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  • Somerset
    Daniel Donaghy
    Somerset is an elegy for the Kensington section of Philadelphia in which the author was raised. Using a variety of styles and forms, it remembers people and cultures struggling to survive in the aftermath of deindustrialization and, now, an opioid epidemic. It is also a study in how our past continually informs our present, how we never fully leave those places in which our you...
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    15,52 €

  • Thai Girl Naked
    Noi Thawattana
    Tourists see the fantasy. Noi Thawattana lived the reality.In the neon haze of Bangkok’s nightlife, the truth is rarely unspoken. Western men arrive with 'beer goggles' and cultural ignorance, seeing only what they want to see in the go-go bars and massage parlors. They write memoirs filled with male bravado, totally missing the actual story.Until now.Noi Thawattana is a former...
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    16,52 €

  • Home in Transition
    Meike Watzlawik
    This book presents an integrative perspective on home or Heimat showing that it is much more than the place we were born or where we live. This book brings fresh theoretical and empirical perspectives on what home is and can be from different viewpoints. The chapters invite the reader to face challenging questions of what we learn about Heimat, when it is taken from us, threate...
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    83,17 €

  • Diary of a Black Male Misunderstood
    Nicolas J Johnson
    Growing up in the South can expose you to various concepts and situational experiences. Being a black man in the South is all the more experiential. Nicolas Johnson shares his experiences openly, from extended family relationships and having deeply defining public school experiences in Montgomery, Alabama, to earning a degree and experiencing college life at a Southern PWI. His...
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    21,75 €

  • Navigating Challenges in Lower-Class Society
    C. P. Kumar
    "Navigating Challenges in Lower-Class Society" delves into the multifaceted issues faced by the lower-class population. Beginning with an insightful introduction that defines and contextualizes the lower-class society, the book meticulously dissects the socio-economic factors that contribute to their myriad challenges. Each chapter tackles a distinct facet of this complex lands...
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    14,51 €

  • Promoting the Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Marginalized Individuals Through Adult Education
    The socioeconomic exclusion of marginalized individuals, including youths and adults, persists in society, leading to inequality, poverty, and lack of fulfillment in life. The digital divide continues to widen the gap between those who have access to education and those who do not, particularly in the adult education space. Promoting the Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Marginalized...
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    215,99 €

  • Bridging Boundaries
    C. P. Kumar
    "Bridging Boundaries: Love and Inter-Caste Marriages in the Indian Subcontinent" is an insightful exploration of the intricate dynamics surrounding love and inter-caste marriages in the Indian context. Through its comprehensive chapters, this book delves into various aspects of this complex phenomenon. It starts with an introduction to love and inter-caste marriages, followed b...
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    10,58 €

  • Socio-Economic Disparities, Vulnerable Communities, and the Future of Work and Entrepreneurship
    While many scholars, governments, and corporations have expressed that they would like to play a hand in developing an inclusive and equitable society, few have achieved the goal. Vulnerable communities around the world have suffered systemically and have been left on their own to succeed economically despite decades of disadvantage. It is essential to consider these communitie...
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    235,73 €

  • Facing Eviction and Housing Insecurity
    Katherine R. Rowell
    Facing Eviction and Housing Insecurity includes the voices of over fifty men, women, and children who have experienced or witnessed housing injustice. The stories follow the lives of adults and children in the throes of eviction and homelessness, and those who are part of the housing systems including the courts, landlords, and advocates. Topics discussed include poverty, domes...
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    12,90 €

  • Reconstructing Perceptions of Systemically Marginalized Groups
    Leslie Ponciano
    Despite their best intentions, professionals in the helping fields are influenced by a deficit perspective that is pervasive in research, theory, training programs, workforce preparation programs, statistical data, and media portrayals of marginalized groups. They enter their professions ready to fix others and their interactions are grounded in an assumption that there will be...
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    216,25 €

  • Rich Crime, Poor Crime
    Colin Webster
    An important and challenging book comprehensively spanning across the establishment of power systems, Rich Crime, Poor Crime is a vital read for academics, professionals and those interested in the fields of history, sociology, criminology, and politics. ...
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    56,94 €

  • Unsheltered Love
    Traci Medford-Rosow
    Unsheltered Love provides a first-hand reported account of how the homeless in New York City survived the pandemic. ...
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    16,42 €

  • Social Inequalities
    Part of the New Approaches to Sociology series, Social Inequalities is a relevant and valuable exploration of how we see the world through a decolonised lens, offering a critical re-reading of traditional approaches to understanding social inequalities. ...
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    79,73 €

  • THE POWER OF YOUR IDENTITY
    EUNICE GWANMESIA
    Our children’s social development is being impacted by their exposure to the complex, and often negative global views on cultural identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Power of Your Identity: The Cultural Landscape for Children is a must-read for parents and educators guiding our children as they deal with the crisis of identity in culturally diverse environments. Dr....
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    19,93 €

  • Dear Marin
    Felicia I. Chavez
    Former Marin County community organizer and promoter of 'systems thinking' shares her first-person voice following on insights gathered over five years of local experience. This book is full of specific datapoints, examples, and suggestions for making the world a better place, beginning with Marin County residents learning more about the very real challenges within their own co...
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    34,94 €

  • Sobre el amor y la muerte
    Émile Zola
    “El padre Lacour estará cómodo en esa fosa. Conoce la tierra, y la tierra lo conoce a él. Se llevarán bien. Hace ya sesenta años que ella le dio cita, el día en que él la abordó por primera vez con su pico. Sus amores debían terminar de esa manera, la tierra debía tomarlo y guardarlo para sí.”Vivir, casarse, morir. En los textos que presentamos, Zola se interroga sobre las dife...
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    14,04 €

  • Beyond Our Walls
    Anita Rahma
    Finding True Worth in the Slums   With over one billion people living in urban slums today, these communities are arguably one of the largest unreached demographics in the world. The challenge is great, as are the sacrifices of living there, yet the Lord can do much with a willing follower. So, what if choosing to live in a slum is a way to become closer to Jesus?  Beyond Our W...
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    8,59 €

  • Leadership Reflections
    Anne Williams-Isom
    It is more important than ever to share best practices with emerging leaders in the social services and education fields, as leaders and students need to understand the practical application of policies and theories. This book will address the recurring theme of leadership development, collaboration with communities and the importance of diverse teams to bring about systemic ch...
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    83,23 €

  • Digital Humanism
    Christian Fuchs
    Digital Humanism explores how Humanism can help us to critically understand how digital technologies shape society and humanity, providing an introduction to Humanism in the digital age. ...
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    34,72 €

  • The Time is Now
    Christa Boske
    High school students, teachers, community members, and leaders come together in this innovative book to share the profound influence of artmaking and justice-oriented work. Authors paint vibrant images of being empowered and engaging in social change. Throughout their art-based meaning making, authors pose critical questions and unlock possibilities. Their first-tellings regard...
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    65,77 €

  • One Good Question
    Rhonda Broussard
    HOW TO ASK CHALLENGING QUESTIONS THAT LEAD YOU TO REAL SOLUTIONS.Have you ever reached the end of a project and realized that you were solving the wrong question? Based on a blog interview series, Rhonda Broussard - an expert in pedagogy, international education, and racial equity - uses conversations with education leaders from eleven countries to try to answer her one good qu...
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    19,96 €

  • Capitalism for All
    John Mikler / Neil E. Harrison
    Demonstrates that a true liberal capitalism has the capacity to enable personal well-being while dealing with new challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and automation.Capitalism has lost its glamor. In just three decades since it 'defeated' a totalitarian Soviet Union, capitalism is today blamed for slowing growth, a dangerously changing climate, inequality, social mise...
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    47,32 €

  • Emerging Trends and Insights on Economic Inequality in the Wake of Global Crises
    Global inequality has been a burning issue for years now. As the economies progress, it is expected that the benefits of growth will percolate to the lower sections of society. However, this percolation takes place in a discriminating manner. Inequality can be observed in terms of health, income, education, wealth, gender, availability of opportunities, and other socio-economic...
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    215,90 €

  • Trabajo asalariado y capital
    Karl Heinrich Marx
    Trabajo asalariado y capital es la primera obra en la que Karl Marx expuso de manera sistemática su concepción de las relaciones económicas que determinan la lucha de clases entre la clase obrera y la clase burguesa.Texto publicado por primera vez en 1849 en base a las conferencias que Marx dictó a los trabajadores que formaban parte de la Liga de los Justos, Trabajo asalariado...
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    5,72 €

  • The Vanishing Indian Upper Class
    Raza Mohammed Khan / Terry Williams
    The Vanishing Indian Upper Class is based on a life-narrative [true-life story] and contains various elements of history, politics, religion, literature and poetry. In anonymized form it dramatizes a personal family history focused around a continuing and unresolved family inheritance and property dispute, which provides the story with its dramatic tension. The main subjects in...
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    42,31 €

  • A Common Good Approach to Development
    This edited collection proposes a common good approach to development theory and practice. Rather than focusing on the outcomes or conditions of development, the contributors concentrate on the quality of development processes, suggesting that a common good dynamic is key in order to trigger development. Resulting from more than three years of research by an international group...
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    49,78 €

  • A Circle of Birds
    Mark Givens
    What happens when a little bird born into privilege leads a sheltered life of isolation and bluster? Will the bird’s point of view be changed by the presence of the birds in the town below? Who can be happy at a time like this? 'A Circle of Birds' from Bamboo Dart Press is the second edition of a children’s parable written and illustrated by Mark Givens.  ...
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    7,82 €

  • Rich Kids
    Javaad Alipoor
    The global gap between rich and poor is growing. As the world decays, the spawn of the powerful dance like everyone is watching.This darkly comedic, dizzying show about entitlement, consumption and digital technology invites you to use Instagram to explore what is happening in the world. ...
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    21,01 €

  • Wage Labour and Capital / Value Price and Profit
    Karl Marx
    Since their first appearance as separate brochures Wage ­ Labour and Capital and Value, Price and Profit have served as popular introductions to the study of political economy, each complementing the other. The first is based on lectures delivered by Marx before the German Workingmen’s Club of Brussels in 1847, the second is an address by Marx before two sessions of the General...
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    16,87 €

  • Richer, the Poorer
    Stewart Lansley
    For 200 years, Britain’s most powerful elites have been allowed to enrich themselves at the expense of surging inequality and mass poverty. This landmark book charts the roller coaster history of both rich and poor, and the mechanisms that link wealth and impoverishment. Stewart Lansley traces the way financiers and executives have ruthlessly exploited their power to extract ex...
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    38,83 €


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