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  • Narratives of Nothing

    Storying the Unlived Life

    by Susie Scott ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores how episodes of ‘nothing’, or lost experience, shape accounts of self-identity.What is the most important thing that is not in your life? We tell stories about absent people, missed opportunities, things we yearn or wish for and events that never happened. These negative phenomena hold special meanings in memory and imagination, and can have a deep emotional impact. They help us ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD

  • Negotiating Identity

    Symbolic Interactionist Approaches to Social Identity

    by Susie Scott ...
    Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, Susie Scott explores the micro-social processes of interaction through which identities are created, maintained, challenged and reinvented. With a focus on empirical studies as illustrations, classic ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Social Life of Nothing

    Silence, Invisibility and Emptiness in Tales of Lost Experience

    by Susie Scott ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
    Nothing really matters. All the things that we do not do, have or become in our lives can be important in shaping self-identity. From jobs turned down to great loves lost, secrets kept and truths untold, people missed and souls unborn, we understand ourselves through other, unlived lives that are imaginatively possible. This book explores the realm of negative social phenomena – no-things, no ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD

  • Making Sense of Everyday Life

    by Susie Scott ...
    This accessible, introductory text explains the importance of studying 'everyday life' in the social sciences. Susie Scott examines such varied topics as leisure, eating and drinking, the idea of home, and time and schedules in order to show how societies are created and reproduced by the apparently mundane 'micro' level practices of everyday life.Each chapter is organized around three main themes ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Jesus Was

    Not What We Expected but Better Than We Imagined

    Narrated by Ann Richardson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours

    "This is a book that brings Jesus out of the headlines and back into our hearts." —Pastor Josh Burtram and Will Wright, hosts of the Faithful Politics podcastIt's easy to fall into the trap of perceiving God in our own image. We expect Jesus to fit into the molds we create, and we see him through our own biased filters. This skewed vision of our Savior is damaging both to us and to nonbelievers. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Angels of a Lower Flight

    One Woman's Mission to Save a Country . . . One Child at a Time

    "In this world, you were loved."The inspiring story of how one woman's message of hope and opportunity will change the lives of an entire generation.Three schools, two orphanages, a hospital, and an abandoned-infant home -- constructed in the poorest country in the western hemisphere -- were the result of one quick television commercial. The ad was for a charity, asking for donations to help ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Interpreting Identities

    Dimensions of Power, Presence, and Belonging

    Edited by Wayne H. Brekhus, Susie Scott ...
    Series series Interpretive Lenses in Sociology
    This edited collection brings together social scientists to interpret identity from a wide range of analytical perspectives. Drawing on multiple interpretive traditions from the last 100 years, the book explores how underlying social, cultural and psychological forces shape the dimensions of identity.Chapters emphasize how identity forms and functions in relation to key sociological issues such as ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Existential Selves

    Freedom, Chaos and the Search for Meaning

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume draws on existentialist ideas from philosophy, psychology and sociology to explore some intriguing questions. How do good people commit evil deeds? Which parts of our selves do we try to hide from others – and from ourselves? How do we find a balance between routine predictability and chaotic despair? What excuses do we make to avoid taking responsibility for our (in)actions? Focusing ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Ex-treme Identities and Transitions Out of Extraordinary Roles

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on the experience of leaving unusual or extreme situations: from military careers to religious communities, subcultures, criminal groups and political leadership. It explores how people become disillusioned with and disengaged from these social worlds, challenging their sense of self-identity and cultural belonging. Each chapter considers how participants negotiate the process of ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Blood Oath

    An Unputdownable, Utterly Addictive Scottish Crime Thriller

    Series Book 2 - Scottish Murder Series: A DI Viv Wylde Investigation
    A Burning Van. A Murdered Minister. A Conspiracy Fuelled by Faith, Lies, and Vengeance.When Detective Inspector Viv Wylde is called to a remote stretch of the Scottish Highlands, she expects another murder investigation.She does not expect to find a burned-out van, a body chained inside, and a respected minister murdered in an execution that looks anything but random.As Viv and her Major ... Read more

    $12.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood Ties

    An Unputdownable, Utterly Addictive Scottish Crime Thriller

    Series Book 1 - Scottish Murder Series: a DI Viv Wylde Investigation
    A brutal execution. A relentless detective. A conspiracy rooted in family, loyalty, and deadly secrets.When Detective Inspector Viv Wylde witnesses a man being executed in broad daylight beneath Stirling Bridge on her very first day with Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team, she knows one thing for certain.This was no random murder.The victim dies with a shotgun blast to the face. The killer ... Read more

    $12.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Unbreakable Boy

    A Father's Fear, a Son's Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love (Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Zachary Levi)

    Narrated by Stu Gray ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    Discover a heartwarming true story of joy, hope, and resilience…Now a major motion picture starring Zachary Levi.The Unbreakable Boy is the raucously tender story of the life of a teenage boy with autism and a rare brittle bone disease who joyfully embraces life's tragedies and triumphs.Like any other teenage boy, Austin loves pizza, movies, dancing, and girls. But unlike most other eighteen-year ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD