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In this cautionary tale of girl-meets-boy-then-stuff-happens, a good woman falls under the spell of a charming but abusive man, and a toxic relationship ensues. Told from the heroine's four decades of retrospect, this memoir is one of entanglement, extrication and self-discovery.

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Does what we consume define who we are Harry Wallop takes a fresh look at society and shows you to your place in today's modern consumer world.

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Intended for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in US politics, business and government, this text offers insights about the impact of consumer "issue networks" in public policy-making in Congress in the 1980s and 1990s. It describes the activities of consumer lobbyists in recent years.

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Contemporary American Immigrants provides an overview to the immigration history of three of the largest groups of Asian immigrants to the United States--Filipinos, Koreans, and Chinese.

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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocating for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and understanding that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place.

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Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocating for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and understanding that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place.

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This book explains in detail what it is like to be losing sight, legally blind, or fully blind, and also documents why today's exciting technological advances and medical solutions are lifting limitations for the visually impaired.

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Responding to the growing number of displaced people throughout the world, Bemak (counseling and development, George Mason U.) and a host of colleagues in various countries focus on major contemporary issues regarding the mental health of refugees as they attempt to adjust to new cultures, and prese

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An authority on anti-drug policy and crack since it became a popular street drug in the mid-1980s, Belenko traces the development of America's policy response in the context of changes in policy that were underway when crack first appeared.

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Americans believe economic opportunity is as fundamental a right as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. More concerned about a level playing field for all, they worry less about the growing income and wealth disparity in our country.

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In his eye-opening book Why, world-renowned social scientist Charles Tilly exposed some startling truths about the excuses people make and the reasons they give. Now he's back with further explorations into the complexities of human relationships, this time examining what's really going on when we assign credit or cast blame. Everybody does it, bu

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This book is an exciting resource for teachers, students, and activists who aim to critically examine contemporary sexuality through the lens of sexual literacy and situated social analysis.

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The book explores critically disabling contexts using disability studies and phenomenology.

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Presents voices from the great second wave of American immigration. Mixing writing from celebrated authors such as Richard Rodriguez, Jamaica Kincaid, and Maxine Hong Kingston with striking selections from young writers, as well as diary entries and letters from undocumented workers.

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This collection is a serious attempt to explore the relationship between cultural content and the form AIDS takes in different cultural settings. Thirteen essays explore the social and cultural context of AIDS related behavior and clarify key domains in AIDS and the social sciences.

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This book paints an unflinching portrait of the situation for arts and culture workers in Britain today. Revised and updated with the latest figures, it exposes how minorities continue to be marginalised in the post-COVID era.

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Presented in three parts, this book explores what's alluring and what's revolting in cunning. It draws on a range of sources: tales of Odysseus; texts from Machiavelli; pamphlets from early modern England; salesmen's newsletters; Christian apologetics; sermons; philosophical treatises; famous, infamous, and obscure historical cases; and more.