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Stiffing the Working Class
Welcome to Third-World America
The writer shows how paying a little more money for permanent employees results in increased production and improved quality, whereas using cheaper temporary labor destroys quality.

Clyde Bradley Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Abraham Man
Growth and Development of Forensic Psychiatry
Some of the most celebrated civil and criminal trials in American history were argued under the shadow of the Abraham Man. Readers will delight in the detailed stories of long forgotten legal cases which bring the antics of the Abraham Man to life.

R. Gregory Lande Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Art of Getting By
Wisdom and Resilience from China's Migrant Women
In the shadowed alleyways of Guangzhou’s urban villages, poor migrant women navigate a world of falang —small hair salon brothels—where survival hinges on sharp observation, tangled kin ties, and quiet acts of solidarity.

Kevin D. Ming Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Art of Investigative Psychodynamic Therapy
The Gerwe Orchestration Method (G-OM)
The Art of Investigative Psychodynamic Therapy is designed to train substance abuse professionals in an innovative and successful treatment methodology.

Corinne F. Gerwe $20.00 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Arts in an Age of Soma
The Dystopian Impact of Internet Culture on Creativity and Connection
The Arts in an Age of Soma offers a profound exploration of the cultural transformations that have shaped the turn of the 21st century, particularly focusing on the decline of temporal art forms such as cinema and music in the face of technological and economic changes.

Andrew Young Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Battle for Compassion: Ethics in an Apathetic Universe
Jonathan Leighton takes a hard look at the challenge of reducing suffering in a world propelled by self-interest and takes a brutally honest approach to answering fundamental questions about our existence.

Jonathan Leighton Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Case for the Living Wage
Societies have always struggled to determine what is right in providing for those at the low end of the economic spectrum; now that America has seen an enormous gulf open between those with the most and those with the least, the question becomes a…

Jerold Waltman Price range: $22.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Dawning Age of Cooperation:
The End of Civilization as We Know It... and Just in Time
True cooperation is a stranger in America. The author, an expert on medical sociology, has conducted research on social stress and cooperative solutions, only to find that we call many things “cooperation” which are not.

Gordon E. Moss Price range: $22.95 through $32.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Divine Default
Why Faith Is Not the Answer
In The Divine Default , J.J. Dyken presents a provocative examination of religion’s influence on modern society, arguing that faith-based reasoning often obscures rather than illuminates truth.

J. J. Dyken Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Eminent Domain Revolt:
Changing Perceptions a New Constitutional Epoch
The eminent domain issue involves a new legal controversy about an apparently settled issue. It demands knowledge of the history out of which the Constitution arose, as well as legal background.

John Ryskamp Price range: $24.95 through $35.00 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Gene Illusion:
Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope
Genetic factors are increasingly presented as an important influence on psychiatric disorders, personality, intelligence, and various types of socially unacceptable behavior – as if that were an unassailable fact, proven by research.

Jay Joseph Price range: $26.95 through $34.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Good Soldier on Trial
A Sociological Study of Misconduct by the US Military Pertaining to Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq
A shocking follow-up study of Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq, this book outlines the treatment of US soldiers who apparently were following their orders as they understood them and who were then accused of having committed war crimes.

Stjepan G. Mestrovic Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Ivory Tower of Babel: Why the Social Sciences Are Failing to Live Up to Their Promises
This book examines the history and philosophy of the social sciences and theoretical and empirical research on the impact of social science. Suggestions are offered at the end for enhancing the impact of the social sciences.

David Demers Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Last Taboo
Saying No to Motherhood
Throughout history, women have been equated with a single biological function, motherhood, and made to feel they must have children to be “real women.” Despite all women’s advances, the pressure to have children still dogs women.

Rosemary Agonito Price range: $19.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Missing Gene:
Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes
Genetic research in psychiatry has reached the crisis stage due to the continuing failure to identify the genes presumed to ’cause’? many of today’s most troubling mental disorders. Dr.

Jay Joseph Price range: $26.95 through $34.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The New Predator: Women Who Kill
Profiles of Female Serial Killers
This is the first book ever based on face-to-face interviews with women serial killers. This book includes quotes from the interviews and profiles women who kill, and their crime scenes.

Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin Price range: $22.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page