This book is the first to apply the discoveries of the new generation of food historians worldwide to the unashamedly romantic appeal of the subject: to the culinary accomplishments of diverse civilizations, past and present, and to the pleasures of dining. The result is truly a history of taste: ou[...]

This lively and engaging book explains the things you have to know in order to read empirical papers in the social and health sciences, as well as the techniques you need to build statistical models of your own. The discussion in the book is organized around published studies, as are many of the exe[...]

David A. Freedman presents here a definitive synthesis of his approach to causal inference in the social sciences. He explores the foundations and limitations of statistical modeling, illustrating basic arguments with examples from political science, public policy, law, and epidemiology. Freedman ma[...]

The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature,[...]

The Politics of Media Policy provides a critical perspective on the dynamics of media policy in the US and UK and offers a comprehensive guide to some of the major points of debate in the media today. While many policymakers boast of the openness and pluralism of their media systems, this book expos[...]

As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strategic thinking for more than four decades. In this important and groundbreaking new book, Lawrence Freedman develops a distinctive approach to the evaluation of deterrence as both a state of mind and a [...]

If you can't take one more day of self-loathing, you're ready to hear the truth: you cannot keep shovelling the same crap into your mouth every day and expect to lose weight. Not for the faint-hearted, "Skinny Bitch" tells it like it is, delivering the truth about food so that readers can make infor[...]

This sequel to the fabulously successful "Skinny Bitch" will inspire Skinny Bitches to don an apron over their skinny frames and get cooking! Readers loved "Skinny Bitch", the diet book with attitude, which has sold over 60,000 copies worldwide to date. Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin inspired us to [...]

Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouins New York Times Bestselling tart-tongued odes to healthy eating and veganism - Skinny Bitch and Skinny Bitch in the Kitch - are now available together for the first time in hardcover, exclusively packaged in a deluxe slipcased box set.[...]

Whats good for the bitch is good for the bastard. Hundreds of thousands of women have been inspired to use their head and get real about the food they eat after reading the best-selling manifesto Skinny Bitch. But it turns out some men have been reading over their girlfriends shoulders. Professio[...]