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This is a supplemental text for all sociology courses that facilitates, invigorates, and enhances student learning by teaching students to read and write effectively.

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An in-depth study of the "starter marriage" phenomenon, involving couples who marry and divorce by the age of thirty, explores the changing face of marriage in America from a social and cultural perspective and discusses the hopes, motivations, and feelings toward the institution of marriage of you

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Does putting your phone on the dinner table impact your relationships How does the TV placement in your home affect your family The Stuff of Family Life looks at the changing world of families through a unique examination of their stuff. The book takes readers through phases of family life, examining our choices about spaces and objects.

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An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death.

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The return of a classic book about games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well-played game and the well-lived life.

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A powerful and deeply personal exploration of a divided country - and a radical vision for change

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The age of American global dominance is over. This brilliant new book from one of the FT's most senior writers shows how it ended and where the US needs to turn to prevent the crisis from deepening further.

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When the author found himself doing the same things week in, week out while living in England's capital, he decided to heed Johnson's words and seek out a thing to do each day in London to make him fall back in love with the city. In this book, he shares the fun, diverting and imaginative things that you can do to keep yourself amused in London.

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Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously or economically - is one of the most urgent challenges facing civil society. This book argues that co-operation needs more than good will: it is a craft that requires skill. It explores the nature of co-operation, why it has become weak and how it can be strengthened.

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Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process.

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Researchers rethink tactics for inventing and disseminating research, examining the use of such unconventional forms as poetry, performance, catalogs, interactive machines, costume, and digital platforms.

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A shocking expose of the causes of Asia's massive gender imbalance and its consequences across the globe

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(Hardback, Eleventh Edition)

Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data brings together a comprehensive collection of birth, mortality, health, and marriage and divorce data into a single volume. It provides a wealth of information compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics and other government agencies.

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When the rivalry between the Whipples and the Goldwins escalates to an all-out war as the World Record World Championships draw near, recordless Arthur Whipple and his unlikely ally Ruby Goldwin unravel the mystery of the Lyon's Curse and the secrets of their fathers' shared past.

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Aims to tackle the most obvious question that anyone has to face, 'what should I do with my life' This book presents an account of finding and following people who have uprooted their lives and fought with these questions in radical ways. It features the stories of individual dilemma and drama.

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What does it mean to call yourself British in the 21st Century If Obama was raised by his white mother, why is he the first black president Why do Muslims feel more at home in America, which invaded Iraq, than in France, which opposed the invasion Who are we, and why does it matter This title addresses these questions.

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A major exploration of the science of why and how we age and die - from a Nobel Prize-winning biologist and former president of the Royal Society.