Social Sciences

Reading "Notes To Myself is one of those rare experiences that comes only once in a great while. The editor who discovered the book said, "When I first read Prather's manuscript it was late at night and I was tired, but by the time I finished it, I felt rested and alive. Since then I've reread it ma... More

The essays in this book provide a response to the millions ofwords Noam Chomsky has written in the past forty years. It examines Chomsky'sideas about the "moral equivalence" between the U.S. and the USSRduring the Cold War, his long support for totalitarianism in Southeast Asia, hisnotion ... More

The true story of one woman's struggle to keep her child and win freedom for them both. 'You are here for the rest of your life. Do you understand? You are not leaving Iran. You are here until you die.' Betty Mahmoody and her husband, Dr Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody ('Moody'), came to Iran from the US... More

`The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another. . ' Although we have developed the technology to make communication more efficent and... More

‘In her Ordinary Person’s Guide, Roy’s perfect pitch and sharp scalpel are, once again, a wonder and a joy to behold. No less remarkable is the range of material subjected to her sure and easy touch, and the surprising information she reveals at every turn’—Noam ChomskyThis second volume o... More

A former cult member, now a counselor helping those affected by destructive cults, Hassan exposes the troubling facts about cults' recruitment, their use of psychological manipulation, and their often subtle influence on government, the legal system, and society as a whole. This updated paperback ed... More

Ten years ago one of America's most important public figures, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, chronicled her quest both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public to help make our society into the kind of village that enables children to become able, caring resilient adults. IT TAKES A VILL... More

A mesmerzing encore to the bestselling concise 48 laws of power, this book is a masterful synthesis of the legacies of civilization's greatest seducers-from Cleopatra to John F. Kennedy. Robert Greene one again unpacks the rules of a timeless, amoral game and indentifies how to create a spell, brea... More

In this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani dispels the notion of ‘good’ (secular and Westernized) Muslims as against ‘bad’ (premodern, fanatic) Muslims. He argues that such judgements emerge out of politics ... More

It is almost unprecedented for a head of state to publish a memoir while still in office. But Pervez Musharraf is no ordinary head of state. As President of Pakistan since 1999, his is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and he continues to play a crucial role in the global war on terror. A... More

Backed by a database profiling more than 2 million people, Wilson Learning's Social Styles concepts are powerful, life-changing communication tools. The ways people prefer to influence others and how they feel about showing emotion identify them as Analyticals, Expressives, Drivers or Amiables. You ... More

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was one of the most successful writers of romance novels of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of one billion copies in thirty-six languages. Cartland published her first novel, Jigsaw, in 1923, aslightly naughty society thriller that became a bestseller. S... More

A successful international business expert turns conventional wisdom on its head and shows how the U.S. can start acting in its own interests.What "Freakonomics" does for understanding the economy, "The J Curve" does for better understanding how nations behave. Bremmer's tour of the nations of the w... More

This work has become a benchmark of popular anthropology and psychology. Zoologist Desmond Morris considers humans as being simply another animal species in this classic book first published in 1967. Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relativ... More

India is a large and very diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outli... More

Chronobiology is the study of biological rhythms which are governed by endogenous pacemakers and entrained by geophysical correlates of the environment. Thus, there are circadian (daily), lunar-monthly and circannual rhythms characterising the biology and behaviour of organisms. Chronobiology resear... More