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In this book, the authors present current research on the study of the psychology of punishment. Topics discussed in this compilation include effec...

The Astronaut: Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity interrogates the historical and cultural dynamics of one of the most revered icons of t...

'It isn't often that one encounters a sensibility so interested in our world - and so compelling in its powers of attentiveness. Leo Boix's poetry ...

*A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND EVENING STANDARD*Twelve bytes. Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocati...

Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to sav...

Uncovers the systemic problems that expose poor communities to environmental hazards From St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City...

Byron and Women [and men] is a compilation of new biographical and literary essays, examining the poet''s bisexuality and the ways in which it affe...

Describing a wide range of communities, this record offers practical information for sustainability-oriented developers and urban-design profession...

In recent decades, the insight that narration shapes our perception of reality has inspired and influenced the most innovative historical accoun...

Suburbs can be incubators of creativity: innovative and complex, but all too often underappreciated. In Creative Margins, Alison L. Bain documents ...

Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly r...

According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious boo...

Discover why it is that women are poorer than men in this intelligent dissection of the gender wealth gap.''A nuanced look at the institutional opp...

A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH'Urgently needed' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of THE POWER OF HABIT and SMARTER'Attention, good ...

Spanish literature has given the world the figures of Don Quixote and Don Juan, and is responsible for the 'invention' of the novel in the 16th cen...

This book studies a grouping of films set in New York City between 1965 and 1995, reflecting a town besieged by rampant criminality, social dist...

2020 Philip S. Klein Book Prize Winner, Pennsylvania Historical Association Known as Americas most historic neighborhood, the Germantown section of...