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Last Woman Standing
Amy Gentry
‘A twisty and engrossing thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.’Karin Slaughter, International Bestselling AuthorHumiliated by a man who held her careerin his hands, Dana Diaz’s life and reputation are in tatters.Drowning her...
Map Addict
Mike Parker
'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said…'Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without even noticing: checking the A-Z, the road...
Mother of All Myths
Aminatta Forna
A provocative and debate-inspiring book which explores the pressure, politics, philosophy and culture of motherhood in today’s society.Motherhood has changed. For several decades there has been tension between traditional ideas and modern values...
Not My Idea of Heaven
Lindsey Rosa
Those who had not discovered our truth had Satan in their hearts. We lived amongst them, but not with them, 'in the world, but not of the world'. We were special.We were the disciples of the Fellowship.When she was a child, Lindsey Rosa's every...
Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast
Tony Parsons
SPECIAL PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIMEThe bestselling author of MAN AND BOY turns his acute eye and pen to the biggest personal issues that face us – as well as the annoying grit in the eye of everyday life.'If a young lover breaks your heart, or if...
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Дорис Лессинг
The companion to a series of lectures given by Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in which she addresses some of the most important questions facing us today.‘This is a time when it is frightening to be alive, when it is hard to...
The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies: The Ultimate A–Z of Ancient Mysteries, Lost Civilizations and Forgotten Wisdom
John Greer Michael
Discover everything you ever wanted to know about secret societies like the Freemasons, the historical mystery of Atlantis, why King Arthur, Leonardo da Vinci and Hitler are key figures, plus conspiracy theories, forgotten sciences and ancient...
The Moral State We’re In
Julia Neuberger
A study of the moral state of the nation – the acid test of this being how we treat the weakest among us. Rabbi Julia Neuberger will assess the situation in the UK from her own unique viewpoint, and promises to draw some challenging and...
The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter and Live Better in a Fast World
Carl Honore
What do we do when things go wrong in a fast world? Many of us go for the quick fix that delays the problem rather than solving it. To make real progress we need real solutions – we need to take time for THE SLOW FIX. People have long been...
The Women’s History of the World
Розалин Майлз
Now available as an ebook.Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the worldwide history of revolution, empire, war and peace. As well as looking at...
The Fix
Damian Thompson
Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives.Our most casual daily habits can quickly become obsessions that move beyond our control. Damian Thompson, who has himself struggled with a range of...
Stalkers
Jean Ritchie
SOMEWHERE, SOMEONE IS WATCHING, WAITING …What is it like to suffer the attentions of an obsessive fan, to be haunted by the menace of a stalker? What changes devotion into something far more sinister and how do the stars cope with the...
The Grass is Greener: An Anglo-Saxon Passion
Tom Fort
Grass and its organisation into lawns is a particularly English obsession.If an Englishman’s house is his castle, then his lawn is most certainly his estate. Occupying a place in the national psyche comparable to that of afternoon tea, the...
The Invisible Crowd
Ellen Wiles
‘A fierce, big-hearted novel.’ Joe Treasure, author of The Book of Air‘Pushes us to find our kinder selves.’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You‘A wonderful book.’ Maurice Wren, Chief Executive of the Refugee CouncilOne of the...
The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-up in History
Michael Baigent
What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In the sequel to ‘The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail’ Michael Baigent reveals the truth and tackles controversial questions, such as whether or not Christ survived the crucifixion.Twenty...
The Nineties: When Surface was Depth
Michael Bracewell
the first clear anatomy of a confused decade, the 1990s – ‘Bracewell, with great verve and style, animates the cultural conversation’, Greil Marcus'Michael Bracewell is the most adroitly gifted writer of his generation.' MorrisseyMichael...
The Shadow of Solomon: The Lost Secret of the Freemasons Revealed
Laurence Gardner
What secrets lie behind the mysterious order of the Freemasons? Published to coincide with Dan Brown's new novel, set in the enigmatic world of Freemasonry, Laurence Gardner's new book draws on his experience as a Freemason to create a...
Население России 2016. Двадцатый четвертый ежегодный демографический доклад
Коллектив авторов
Двадцать четвертый выпуск серии ежегодных аналитических докладов Института демографии НИУ ВШЭ, которые регулярно публикуются с 1993 г. В очередном докладе продолжен анализ текущей демографической ситуации в России на фоне ее долговременной...
Профессиональная идентичность в российском обществе (вопросы истории, теории и практики)
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В коллективной монографии исследуются методологическое, историко-культурное и социологическое измерения профессиональной идентичности в российском обществе. С позиций междисциплинарного подхода определяются концептуальные контуры анализа...
Introduction to Homeland Security. Understanding Terrorism Prevention and Emergency Management
David McEntire A.
Introduces readers to the world of homeland security and provides them with up-to-date information on recent attacks, new terrorist threats, visible terrorist organizations, current dilemmas, updated research, and best practices This book...
Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton
Anne Grauer L.
An Indispensable Resource on Advanced Methods of Analysis of Human Skeletal and Dental Remains in Archaeological and Forensic Contexts Now in its third edition, Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton has become a key reference for...
Statistical Applications for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
K. Paul Nesselroade
An updated edition of a classic text on applying statistical analyses to the social sciences, with reviews, new chapters, an expanded set of post-hoc analyses, and information on computing in Excel and SPSS Now in its second edition,Statistical...
Materialities of Care. Encountering Health and Illness Through Artefacts and Architecture
Sarah Nettleton
Materialities of Care addresses the role of material culture within health and social care encounters, including everyday objects, dress, furniture and architecture. Makes visible the mundane and often unnoticed aspects of material culture and...
The Social Self and Everyday Life. Understanding the World Through Symbolic Interactionism
Kathy Charmaz
An engaging text that enables readers to understand the world through symbolic interactionism This lively and accessible book offers an introduction to sociological social psychology through the lens of symbolic interactionism. It provides...
Where Am I Giving: A Global Adventure Exploring How to Use Your Gifts and Talents to Make a Difference
Kelsey Timmerman
Your gifts connect you to a world of giving Americans are generous with their pocketbooks, but trying to make a difference and actually making a difference are two different things. Where Am I Giving? by New York Times bestselling author Kelsey...
Core Concepts in Sociology
J. Ryan Michael
An essential guide to the basic concepts that comprise the study of sociology with contributions from an international range of leading experts Core Concepts in Sociology is a comprehensive guide to the essential concepts relevant to the current...
Life. A Critical User's Manual
Didier Fassin
How can we think of life in its dual expression, matter and experience, the living and the lived? Philosophers and, more recently, social scientists have offered multiple answers to this question, often privileging one expression or the other –...
The Algorithmic Code of Ethics. Ethics at the Bedside of the Digital Revolution
Jerome Beranger
The technical progress illustrated by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), online platforms, NBICs, autonomous expert systems, and the Blockchain let appear the possibility of a...
Embarrassment of Product Choices 1. How to Consume Differently
Michel Millot
When there are too many choices, there is no choice. The choices are entangled in a maze of rather confused possibilities. They go through many nebulous paths. Doubt, hesitation, indecision, become the only resolutions possible. Choosing is the...
Seduction. Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy
Rachel O'Neill
Within the so-called seduction community, the ability to meet and attract women is understood as a skill which heterosexual men can cultivate through practical training and personal development. Though it has been an object of media speculation...
Experience. New Foundations for the Human Sciences
Scott Lash
This book is a radical plea for the centrality of experience in the social and human sciences. Lash argues that a large part of the output of the social sciences today is still shaped by assumptions stemming from positivism, in contrast to the...
Improvised Lives. Rhythms of Endurance in an Urban South
AbdouMaliq Simone
The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular districts in more expansive ways that capture what really goes...
Gender, Identity and Place. Understanding Feminist Geographies
Linda McDowell
Feminist approaches within the social sciences have expanded enormously since the 1960s. In addition, in recent years, geographic perspectives have become increasingly significant as feminist recognition of the differences between women, their...
The Strategic Digital Media Entrepreneur
JoAnn Sciarrino
A goldmine of strategic insights and practical business guidance covering all aspects of media entrepreneurship in the Digital Age The media industry is facing epic upheaval. Revolutionary new technologies compel those in businesses as diverse...
Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in Post-Soviet Russia
Ilya Yablokov
Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War – allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election are only the most recent...
Выборы на фоне Крыма: электоральный цикл 2016-2018 гг. и перспективы политического транзита
Юлия Михайловна Баскакова
В новой коллективной монографии эксперты ВЦИОМ анализируют эволюцию политического поведения россиян, рассматривают судьбу одного из главных социально-политических феноменов эпохи 2014—2018 гг. – «крымского консенсуса», ставят методологические...
Половая социализация молодежи в условиях социокультурной трансформации семьи 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Монография
Сергей Юрьевич Девятых
Известно, что половая социализация является предметом рассмотрения многих социальных наук. Каковы особенности ее рассмотрения в науках психологических? Каковы содержание и характеристики этого процесса с точки зрения психологии? Каковы...
Оккупациональная терапия
Б. А. Маршинин
В пособии изложены теоретические положения оккупациональной терапии, сформулированы и разъяснены ее основные принципы, утвержденные Всемирной федерацией оккупациональных терапевтов. Приведено большое количество методик, опросников, тестов...
Экономические основы социальной работы
Коллектив авторов
Учебник ориентирован на подготовку бакалавров по направлению «Социальная работа» и включает в себя материал, отвечающий требованиям современного уровня высшего профессионального образования по проблемам освоения экономических основ деятельности...
Альманах Центра исследований экономической культуры факультета свободных искусств и наук 2015
Альманах
Центр исследований экономической культуры (ЦИЭК) факультета свободных искусств и наук Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета занимается изучением взаимосвязи экономики и культуры, или, иными словами, взаимосвязи экономического...
