Marriage & Family

Faith Elliot's book has a coherence unusual in a textbook. As its title suggests, it directs our attention to change and continuity in the family. It reviews debates about the biological origins of the nuclear family and gender roles, accounts of the...

An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequalityLove, Money, and Parenting investigates how economic forces shape how parents raise their children. In countries with increasing economic inequality,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573247276Author Jonathan RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Conari Press,U.S.Publisher Conari Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 0g

Contributions come from an active research network (WFCJ) comprised of interested individuals and organisations working in the field, including individuals with lived experience, so data, discussions and recommendations are taken from the forefront of...

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local...

Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture follows the path of elementary school-age children involved in competitive dance, youth travel soccer, and scholastic chess. Why do American children participate in so many adult-run activities...

An erudite and highly enjoyable exploration of the most intriguing of personal spaces, from Greek and Roman antiquity through today The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many...

Committing to a long-term relationship is a big deal-especially if you have doubts. With a focus on common sense over emotion, world-renowned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer offers straight-up advice on whether you should stick it out...

Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553384499Author Daniel GolemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

This textbook offers a fresh conceptual approach to understanding the intersections of crime, criminal justice and family life. In doing so, it proposes a brand new sub-discipline of Criminology that places the family at the heart of its analysis,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553246988Author Alvin TofflerFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451626964Author Lauren SandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536954Author Moira WeigelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113294Author Pamela DruckermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

We routinely judge how well children are doing in their lives by how they spend their time, yet we know remarkably little about it. This rigorous review of four decades of data provides the clearest insights yet into the way children use their time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039212Author Hedi ArgentFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872767529Author Tracey ReynoldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Tufnell PressPublisher Tufnell PressWeight(grams) 336g

A discussion of the nature of family life, especially the concepts of duty, responsibility and obligation. The author looks at political and popular debates in this area bringing together material from many disciplines within the social sciences. She...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250276117Author Kate ManginoFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

'There is no one else like Cooper' GuardianWhen Jilly Cooper, then a young Sunday Times journalist, was asked to write a book on marriage, she had been married to Leo Cooper for a mere seven years. In this 2011 reissue of that book, they were celebrating...

In The Preparation of the Novel, a collection of lectures delivered at a defining moment in Roland Barthes's career (and completed just weeks before his death), the critic spoke of his struggle to discover a different way of writing and a new approach to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935408345Author Melinda CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone Books

A groundbreaking photobook about women without children. The nude images challenge the negative attitudes within society towards women who are not mothers, and the text shares their stories of birth and death, choice, freedom, pain ... and regret. 50...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913384050Author Alan BurnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAF

Spaces and Politics of Motherhood offers a fresh perspective on maternity based on original qualitative research from the United Kingdom and the United States. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, an analysis of parenting websites and policy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787358904Author Sasha RoseneilFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 440g

It is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim...

In Undoing Monogamy Angela Willey offers a radically interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of monogamy in U.S. science and culture, propelled by queer feminist desires for new modes of conceptualization and new forms of belonging. She approaches...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805066432Author Arlie Russell HochschildFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry Holt & Company Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039960Author Alison Rennie ParkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint CoramBAAFPublisher CoramBAAF

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452280922Author Bill McKibbenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 232g

Metro Vancouver is a diverse city where half the residents identify as people of colour, but only one percent of the population is racialized as Black. In this context, African-Canadians are both hyper-visible as Black, and invisible as distinct...

The "deadbeat dad" is a common figure in today's news media. As an experienced social worker, family therapist and mediator, Deena Mandell is intimate with legal and institutional discourses on the topic, but also with the lived reality of...

This book addresses the well-being of families and children in America today. The volume is primarily motivated by the number of scientific and policy questions being raised about the level of well-being among America's children and families, the factors...

The book examines the power of young people’s social relationships in schools to transform, or more often, to continue, differences that pervade societies: mind-body-emotional diff erences or Special Educational Needs and Disability, gender, poverty,...

Adolescence is a critical growth period in which youth develop essential skills that prepare them for adulthood. Prevention and intervention programs are designed to meet the needs of adolescents who require additional support and promote healthy...

The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other...

The U.S. military has been continuously engaged in foreign conflicts for over two decades. The strains that these deployments, the associated increases in operational tempo, and the general challenges of military life affect not only service members but...

Communities provide the context in which programs, principles, and policies are implemented. Their needs dictate the kinds of programs that community organizers and advocates, program developers and implementers, and researchers will bring to bear on a...