This fascinating and thought-provoking read challenges readers to consider entertainers and entertainment in new ways, and highlights figures from outside the worlds of film, television, and music as influential "pop stars."

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This book contains more than activities for toddlers one and a half to three years old using things found around the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how to:

In these three volumes, a team of scholars provides a thoughtful history of abnormal psychology, demonstrating how concepts regarding disordered mental states, their causes, and their treatments developed and evolved across the ages.

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While we enjoy unprecedented levels of prosperity and the promise of more to come, we are still battling an epidemic of depression, taking on record levels of debt and yearning for a deeper sense of meaning in our lives.

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While the modern nation can trace its origins back to 1747, the history of Afghanistan is far more ancient. This lively book places this rich and ancient seam of creativity in its broad historical context and offers the reader a full appreciation of this remarkable country.

This groundbreaking two-volume set examines the psychological, social, physical, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy development in African American children while considering economic, historical, and public policies.

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For a long time the human sciences have debated the relationship between social structures with issues centring round areas such as identity, discourse and therapy. This book provides a contribution to theory on the relationships between psychology, psychotherapy and social theory.

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A brilliant collection of essays from one of the most highly acclaimed young writers in the US - Featured in: The Guardian Best Books of 2016 and NY Magazine Best Books of 2016

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The diverse ways in which old age is seen across Europe are compared and different forms of care for the needs of older people are examined. The question of inter-generational relations is seen as an element in the future of old age. It is argued that much is to be learned from cross-national comparisons in developing social responses to old age.

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Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture.

This authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of altered states of consciousness (ASC) shows how their study is necessary to gain a fundamental understanding of human culture, history, and biology.

Altered consciousness is one of humanity's most mystical and life-altering aspects.

This book tells their stories, with particular focus on women who fought.

Entries profile over 300 remarkable women of the military, covering such groups as the Amazons, women in the Spanish Civil War, and Native Americans.

This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive historical and demographic overview of American Indians along with more than 100 cross-referenced entries on American Indian culture, exploring everything from arts, literature, music, and dance to food, family, housing, and spirituality.

Written by top scholars in an accessible manner, this unique encyclopedia offers worldwide coverage of the origins, forms, practitioners, and effects of antisemitism, leading to the Holocaust and surviving to the present day.

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Presents 100 contentious public and private controversies of the sports world. This book illustrates how sports controversies reflect the historically enduring and changing nature of our broader cultures, and the social battles we engage on a day-to-day basis surrounding the struggles for equality, and debates about social violence.

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Leah Purcell features in this series of interviews with Aboriginal women making their mark on the Australian political and cultural landscape.

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How do we raise our sons to be compassionate, responsible men in a world where toxic masculinity is still the norm And why are young men today more troubled, less confident and more radicalized than ever before

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This thematic and historical overview provides a guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and informal welfare sectors in twentieth-century Britain, outlining the dominant ideas about welfare in the period in question.