Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything1581 reviews
Stephen J. Dubner

William Morrow, 2006

A much-appreciated gift

+ Sociology-flavored econ
+ Enlightened

I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!
  
  











  



  
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology3 reviews
H.H.; Wr Gerth

Routledge, 2007

excellent introduction to Weber's work

+ An excellent set of essays by a major contributor to Western intellectual thought.
+ Seminal Work By Classic Social Theorist Max Weber

Gerth and Mills' reader provides an excellent introduction to Weber's life and thought. This edition includes excerpts from _Economy and Society_, the brilliant essays ``Politics as a Vocation'' and ``Science as a Vocation,'' plus a brief critical biography and material from other sources. Weber ...
  
  











  



  
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1438 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

What I Learned From "Three Cups of Tea"

+ very good seller for outstanding book
+ The Power of One

What I learned from "Three Cups of Tea" was very simple: if you want to help win the war on al Qaeda, contribute as much as you can to the Central Asia Institute (https://www.ikat.org/). The key to any counter-insurgency is to gain the support of the people (see ...
  
  











  



  
Cities: A Magisterial Exploration of the Nature of the City from its Beginnings to Contemporary Tokyo, the ...3 reviews
John Reader

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005

A lively, engaging, and vigorous revelation of just how cities evolved

+ Good but also lacking...

With a subject as broad and diverse in its scope, and is as potentially weighty as humanities' urban complexes, one would think a book of the same name would cover over 500 pages and be detrimental to simple leisure browsing -- not so: Cities is a lively, engaging, and vigorous revelation of just ...
  
  











  



  
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice
Eda Goldstein

Free Press, 2002

Object Relations and Self Psychology are two leading schools of psychological thought discussed in social work classrooms and applied by practitioners to a variety of social work populations. Yet both groups have lacked a basic manual for teaching and reference -- until now. For them, Dr. Eda G. Goldstein's book fills a void on two fronts: Part I provides a readable, systematic, and ...
  
  











  



  
Sociology in America: A History

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

Though the word “sociology” was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig Calhoun assembled a team of leading ...
  
  











  



  
A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers1 review
Sociology Writing Group

Worth Publishers, 2007

A Guide to Writing Sociology

I thought this book was very helpful in writing a sociology paper it mapped out how they should be written .Using this book can only boost your grades in this area.
  
  











  



  
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War84 reviews
Joe Bageant

Three Rivers Press, 2008

A Must Read

+ Footnotes!!!
+ Prophetic Insight into the Demise of the Middle Class
+ A sobering view of America's Heartland
  
  











  



  
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews

Modern Library, 1993

Great read

+ The triumph of common sense
+ Read it!
+ Read it
+ It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy
  
  











  



  
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews
Jared Diamond

W. W. Norton, 2005

A profound and lasting classic

+ History; It's What's for Dinner
+ Fascinating!
+ Great subject and treatment - shakey science
  
  











  



  
Kunstler, James Howard The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First ...
Michael Poulton

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of Urban Research, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2006. The length of the article is 882 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation ...
  
  











  



  
Collapse (Penguin Press Science)399 reviews

Warms up after the first couple chapters

+ Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics
+ Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible

Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...
  
  











  



  
Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community82 reviews
Robert D. Putnam

Simon & Schuster, 2001

A Lonelier Crowd

Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" : ...
  
  











  



  
Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community82 reviews
Robert D. Putnam

Simon & Schuster, 2001

A Lonelier Crowd

Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" : ...
  
  











  



  
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice
Eda Goldstein

Free Press, 2002

Object Relations and Self Psychology are two leading schools of psychological thought discussed in social work classrooms and applied by practitioners to a variety of social work populations. Yet both groups have lacked a basic manual for teaching and reference -- until now. For them, Dr. Eda G. Goldstein's book fills a void on two fronts: Part I provides a readable, systematic, and ...
  
  











  



  
A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers1 review
Sociology Writing Group

Worth Publishers, 2007

A Guide to Writing Sociology

I thought this book was very helpful in writing a sociology paper it mapped out how they should be written .Using this book can only boost your grades in this area.
  
  











  



  
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1438 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

What I Learned From "Three Cups of Tea"

+ very good seller for outstanding book
+ The Power of One

What I learned from "Three Cups of Tea" was very simple: if you want to help win the war on al Qaeda, contribute as much as you can to the Central Asia Institute (https://www.ikat.org/). The key to any counter-insurgency is to gain the support of the people (see ...
  
  











  



  
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews
Jared Diamond

W. W. Norton, 2005

A profound and lasting classic

+ History; It's What's for Dinner
+ Fascinating!
+ Great subject and treatment - shakey science
  
  











  



  
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews

Modern Library, 1993

Great read

+ The triumph of common sense
+ Read it!
+ Read it
+ It'll make a city slicker out of the most ardent farm boy
  
  











  



  
Kunstler, James Howard The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First ...
Michael Poulton

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of Urban Research, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2006. The length of the article is 882 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation ...