Society and culture: general Books

By not adopting a straightforward approach in exploring the risk analysis to stakes of peace in a global world, the author, as a convinced Durkheimian, presents in this book a conceptual and empirical approach to conflict analysis. This essay offers a...

The book deals with the problems of the world in the social and economic aspects. The general idea is that neoliberalism is basically wrong and will never solve the problem of a fair living standard for everyone. So-called development is not progress...

Avec cet ouvrage, nous disposons, enfin, d'une étude qui nous introduit au coeur de l'histoire politique et militaire de l'Afrique centrale francophone, selon l'un des principaux facteurs du sous-développement : l'instabilité institutionnelle dont le...

Les villageois de (Zuongo) Zungo ont délibérément interrompu, pour des raisons confuses et à première vue absurdes, les travaux de construction de la route régionale n°1. Je dis bien : de leur propre mouvement, et sans raison apparente.Ils essayent,...

Aurait-on pu imaginer au siècle dernier qu'au XXIème siècle l'humanité serait encore confrontée au racisme ! Tout le monde se défend d'être raciste ou prétend n'en avoir jamais subi les effets. Or nous sommes tous, peu ou prou, porteurs de ses stigmates...

Les civilisations, sont les coutumes, les règles cérémonielles, une manière de vivre ensemble d'un peuple. Préceptes cérémoniels, codes de lois, préceptes moraux en un temps donné...Dans ce sixième livre, vous découvrirez les rites funéraires des...

 Vous l'avez trouvée dans un Ehpad celle-là ? ,  Ma pauvre, il va falloir faire attention ! ,  À votre âge, on fait des montagnes pour rien.   Elle a beaucoup baissé, la p'tite dame.   Suivez bien le traitement et veillez à la ponctualité. à partir de 70...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

Readers fall in love with 15 year old Gladys in 1950 when she falls for a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, they follow her as she escapes one violent alcoholic marriage only to be murdered by her second husband.Then in 1971 they meet her 17...

Maternal Thinking: Gifts, Mothers' Bodies, and Earth, the fourth book of proceedings of conferences held by the Association of the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM), is an instructional guide to saving ourselves and our planet. Many pre-historic, and...

Down and Out in Philadelphia and New York by author Garret Thomas Godwin is an introspective look at two great American cities. Godwin, with an omnipotent and candid voice, philosophizes about the modern-day issues that affect these metropolises:...

Today's self-indulgent society is one in which satisfying one's desires at the expense of others prevails. This mindset is particularly common in areas of procreation such as abortion and various assisted reproductive technologies. Through a lens that...

Myth Made ManifestOver 4000 years ago in ancient Sumer, some of the first mythographers inscribed the stories and myths of the Goddess Inanna on clay tablets in cuneiform. These incredible findings were unearthed, and the fragments were painstakingly...

On a frigid November night at high tide, a young woman unties the dock lines and watches the land recede as the sailboat she's standing on floats out to sea. She has a jacket, a scarf, and a deep need to reinvent herself. Living Tidal is part adventure,...

Maine-native Hanley Denning saw poverty and desperation in its ugliest form, and refused to turn a blind eye. A former track star at Bowdoin College, Denning was struck by what she saw at the Guatemalan City dump: garbage pickers competing with vultures...

You have a unique Destiny, an unquenchable dream inside you that's waiting for you to take action. Maybe you are an artist.But chances are you've been told that you'll starve on the streets if you pursue your art. That's what Elli Milan was told, too...

The Charity Series Bible Study Curriculum is comprised of eleven lessons that come directly from the book series. These topics are generally hard for parents and other adults to discuss with children in light of their complexities. The lessons are...

ROOM 1010 is an uplifting, true story of how one little girl's faith inspired people from across the world to come together to pray for her and for a miracle.Elynn had just turned ten and received a brand-new bike for her birthday when tragedy...

This book consists of two stories mainly of two young women who were made victims of circumstances. We will be able to realize that with stronger faith we will be able to make it through.Any similar storylines are by total coincidence and are written by...

Welcome to 2030. You'll own nothing, have no privacy, and you'll be happy. . . .For the past two years, since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, we have been told that our old way of life is dead and gone. There can be no return to how things...

36 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and MayhemReaders Love This Series - Over 4,300 Five-Star Ratings on Amazon & GoodreadsThree Book Collection: Volumes 7, 8, and 9 of the True Crime Case Histories Series (2022)If you're a fan of...

Ever wondered what will happen to your Special Needs Child when you are gone?Has the thought of your Child's future kept you awake at night?Have you been fraught with worry thinking about your Child's employment and medical evaluations after you have...

Women Empowered, Enlightened and TransformedStep back in time to the revolutionary 1970s with Desert Haven, a compelling exploration of a hidden facet of history. Born at the crossroads of feminism, sexual liberation, lesbian separatism, and a...

Twenty years ago, I loved a woman.Twenty years ago, I also loved a man.And twenty years ago, rather than choose, I abandoned them both.Now, I'm living a lonely life, luckless in love and unwilling to confront the truth of what I left behind.When my...

FallynEven a brat needs love.To anyone who watches my vlog, I'm the obnoxious know-it-all who breaks video games for a living, but that's just a persona. There are two men though, guys who have no idea who I am outside of an avatar, who know the real me...

Patois, patwah, patwa or whichever other way it is spelt, is a dialect, a mixture of a least four different languages, mainly English, French, Spanish and Dutch. It is the(de facto) national language of Jamaica, sometimes referred to as Jamaican English...

"Cuentos Tejanos" is a recounting of stories, legends, and people who helped forge the personality and character of the State of Texas, in particular in the Wild Horse Desert region South of the Nueces River and north of the Rio Grande. Many of these...

Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world-athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS.As the devastating disease robbed him of...

A Narcissist Lies to Control Us; We Lie to Ourselves to Be Controlled  The love lies began at the age of six. When her mother died, Carin told herself she was the reason she lost her mother's love. As an adult, she based relationships with...

I traveled the world and I spoke to the oracles. In China I asked the ancient Terra Cotta Warriors. In Sweden I asked the Great Moose. On the Amazon River I asked the Ancient Tree. But none could answer my question. "What has happened to the Italians I...

The editors behind the Librarian with Spines series have releasedthe third volume in this popular series. Volume III of LWS is anotheranthology-this time, 5 essays on radical librarianship and aSpanglish interview with Oregon Library Superstar Star...

Sherman is especially skilled at building bigger-picture thinking between characters that come to life in their conversations as they age and adapt to new times. The result is a vivid story of slavery's impact, social changes, and one family's legacy...

If marriage is a pot of soup, it seemed we were stirring a lot into it ... or ladling out the bitter herbs. So when we traveled, it was like turning off the burner, putting a lid on it, and leaving the flavors to blend.Actress and artist Leigh Davis...

CREATE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE BEAUTIFUL LIFE. Do you ever feel like life is happening around you? Like you're going through the motions, but don't really feel alive? Maybe you're looking around at the material things you've accumulated, the worldly...

Mr. Moonlight of the South Seas examines the life of American author Robert Dean Frisbie who, at the age of twenty-four, left the United States for the unknown adventurous ports of the Pacific Islands in the early 1920's. He first landed in Papeete,...