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  • An Introduction to the Sociology of Religionby Inger Furseth; Pål Repstad

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 29.95

    An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provides an overview of sociological theories of contemporary religious life. Some chapters are organized according to topic. Others offer brief presentations of classical and contemporary sociologists from Karl Marx to Zygmunt Bauman and their perspectives on social life, including religion. Throughout... more...

  • Tracing Mobilitiesby Weert Canzler; Vincent Kaufmann; Sven Kesselring

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95

    Mobility is one of the basic principles of modernity. This book is a foray into the exciting new field of interdisciplinary mobility research informed by theoretical reflection and empirical investigation. It presents a movement that begins with the macro-social transformations linked to mobility, concluding with empirical discussions on the new forms... more...

  • I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorcedby Nujood Ali; Delphine Minoui

    Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 12.00

    ?I?m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.?   Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from her parents and beloved sisters and made to live with her husband and his family... more...

  • Maximum Cityby Suketu Mehta

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.00

    A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider?s view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs; following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse; opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood; and delving into the... more...

  • The German Geniusby Peter Watson

    HarperCollins 2010; US$ 16.99

    The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson ( Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas ). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy, The German Genius is a lively and accessible... more...

  • The Serpent and the Rainbowby Wade Davis

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 15.00

    In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis -- people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification... more...

  • Nurtureshockby Po Bronson; Ashley Merryman

    Ebury Publishing 2010; US$ 12.00

    What if we told you... that dishonesty in children is a positive trait that arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role model and that if you praise your children you risk making them fail ...and it was all true? Using a cutting-edge combination of behavioural psychology and neuroscience, award-winning journalists... more...

  • Showdown at Gucci Gulchby Alan Murray; Jeffrey Birnbaum

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 18.00

    The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was the single most sweeping change in the history of America's income tax. It was also the best political and economic story of its time. Here, in the anecdotal style of The Making of the President, two Wall Street Journal reporters provide the first complete picture of how this tax revolution went from an improbable dream... more...

  • The Status Syndromeby Michael Marmot

    Henry Holt and Co. 2007; US$ 17.99

    Based on decades of his own research, a pioneering epidemiologist reveals the surprising factors behind who lives longer and why You probably didn't realize that when you graduated from college you increased your lifespan, or that your co-worker who has a master's degree is more likely to live a longer and healthier life. Seemingly small social... more...

  • Social Theory and Religionby James A. Beckford

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 30.00

    Explores the links between social theory and the social scientific study of religion. more...