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Grand Fortunes
Dynasties of Wealth in France
Going back for generations, the fortunes of great families consist of far more than money; they are also symbols of culture and social interaction. They are at the heart of dense family and extra-family networks, of international coalitions and divisions.

Michel Pinçon and Monique Pinçon-Charlot $24.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Healing or Stealing?
Medical Charlatans in the New Age
Healing or Stealing shows how certain cults and “healing” groups victimize people through mental manipulation and mind-control. “These pseudo-medical practitioners are selling illusions. They are as addictive as narcotic drugs, and as dangerous as cancer.

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Hemp: American History Revisited
The Plant with a Divided History
Hemp has been surprisingly important in human history and economic development. Deitch looks at major events as they influenced, and as they may have been influenced by, the cultivation and varied usage of hemp.

Robert Deitch Price range: $21.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Homo Redneckus
On Being Not Qwhite In America
Discussing questions of race and class in America, we often skip those who are white but are treated as a different kind of “other.” A professor of English and literature, Dr.

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How Social Security Picks Your Pocket
A Story of Waste, Fraud and Inequities
If you’re not mad yet, you will be. This opinionated, well-documented book ties the pending insolvency of Social Security to the numerous distortions in how Social Security distributions are made, often to the benefit of those who need it least.

Joseph Fried Price range: $18.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Hunting and Gathering in the Corporate Tribe
Archetypes of the Corporate Culture
Behind the oak-paneled boardrooms and underneath the pin-striped suits lurk the same organizational principles that ruled the very first social group, the tribe.

Keith Wilcock Price range: $23.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Improving Education in the US
A Political Paradox
So many studies have been carried out, so many experimental schools have shown success, and so many special interests have stood in the way of making real changes.

Rafael Yanushevsky Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Letters from Prison
Voices of Women Murderers
Written by incarcerated women, these incredibly personal, surprisingly honest letters shed light on their lives, their crimes – and the mitigating circumstances.

Jennifer Furio Price range: $18.95 through $21.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Like Ants?
A Model for Human Civilization
In Like Ants: A Model for Human Civilization? , Andy Turnbull embarks on an enlightening consideration of humanity’s survival, evolution, and the lessons we can learn from the fascinating world of ants.

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Loss of Innocence
America's Scandals in the Post-War Years
Matthews examines the fabric of American society during a tumultuous period marked by shocking revelations and disillusionment, as a series of scandals in the late 1950s challenged the American belief in the integrity of its institutions.

Melvin E. Matthews Jr. $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Making Human Rights Real
The most important characteristics of human rights are enumerated in a clear and concise discussion that analyzes the problem of making human rights real, and not just hypothetical, worldwide.

Filip Spagnoli Price range: $23.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Max Weber’s Complete Writings on Academic and Political Vocations
Max Weber made many significant interpretations of both academic and political vocations in his two lectures on ‘Science as a Vocation’ (Wissenschaft als Beruf, 1917) and ‘Politics as a Vocation’ (Politik als Beruf, 1919), as well as in a series of…

Edited and with an Introduction by John Dreijmanis Price range: $24.95 through $40.00 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Minimizing the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
A prudent diet, lifestyle modifications, nutritional supplements, exercise and activities to stimulate the brain are some of the best ways to prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease. Use your brain or lose it!

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Minimum Wage Policy in Great Britain and the United States
In a thorough and well-documented study of the American and British experience with minimum wage legislation, Prof. Jerold Waltman describes and analyzes the operation of current minimum wage policies and politics in both countries. Where are we and how did we get here?

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Mobilization Day
Americans Debate Militarism 1914-1924
Unlimited military spending is presented as America’s only option when the world is depicted as full of threats. Yet 100 years ago, that notion was the subject of heated debates.

Roger Possner Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Motion Picture Biographies
The Hollywood Spin on Historical Figures
Moviegoers and history lovers know what a tremendous educational resource is being wasted (1) by the over-commercialization of the modern-day motion picture, and (2) by the continued control of this important communications medium in the hands of a…

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