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Invisible Caregivers

Invisible Caregivers


Daphne Joslin



Review A valuable text for anyone interested in learning more about skip-generation parenting. (Social Work Today ) R...
Family Life in 19th-Century America (Family Life through History)

Family Life in 19th-Century America (Family Life through History)


Dorothy Denneen Volo, James M. Volo



Review "The Volos, both public school teachers, place the family within the contexts of nineteenth-century America and show...
Learning Culture through Sports: Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports

Learning Culture through Sports: Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports


Brian Lampman, Sandra Spickard Prettyman



Review The essays are solid, and they challenge the reader to think about and reflect on social constructs and their rela...
Americans at Midlife: Caught between Generations

Americans at Midlife: Caught between Generations


Rosalie G. Genovese



Book Description Americans at Midlife is a book about the middle years, with chapters on such issues as the not-so-empty ne...
Class Work: Mothers' Involvement In Their Children's Primary Schooling (Women and Social Class)

Class Work: Mothers' Involvement In Their Children's Primary Schooling (Women and Social Class)


Diane Reay



Class Work: Mothers' Involvement In Their Children's Primary Schooling (Women and Social Class)...
Culture of Intolerance: Chauvinism, Class, and Racism in the United States

Culture of Intolerance: Chauvinism, Class, and Racism in the United States


Professor Mark Nathan Cohen



From Kirkus Reviews In addressing questions of how we confuse cultural difference with biological inferiority, anthropolo...
Social Rage: Emotion and Cultural Conflict (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)

Social Rage: Emotion and Cultural Conflict (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)


Bonnie Berry



Social Rage: Emotion and Cultural Conflict (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)...
Changing Family Values: Difference, Diversity and the decline of Male Order

Changing Family Values: Difference, Diversity and the decline of Male Order


C. Wright



Changing Family Values: Difference, Diversity and the decline of Male Order...
Were You Raised by Wolves?: Clues to the Mysteries of Adulthood

Were You Raised by Wolves?: Clues to the Mysteries of Adulthood


Christie Mellor



About the Author Christie Mellor has become a vociferous cheerleader for the 'other kind of parenthood,' the anti-perfect...
Policing Football: Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder

Policing Football: Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder


Megan O'Neill



Policing Football: Social Interaction and Negotiated Disorder...
Organize Your Family's Schedule In No Time

Organize Your Family's Schedule In No Time


Valentina Sgro



About the Author In 1985, Valentina Sgro left her 12-hour-a-day position at a major law firm for a 16-hour-a-day job of chi...
Expecting Trouble: What Expectant Parents Should Know about Prenatal Care in America

Expecting Trouble: What Expectant Parents Should Know about Prenatal Care in America


Thomas H. Strong



From Library Journal Drawing from the literature of medical and epidemiological research, Strong"a second-generation obst...
Biblical Religion and Family Values: A Problem in the Philosophy of Culture

Biblical Religion and Family Values: A Problem in the Philosophy of Culture


Jay Newman



Review ?[J]Jay Newman brings some much needed philosophic acumen to the tangled debate currently taking place in North Am...
Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life

Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life


Laura Schlessinger



Amazon.com Review According to radio psychologist and provocateur Laura Schlessinger, most unhappy marriages are alike&#x...
Wise Growth Strategies in Leading Family Businesses

Wise Growth Strategies in Leading Family Businesses


Joachim Schwass



Wise Growth Strategies in Leading Family Businesses...
Sport, Masculinities and the Body (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)

Sport, Masculinities and the Body (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)


Ian Wellard



About the Author Ian Wellard is Associate Director of the Centre for Sport, Physical Education and Activity Research (SPEAR...
The Book of Me: Life Coach Yourself to Success

The Book of Me: Life Coach Yourself to Success


Barrie Pearson, Neil Thomas



About the Author Barrie Pearson is Executive Chairman of Livingstone Group Guarantee plc, based in London. He provides p...
Making the Team: Inside the World of Sports Initiations and Hazing

Making the Team: Inside the World of Sports Initiations and Hazing


Jay Johnson, Margery Holman



About the Author Jay Johnson is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. A lecturer at York University and the Unive...
Creatine: the Power Supplement

Creatine: the Power Supplement


J. David Branch, Melvin Williams, Richard Kreider



Review """"Many nutritional supplements come and go without much commotion, but none has generated the kind of interest o...
Rethinking Gender and Youth Sport (International Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport)

Rethinking Gender and Youth Sport (International Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport)


Ian Wellard: Ri



About the Author Ian Wellard is Head of the Centre for Physical Education Research, Canterbury Christ Church University. ...
Images that Injure

Images that Injure


Paul Lester, Susan Ross



Book Description Offers a critical view of media stereotypes of diverse cultural groups, including ethnic, racial, and gend...
American Medical Association Guide to Talking to Your Doctor

American Medical Association Guide to Talking to Your Doctor


The American Medical Association



From the Back Cover The last time you visited your doctor, did you . . .hesitate to ask a question–and leave without...
Reflections on Anger: Women and Men in a Changing Society

Reflections on Anger: Women and Men in a Changing Society


Christa Reiser



Review .,."her arguments are intriguing and her important findings can help to guide future studies. This book will be of...
Weetzie Bat

Weetzie Bat


Francesca Lia Block



From Publishers Weekly An offbeat heroine shares a Hollywood cottage with three equally quirky companions; in PW 's words...