adolescent development. It is an easy read for undergraduate...	Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural Best Price: $45.00 I needed this book for an anthropology class. While it is mostly good, I have a few complaints....

Public and Private Families: An Introduction Best Price: $33.00 I am a Sociology professor in a distance learning university. I have selected this text (fifth...	Social Problems and the Quality of Life Best Price: $74.97 The book is well written yet fails to provide various perspectives on social problems. The...	The American Democracy Best Price: $20.00 Not only did this book come on Monday, after being ordered on Friday...But I saved over $40.00...	Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century (2nd Edition) Cindy Combs's "Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century" is generally a well-written...	Terrorism in the 21st Century (3rd Edition) Best Price: $2.39 Post-cold war in focus and Unbiased in perspective, this book makes clear not only what...

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel Best Price: $6.20 The sacred and the profane. Faith and eroticism. Earth-drying sunlight and earth-rending flood....	Toxic In-Laws: Loving Strategies for Protecting Your Marriage Best Price: $7.00 This book gives specific methods and language for improving in-law relations. It gave me the...	Lakota Woman Best Price: $3.90 This is one of the best books available to people interested in contemporary Native Americans....	Two Old Women Best Price: $3.74 Two old women, Sa' (for star) and Ch'idzigyaak (for chickadee), were left to die by...	Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong Best Price: $0.01 I've been reading a lot of books from the right, and wanted to read some stuff from the...

Alwaleed: Businessman, Billionaire, Prince Best Price: $6.49 His Royal Highness Prince Al-Waleed is one of today's most extraordinary, important and...	Best Loved Chinese Proverbs Best Price: $5.97 I've always enjoyed books of sayings,proverbs,quotations and such.I also often use them in...	Pinheads and Patriots LP: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama Best Price: $5.79 Let me start by saying that I am pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, a critic of multiculturalism (as...	Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today Best Price: $3.50 The book is poorly structured - a rambling mess of anecdote and half-baked psycho-babble. ...	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (P.S.) Best Price: $5.99 I know kids that buy Taco Bell for lunch religiously at school, or domino's pizza; I was...

Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson Best Price: $6.99 I received this book as a B-Day present, and took my time reading it. As it does deserve careful...	Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker Best Price: $0.99 I spent two days lost in this book. Quite a performance by Jim McManus, and I don't mean...	Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy Best Price: $4.99 This is a small book with a simple thesis: the experience of melancholy is an essential part of...	The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Best Price: $34.85 In The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman accounts for the changes taking place in our time, as...	The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Best Price: $3.28 If you are reading this on your computer, much of what Thomas L. Friedman says in his recent...

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Best Price: $18.93 Nickel and Dimed I read this book after reading Dishwasher Pete, a very lightweight read....	The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology And The Myth Of Israel Best Price: $12.97 I'm sorry I have to write this, but I just got so fed up with the so many of the wacky...	Intellectuals and Society Best Price: $6.95 Sowell is either dishonest or seriously lacking the level of intelligence we should expect from...	Waiting for the Sun Best Price: $13.95 Barney Hoskyns' "Waiting for the Sun" is a superbly written and...	Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value: The False Coin of Our Own Dreams Best Price: $26.27 Graeber's book is not only a welcome addition to the anthropological literature on value;...

Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America Best Price: $8.06 I picked this book up from my local library and just finished it. It gives a wonder history on...	Half-Moon Scar (Stonewall Inn editions) Best Price: $4.75 When Seattle's Allison Green was ten years old and living in Wisconsin, she had a male best...	Constant Battles: Why We Fight Best Price: $11.01 This book has two main points: that people often fight physically, and that they have always...	My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times Best Price: $1.99 It's probably unfair to say that Harold Evans has led a charmed life, but there's ample...	Cross-X: The Amazing True Story of How the Most Unlikely Team from the Most Unlikely of Places Overcame Staggering Obstacles at Home and at School to ... Community on Race, Power, and Education Best Price: $3.99 I really wanted to like this book. As a debate coach for an inner city school, I looked forward...

Everything's an Argument with Readings Best Price: $24.00 great product! great transaction! it said that it was only in "good" condition but it...	Latina Writers (The Ilan Stavans Library of Latino Civilization) Best Price: $20.49 Latina literature is one of the fastest growing areas of American literature today, and the...	Cleopatra: A Life Best Price: $7.20 Stacy Schiff's recent biography of Egypt's greatest queen leaves her subject yet a woman...	The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Best Price: $10.67 It was a New York Times bestseller, now it's destined to be an audiobook bestseller due in...	The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Best Price: $10.40 Palast takes a thorough & genuine reporter's approach to one of the most blatant bits of...

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time Best Price: $0.85 My persistent suspicion for any bestseller that grapples with "the Muslim world" has...	The Souls of Black Folk Best Price: $85.36 This was required reading for a graduate course in the Humanities. William Edward Burghardt Du...	A Short History of the American Stomach Best Price: $0.01 Like the Food Network it erroneously deems the sine qua non of the American gourmet scene, this...	The Road to Wigan Pier Best Price: $4.99 The interesting thing about George Orwell is the way in which he continued his intellectual...	Uncle Tom's Cabin (Oxford World's Classics) Best Price: $5.00 This is an epic novel about the horrors of slavery as an institution and as a destructive...

Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States Best Price: $29.95 Very illuminating study of the growth of suburbia in American history. However, the book is not...	Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) Best Price: $4.66 Title: Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, translated by James Scully and C. John Herington ...	The Liars' Club: A Memoir Best Price: $10.47 My book club chose this book and we gave it mixed ratings, but I loved it! The spirit and...	Real Boys' Voices Best Price: $4.71 Real Boys' Voices is a powerful journey into the minds of guys who have been raised to `hold...	Take the Cannoli Best Price: $300.00 I became a fan of Sarah Vowell after reading Assassination Vacation, and decided to go back and...

Fat Land Best Price: $74.14 You will find no science or reason between the covers of Mr. Critsers book. What you will find...	Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Best Price: $11.00 Neil Postman's 1984 book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, is an engaging, if not depressing...	The Art of Mehndi Best Price: $69.44 Pros: This book is beautifully constructed and will impress anyone interested in mehndi,...	How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York Best Price: $6.92 In his book, How the Other Half Lives, Jacob A. Riis gives the reader a front row view of life...	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $5.00 I have read a lot of the past reviews and I consider this story as part of the American...

The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color Among African Americans Best Price: $20.00 I thank the writers of this book for airing this often painful topic, which has always lurked...	The World Is Flat - A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Perhaps it was not meant as one, but I found this book to be great source of inspiration and...

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