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  • Cultural Sociology

    An Introduction

    by Les Back, Andy Bennett, Laura Desfor Edles, Margaret Gibson, David Inglis, Ron Jacobs, Ian Woodward ...
    Cultural Sociology: An Introduction is the first dedicated student textbook to address cultural sociology as a legitimate model for sociological thinking and research. Highly renowned authors present a rich overview of major sociological themes and the various empirical applications of cultural sociology.A timely introductory overview to this increasingly significant field which provides ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

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    Postpartum

    Handling the Physical Changes

    by Kathryn Back ...
    Narrated by Leila Elsibaie-Chowdhury ...

    Unabridged

    25 min

    Whether you´re still pregnant and preparing for the postpartum period, or you´ve just delivered your baby, your body has accomplished something amazing: you´ve created a tiny little life.While it´s incredibly exciting to finally hold your baby, now you´re on the journey back to normalcy within your body, and if you don´t know what to expect, this can seem daunting. Luckily, you´ve found us to help ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Race, Politics and Social Change

    by Les Back ...
    Drawing on a wealth of original sources, including interviews with politicians and activists this book explores the changing contours of the politics of race in the present social and political environment. The volume seeks to go beyond abstract generalisations in order to develop an account which takes seriously the everyday processes that have shaped social understandings of race and politics in ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD

  • New Ethnicities And Urban Culture

    Social Identity And Racism In The Lives Of Young People

    by Les Back ...
    Engaging exploration of race and youth culture which examines the development of new identities, ethnicities and forms of racism. This text analyzes the relationship between racism, community and adolescent social identities in the African and South Asian diasporas.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in race and ethnicity, urban sociology, cultural ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Old Acquaintances

    by Gayle Buck ...
    After a wonderful visit with her sister's family, Miss Judith Grantham is returning home to Elmswood Hall. It's a dull ending to the Christmas holidays.An overturned mail coach blocks the icy road and she takes up one of the passengers The young girl turns out to be a runaway heiress.Judith is astonished when some of the other passengers come to her door, seeking shelter from an impending ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Unfinished Politics of Race

    Histories of Political Participation, Migration, and Multiculturalism

    by Les Back, Michael Keith, Kalbir Shukra, John Solomos ...
    The Unfinished Politics of Race argues that the past few decades have seen important transformations in the politics of race. Contending that existing accounts have focused narrowly on the mainstream political sphere, this study argues that there is a need to explore the role of race more widely. By exploring the mainstream as well as transitional and alternative spheres of political mobilisation ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Migrant City

    by Les Back, Shamser Sinha ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Ethnography
    Migrant City tells the story of contemporary London from the perspective of thirty adult migrants and two sociologists. Connecting migrants’ private struggles to the public issues at stake in the way mobility is regulated, channelled and managed in a globalised world, this volume explores what migration means in a world that is hyper connected – but where we see increasingly mobile, invasive and ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Hogs in the Sand

    A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal

    by Buck Wyndham ...
    "I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton battle tank and throw it 200 feet across the desert, while the rest of the tank burns in an explosion of white-hot, burning phosphorescence. But the cold, morbid reality of it does not exist from where I sit and watch it happen. There's no dramatic chord. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Fredericka's Folly

    by Gayle Buck ...
    A rocky road ends in love.Fredericka Hedgeworth is used to managing the details of an estate for her younger brother. She's never thought of any other life. Then her mother's friend, Lady Dalmare, invites her to London for the Season.Fredericka makes a hit with the ton.Lord Sebastion Satterwaite is attracted to Fredericka, but he swiftly discovers that she isn't a milk-and-toast miss. She is ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flight of Passage

    A True Story

    by Rinker Buck ...
    **Writer Rinker Buck looks back to a summer when he and his brother, at ages fifteen and seventeen, respectively, became the youngest duo to fly across America, from New Jersey to California."Terrific." —The Chicago Sun-Times**In the summer of 1966, Rinker and Kernahan Buck, two teenaged boys from New Jersey, bought a dilapidated Piper Cub for $300, rebuilt it, and piloted it on a record-breaking ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • East Wind: West Wind: The Saga of a Chinese Family

    The Saga of a Chinese Family

    by Pearl S. Buck ...
    Nobel winner Pearl S. Buck’s classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman’s coming of age as she’s torn between Eastern and Western culturesKwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl—taught by her mother to submit in all things, “as a flower submits to sun and rain alike.” Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she’s surprised by one aspect of her anticipated ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Magnificent Match

    by Gayle Buck ...
    The sleeping beauty.Megan O'Connell is buried in the Irish countryside, trapped by the life her selfish family leads, without a hope of meeting an eligible gentleman. An unexpected invitation offers her an escape. Megan seizes the opportunity to sojourn in dazzling St. Petersburg. When Megan returns to attend the London Season, she is sophisticated, daring and celebrated. She also has an arrogant, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus