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By: Yolande Strengers
ISBN: 9780262542791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 27th August 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A fascinating look at the gendering of smart homes, how they came to be so, and how modern households can and should be domains of equality"--
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By: David Brooks
ISBN: 9781780720371
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2012
UK Publication Date: 5th January 2012
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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David Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills - those hidden qualities that can't be easily measured, but which lead to happiness and fulfilment.
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By: William von Hippel
ISBN: 9781925713022
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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Our chimpish ancestors were superbly adapted to a life of leaping through the trees. To survive on the savannah, they had to make a social leap a change that drives us still today.
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By: William von Hippel
ISBN: 9780063450332
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: Neil Thompson
ISBN: 9781137502179
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Social Work Companion lets students know what to expect from their course and will be there every step of the way as an essential reference tool. Offering wide-ranging yet accessible coverage of the core topics, along with important advice on study skills, this book is the essential survival guide for social work students.
(Hardback)
By: Sarah Tomley
ISBN: 9780241182291
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2015
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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Part of the popular Big Ideas series, this book introduces you to the subject that tells you all about what society is and what makes it tick. It includes over 80 ideas from the world's renowned sociologists, covering topics as diverse as issues of equality, diversity, identity and human rights; the effects of globalization; and more.
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By: Zoe Weil
ISBN: 9780865719989
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: New Society Publishers
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Deep polarization in our society prevents us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face. The Solutionary Way offers a practical approach, providing clear and achievable methods to bridge divides, understand and address seemingly intractable challenges, and create positive change.
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By: Isabel Allende
ISBN: 9781526630827
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2023
UK Publication Date: 16th February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Paul Ham
ISBN: 9780143781349
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Random House Australia
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(Paperback)
By: Dr Robert Henderson
ISBN: 9781350344730
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Michael G. Hanchard
ISBN: 9780691177137
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Imbi Neeme
ISBN: 9781760893767
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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By: Toby Manhire
ISBN: 9780143774198
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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By: Kate Pickett
ISBN: 9780241954294
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
UK Publication Date: 4th November 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French The answer: inequality. This book provides hard evidence to show: how almost everything - from life expectancy to mental illness, violence to illiteracy - is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is.
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By: Nigel Pennick
ISBN: 9781644114049
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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Explores ancient mask customs, rituals, and traditions throughout Europe, from Scandinavia and England to Germany and France to Greece and Rome
(Paperback, New edition)
By: Andrew Cockburn
ISBN: 9781839763687
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
Publisher: Verso Books
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Why Does America Go to War
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By: Gordon Corera
ISBN: 9780008644802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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How do you steal a library Not just any library but the most secret archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. To be so quiet, that no-one knows what you are up to as you toil undercover over decades and so low key, that even after your escape, aided by MI6, no-one even notices you are gone.
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By: The National Archives
ISBN: 9781472831484
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
UK Publication Date: 31st May 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A revealing, sometimes sinister and often hilarious look at the gadgets and devices devised to help spies in their profession.
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By: Tim Tate
ISBN: 9780552177689
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 19th May 2022
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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By: Vladimir Lenin
ISBN: 9780140184358
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2009
UK Publication Date: 25th June 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Offers both the rationale for the new regime and insights into Leninist politics.
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By: Ian Shapiro
ISBN: 9780691123967
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations This work offers an assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, and explores its implications for policy and political action. It includes accounts of democracy's purposes that focus on aggregating preferences.
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By: Will Storr
ISBN: 9780008354671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 7th July 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas The Status Game might be his best yet James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times
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By: Geoffrey Robertson
ISBN: 9781741666823
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Random House Australia
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Geoffrey Robertson puts the case for an Australian Bill of Rights in a provocative argument for change, which explains that real democracy only exists if politicians give the courts power to defend citizens against abuses of their human rights by governments and public servants.
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By: Stephen Pyne
ISBN: 9781922310309
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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