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Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years.

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Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years.

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The impact of Latino Americans has begun to be felt, but it is just beginning. Over the next generation they will transform the face of American politics. Now two leading Latino researchers explain what Latino America that transformation means for everyone.

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This volume presents research examining parental beliefs and practices of Latino families from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds in the United States.

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A qualitative feminist analysis of college women and how they used drugs and rationalized that use.

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Nearly all studies of drug use and abuse approach the questions quantitatively without listening to the experiences of individuals living in cultures where drug use is notoriously problematic.

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The way we organise our free time can reveal a great deal about our identities and ideology. This book explores what our sports and leisure choices can tell us about the society in which we live. Comprehensive, cutting edge and packed with global examples it covers all the essentials for students of sports and leisure sociology.

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An in-depth look at gay and lesbian parenting in America

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This book offers a source of hope and healing for anyone experiencing grief.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Letting Go of Perfect gives parents and teachers the guidance and support they need to help children break free of the anxieties and behaviors related to perfectionism.

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Life Chances, Education and Social Movements dwells on the necessity of education and social movements for enhancing the life chances of individuals and disadvantaged groups respectively. Ralf Dahrendorfs work on life chances and social conflict is used to support the theoretical and empirical arguments in the book.

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A pioneering work in comparative history and social science that compares population behavior in response to adversity in Europe and Asia.

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A superstar scholar reinterprets the historical significance of key figures in African-American history reveals their enduring relevance for a new generation.

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Why are so many Australians working more yet struggling to meet their basic needs This account of the plight of low paid workers is a stinging indictment of our society and a threat to our social fabric.

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"Interdisciplinary studies on the position of love in contemporary global thought and literature that address love and care work within social structures and institutions"--

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This work is aimed at those caught in the middle between those for whom only heterosexual marriage or "anything goes" are paradigms of suitable behaviour. It explores what it means to be in an intimate relationship surrounded by domestic violence and continued silencing of women's voices.

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Based on Soviet sociological studies, Soviet fiction and film, and mass media reports, this volume explores the ways in which Soviet attitudes about love, sex, marriage, friendship, and children have been influenced by the evolution of Soviet ideology, politics, and economy since the Bolshevik revolution.

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An hilarious spoof self-help book from the star of Marion & Geoff and host of the new hit BBC comedy The Keith Barret Show.

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