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The Temple And The Lodge
Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 12.00In this enthralling historical detective story, the authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail trace the flight after 1309 of the Knights Templar from Europe to Scotland, where the Templar heritage was to take root, and would be perpetuated by a network of noble families. That heritage, and the Freemasonry that arose from it, became inseparable... more...
Kith
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not AvailableKith is a passionate examination of what it means to be a child, by Jay Griffiths, the award-winning author of Wild. While travelling the world in order to write her award-winning book Wild , Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in... more...
Ageing, meaning and social structure
The Policy Press 2013; US$ 99.00A wide range of contributors focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolation, dementia and professional challenges in social work and participatory research. more...
Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites, Volume 23
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 99.95Who are the elites, how do they interact with society, and do they threaten democracy? more...
Fractured Cities
Zed Books 2006; US$ 34.95As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. From the paramilitary invasion of Medellin Colombia, the booming wealth of crack dealers in Managua, and police corruption in Mexico City, to the glimmers of hope in Lima, this book provides a dynamic analysis of urban insecurity.... more...
The Well-Connected Community
The Policy Press 2009; US$ 32.95Since the publication of the first edition of "The well-connected community" there has been a growing recognition in practice and policy of how networks contribute to the vitality of community life and civil society. This fully-updated second edition includes new ideas drawn from recent research on social capital and the policy context for... more...
Youth in Contemporary Europe
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 39.95Examines the everyday living conditions experienced and also shaped by young people in Europe. This book focuses on the context of economic, social and political change affecting youth in the critical transition from dependence to independence. more...
Childhood
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 99.95Drawing both on micro and macro, national and comparative studies, this volume traces some of the trends and analyzes in comparative perspective how they affect images and practices of childhood and transforms responsibilities for children. more...
Superclass
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008; US$ 16.99Each of them is one in a million. They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world's most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping... more...
From Early Child Development to Human Development
World Bank Publications 2002; US$ 29.99It is never too early to become involved but it can easily be too late.'Armed with such alarming statistics as 125 million primary-school age children are not in school; another 150 million children drop out of primary school before they complete four years of education; and almost one-half of the children in the least developed countries of the... more...









