Piro - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Exploring Vladimir Nabokov’s Creative Universe offers a fresh perspective on certain aspects of Nabokov’s creative universe. The analysis begins with the writer’s faith, viewed as the bedrock of his……続きを見る

Thinking Outside the Canon traces author Michael J. Shapiro's intellectual journey as a political theorist who has adapted multidisciplinary practices and unconventional texts across his career to d……続きを見る

In The Ask, Katie Mehnert delivers a no-holds-barred manifesto for anyone ready to shatter the status quo and build a future that works for everyone. This isn't your typical self-help book-it's a fe……続きを見る

Set in Tel Aviv’s Bitcoin Embassy between 2017 and 2019, Community in a Crowd explores the everyday activities and social dynamics of Israeli Bitcoin enthusiasts. It examines how participants promot……続きを見る

Les droits de l’enfant, dont l’émergence constitue un progrès culturel, ont profondément modifié les statuts et liens réciproques des éducateurs et des éduqués, ainsi que le rapport à l’enfant, à sa……続きを見る

Mange ta soupe, ça fait grandir !, Couvre-toi, tu vas attraper la mort !, Allume ta lampe, tu t'abîmes les yeux !, Finis ton poisson, c'est bon pour la mémoire !, Non, pas de chocolat, ça donne des ……続きを見る

Une question, une carte, une réponse. La France est-elle encore une grande puissance ? Les jeunes sont-ils plus précaires que leurs aînés ? L’école joue-t-elle encore son rôle ? L’ascenseur social e……続きを見る

Real Estate Economics: A Point-to-Point Handbook introduces the main tools and concepts of real estate (RE) economics. It covers areas such as the relation between RE and the macro-economy, RE finan……続きを見る

A grounded and intimate portrait of life by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Where We Keep the Light is the story of public service and personal faith. From an early age, Josh Shapiro learned and……続きを見る

"À la croisée des chemins" raconte l’histoire de Mikis, un jeune homme exilé en France après la guerre, qui navigue entre l’intégration, la perte et la quête d’identité. À travers sa rencontre avec ……続きを見る

What will life be like in America , Europe , Japan or China in the year 2020? As everyone's lives across the world are become increasingly interconnected by globalization and new technologies ……続きを見る

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international orderーthe system of institutions and norms established after World War IIーwas coming to an end. ……続きを見る

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) was a ten-year, $500 million research program to investigate the impacts of oil, dispersed oil, and dispersants on the ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico……続きを見る

This Must Be the Place explores how music can make cities better. This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music’s relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the power……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of Tripping the Prom Queen comes a fascinating and provocative look at the reasons behind female deception. Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets reveals how society doles……続きを見る

“One of the most important books of our modern era” –Amb. Jaime de Bourbon For anyone struggling with conflict, this book can transform you. Negotiating the Nonnegotiable takes you on a journey into……続きを見る

Scoring the Score is the first scholarly examination of the orchestrator’s role in the contemporary film industry. Orchestrators are crucial to the production of a film’s score, yet they have not re……続きを見る

Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders. How well is this intelligence analyzed, how often is it a……続きを見る

When life gets hard, we turn to our female friends. Husbands, partners, and jobs come and go, but close friendships are our bedrock. Until they're not. What happens when these bonds sabotage instead……続きを見る

This volume investigates the contributions and achievements of the physically disabled dancer while challenging and recognizing the inherent inequities in the field of integrated dance in the UK whi……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This cutting edge text considers how Asian philanthropists and charitable organizations break with Western philanthropic traditions and examines t……続きを見る

The Illiberal Imagination offers a synthetic, historical formalist account of howーand to what endーU.S. novels from the late eighteenth century to the mid-1850s represented economic inequality and ……続きを見る

By the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of Chicago's City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the……続きを見る

Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwa……続きを見る

Catastrophic events like the bombing of Hiroshima, Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, and drone strikes periodically achieve renewed political significance as subsequent developments su……続きを見る

Deforming American Political Thought offers an alternative to the dominant American historical imagination, treating issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian ……続きを見る

What does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world’s most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues “ecological civilization”? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal ……続きを見る

The acclaimed authors of Death by a Thousand Cuts argue that Americans care less about inequality than about their own insecurity. Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro propose realistic policies and strat……続きを見る

The first edition of this classic text introduced researchers and students to a broad range of approaches that are grounded philosophically and are relevant to real contexts. This new edition reflec……続きを見る

The authoritative presentation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, this groundbreaking book--now revised and expanded--has been translated into multiple languages. Origi……続きを見る