Helps you explore the full gamut of political ideologies - from democracy to Marxism to political Islam. Looking objectively at how ideology functions, this title lets you absorb the classics through comparative analysis and delve into the ideologies of anarchism, fascism, and National Socialism thr[...]

A text for the world history survey course that employs fundamental themes of 'environment and technology' and 'diversity and dominance' to explore patterns of human interaction with their surroundings and with each other.[...]

Readable and concise, this Brief Edition of THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY provides the essential narrative of world history in an abbreviated format. This global text for the world history survey course employs fundamental themes of ?environment and technology? and ?diversity and domin[...]

Readable and concise, this Brief Edition of THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY VOLUME II provides the essential narrative of world history in an abbreviated format. This global text for the world history survey course employs fundamental themes of ?environment and technology? and ?diversity[...]

This is a useful book for a one-term course in statistical methods. Based on the belief that statistics is a thought process tied to the scientific method, the text utilises a five step approach.[...]

Existential sociology provides scholars with a dramatic and adventurous way of understanding the workings of everyday life. It highlights the importance of individuals, their emotions, and their constructed interaction with social structures and cultural contexts built around them. The idea of an ex[...]

"Survey Sampling, 7th Edition, International Edition" introduces students to the design and analysis of sample surveys via a practical, engaging approach. First, this introductory text begins with brief chapters focused on the important role that sample surveys play in the modern world. Then, each s[...]

A definitive biography of the founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints that marks the two hundredth year of his birth chronicles the life of Joseph Smith, from his hardscrabble early life in rural New York, to the visions that inspired The Book of Mormon and the establishment of the Mormon Church,[...]

Focuses on the many critical areas of America's drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision making within this field. Broken into three sections: Understanding the Problem, Gangs and Drugs, and Fighting Back, this text is supplemented with photos, charts, 'critical thinking tasks', an[...]