Essays

The Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability...

"An insightful book packed with wonderful writing, practical advice, and hope for a better, kinder future." -Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A LifeYou're ready to give up. Throw up your hands and walk out the door. You don't know what else to say-to some...

There is no escaping the Jerusalem of the religious imagination. Not once but three times holy, its overwhelming spiritual significance looms large over the city's complex urban landscape and the diurnal rhythms and struggles that make up its earthbound...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619020511Author Lawrence WeschlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

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Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters...

In myriad ways, each narrator's life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience-and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take all that is Indigenous. Hear from Jasilyn Charger, one of the first...

Finding it difficult to begin writing? This book gives you the knowledge and tools you need to be able to understand the root of your writing anxiety, overcome your writer's block and write with ease. Understand and overcome writing anxietyImplement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804190114Author Timothy SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814257807Author Susanne Paola AntonettaFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University...

Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential critical social theorists of the second half of the twentieth century, once described sociology as "a combat sport." This comprehensive collection of his writings on politics and social science, from early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455543694Author Barbara EhrenreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) 2011 and Saroyan Writing Prize (Nonfiction) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780374532901Author John Jeremiah...

Typescripts, essays, and an authoritative edition of Knowing and the known, Dewey's collaborative work with Arthur F. Bentley. In an illuminating introduction T. Z. Lavine defines the collaboration's three goals-the construction of a new language for...

The light touch of a hairdresser's hands on one's scalp, the euphoric energy of a nightclub, huddling with strangers under a shelter in the rain, a spontaneous snowball fight in the street, a daily interaction with a homeless man-such mundane...

The prevailing aspiration of business is performance, while that of society is progress. Capitalism, both the paradigm and practice, sits at the intersection of these dual aspirations, and the essays in this volume explore its fraught status there. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645048605Author Kristy AlgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint RevolutionariesPublisher RevolutionariesWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 108mm...

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This amazingly wise and nimble collection investigates the horrors inflicted on so-called "witches" of the past. The Witch of Eye unearths salves, potions, and spells meant to heal, yet interpreted by inquisitors as evidence of evil. The author describes...

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"I cannot begin to count the number of times over the past 37 years that I have wished I had never heard of Vietnam, let alone fought in the Vietnam War. That experience has haunted my days. It has troubled my nights. It has shaped my identity and...

Writing good essays is one of the most challenging aspects of studying in the social sciences. This simple guide provides you with proven approaches and techniques to help turn you into a well-oiled, essay writing machine. Good Essay Writing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542784Author Shimon EdelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

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'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN 'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN 'Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT...

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A century ago, the idea of indigenous people as an active force in the contemporary world was unthinkable. It was assumed that native societies everywhere would be swept away by the forward march of the West and its own peculiar brand of progress and...

Reclaiming is a brilliantly written and thought-provoking book. Through amazing story telling, Yewande highlights the richness in her culture that so many other black women can relate to. It was extremely gripping right from beginning. -- Oloni'This book...

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Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive The Event: the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994160614Author Samuel AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Simplicity InstitutePublisher Simplicity InstituteWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm)...

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