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  • Somerset
    Daniel Donaghy
    Somerset is an elegy for the Kensington section of Philadelphia in which the author was raised. Using a variety of styles and forms, it remembers people and cultures struggling to survive in the aftermath of deindustrialization and, now, an opioid epidemic. It is also a study in how our past continually informs our present, how we never fully leave those places in which our you...
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    15,52 €

  • Rich Man, Poor Man
    John Hilton
    First published in 1944 (Sir Halley Stewart Lectures 1938), the original blurb reads: 'In Rich Man, Poor Man, Professor John Hilton examines the facts as to the distribution of wealth in this country. ... The book tells of a special study of three hundred poor families....' ...
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    56,01 €

  • Under the Table
    FootRubSlave
    In the glittering apartments and gated enclaves of Delhi and Gurgaon, elite women host kitty parties, network, and indulge in self-care-relaxed, empowered, and unseen. Beneath the table, however, lies another reality: the invisible labor of service providers who make it all possible.Under the Table: Hidden Lives in India’s Elite Social Circles offers an intimate, anonymized gli...
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    5,60 €

  • Sunday Under Three Heads
    Charles Dickens
    With wit, moral insight, and humane charity, Charles Dickens examines the Sabbath as it is observed, neglected, and misunderstood. Sunday Under Three Heads contrasts legalism, indifference, and Christian mercy, offering a sharp yet compassionate defense of a Sunday shaped by rest, worship, and concern for the poor. ...
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    11,78 €

  • The Forgotten Man and White Populist Resentment
    Arthur H. Garrison
    This book examines how this White populism rose to dominate the Republican Party primary base, how the populist campaigns of Pat Buchanan and Newt Gingrich paved the way for the rise of Donald Trump, and how he maintains narrative dominance over both parties and American political discourse. ...
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    75,98 €

  • The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia
    Alexandrina Vanke
    Despite the intense processes of deindustrialisation around the world, the working class continues to play an important role in post-industrial societies. However, working-class people are often stigmatised, morally judged and depicted negatively in dominant discourses. This book challenges stereotypical representations of workers, building on research into the everyday worlds ...
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    44,29 €

  • Second Chances
    Pamela Connell
    Second Chances: African Derivatives and a Modern Day Cult by Pamela Connell initially began as a way to celebrate African art and culture. However, the book evolved to address other topics, including systemic racism, race relations in a U.S. Midwestern city, faith, and the political climate leading up to the 2024 presidential election.Connell, a middle-class White woman, throug...
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    15,71 €

  • The Human Cost of Corruption
    MBIDA MBIDA CAMILLE
    Every year, billions of CFA francs are committed to public projects meant to improve people’s lives. Yet in many countries, poverty endures, hospitals lack basic resources, schools fall into disrepair, and hope steadily erodes. Where does the money go? And above all, who truly pays the price of corruption?The Human Cost of Corruption is a powerful and deeply human essay that e...
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    15,67 €

  • Troubled Kids Need Jesus Too
    Larry D. Veal
    Some kids grow up surrounded by danger, pressure, and expectations that point them toward one ending. Set in the late 1970s and early 1980s, this memoir tells the story of a young boy growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, coming of age in the middle of gang culture, violence, drug activity, racism, and judgment, while carrying a deep desire to belong and be seen. Though the deca...
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    12,05 €

  • Thai Girl Naked
    Noi Thawattana
    Tourists see the fantasy. Noi Thawattana lived the reality.In the neon haze of Bangkok’s nightlife, the truth is rarely unspoken. Western men arrive with 'beer goggles' and cultural ignorance, seeing only what they want to see in the go-go bars and massage parlors. They write memoirs filled with male bravado, totally missing the actual story.Until now.Noi Thawattana is a former...
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    16,52 €

  • Status
    Bernd Reiter
    With this book, Bernd Reiter reflects on over three decades of research on race, exclusion, inequality, white supremacy and the defense of privilege in Brazil to explore how social hierarchies, honor, and dignity perpetuate systemic disparities in Latin America. ...
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    83,00 €

  • CHARLIE KIRK QUOTES
    Felicity Graham Cohen / Michael D. Butler
    Few voices have inspired more young Americans to stand for faith, freedom, and truth than Charlie Kirk. From his early days speaking on college campuses to building one of the largest student movements in America, Kirk’s passion for truth and courage in the face of cultural opposition have defined a generation.Compiled by Felicity Graham Cohen,Charlie Kirk Quotes: The Courageou...
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    15,94 €

  • Le Foyer
    Octave Mirbeau
    Le Foyer est une pièce de théâtre satirique dans laquelle Octave Mirbeau dévoile avec une lucidité implacable l’hypocrisie morale et la corruption cachée derrière les institutions charitables. À travers une intrigue vive et des dialogues incisifs, Mirbeau dénonce le pouvoir de façade, les manipulations politiques et les intérêts personnels qui se dissimulent sous des discours v...
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    15,95 €

  • Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays
    Mario Barrera
    In Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays, Mario Barrera puts forth his seminal theory of racial inequality based on a synthesis of class and colonial analysis together with several essays and selections from Barrera’s memoir that show how his thinking developed throughout his work. ...
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    74,19 €

  • Middle Ground
    Joe Carpenter
    A powerful, eye-opening account of life on the frontlines of Britain’s broken social housing system - told by Joe Carpenter, who has spent over a decade inside it.In Middle Ground: A Frontline Journey In Social Housing, Joe Carpenter draws on 13 years and over 14,000 repairs to expose the human cost of a system in collapse. From leaking ceilings and mould-covered walls to evict...
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    13,54 €

  • From Dropout to Doctorate
    Terence Lester
    'The author’s message is potent and timely... this is a vital call to reform a broken system.' - Publishers Weekly Review, June 2025 Discover An Inspiring Personal Story of Resilience, Redemption, and Advocacy Born into an impoverished community in a two-parent household that later fractured, Terence Lester and his sister were moved from place to place by their mother in a sear...
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    22,16 €

  • Introduction to Global Social Problems
    Isaac Zvi Christiansen
    Introduction to Global Social Problems introduces undergraduate students to social problems from a critical sociological perspective, presenting clear descriptions explaining key concepts and providing students with the relevant theoretical tools needed to grasp the interconnected nature of these phenomena. ...
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    75,98 €

  • Class, Race and Education under Neoliberal Capitalism
    Dave Hill
    In this collection of essays, Dave Hill lays bare how the capitalist class in the knowledge industry/academia, use ideological (and repressive) state apparatuses, such as education, to divide, disarm and demoralise critical, Marxist analysis and activism. ...
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    75,81 €

  • Society as I Have Found It
    Ward McAllister
    Step back into the glittering and often rigid world of New York’s high society during the Gilded Age, a period of opulence, ambition, and unyielding social codes. Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister offers a fascinating, first-hand account of the elaborate customs, manners, and intricate social dances that defined the upper echelons of American life in the late 19th c...
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    8,00 €

  • Family and Class in a London Suburb
    Michael Young / Peter Willmott
    Originally published in 1960, the authors of Family and Kinship in East London then made an intensive study of a middle-class dormitory suburb. Here families were more often on their own than in the East End, but, despite the differences between the districts, there were some similarities. ...
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    55,88 €

  • Faraones sindicales
    William Z. Foster
    En Faraones Sindicales, el histórico dirigente del movimiento obrero norteamericano William Z. Foster retrata la génesis y práctica de la capa parasitaria burocrática que tomó control de los grandes sindicatos de Estados Unidos. Con total honestidad, Foster retrata el obsecuente servilismo de esta capa ante los monopolios y el Estado burgués, sus repetidas acciones de sabotaje ...
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    21,32 €

  • Representing Social Precarity in German Literature and Film
    Using Germany as a national case study, this volume examines the historical genesis of precarity, its evolution from 19th-century industrial modernity to the present, and its reflections and reconfigurations in artistic production, in particular with relation to work, gender, and sexuality.'Precarity is everywhere now,' sociologist Pierre Bourdieu declared almost thirty years a...
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    50,60 €

  • Léa Roback
    Tara Goldstein
    Who was Léa Roback? And what can we learn from activism?Léa Roback (1903-2000) gained renown for her seven decades of activism in Quebec, particularly championing union rights and women rights. Yet, despite her significant accomplishments no English-language biography exists. In our current geo-political climate, marked by polarization and lack of dialogue, documenting Roback’s...
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    28,71 €

  • Human Resources
    Erin Murphy
    'Do not bother to smile/ for your photo ID / in Human Resources. / In Human Resources / no one has a face,' Erin Murphy writes. Yet in this book of documentary poems exploring labor and employment issues, Murphy gives a face and a voice to those who have been marginalized by impersonal-even brutal-working conditions. With subjects ranging from migrant farmers in the Southwest U...
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    15,66 €

  • Political Economy, Nationalistic Populism, and Immigration in Today’s World
    Jacqueline Murray Brux
    The text weaves together an understanding of the interconnected topics: of global nationalistic populism; authoritarianism; immigration; conditions in developing countries; social systems and safety nets; diversity; and ultimately, happiness as measured by global happiness surveys. ...
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    77,13 €

  • How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
    James Ergle
    How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government is a ten-step guide for forcing systemic political change in the United States-without violence, conspiracy, or false hope. Written for everyday people, this book explains exactly how power operates in modern America and how to pressure it legally, strategically, and collectively.James Ergle, a capital murder mitigation specialist...
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    19,79 €

  • Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation
    Ben Spies-Butcher
    Neoliberalism has made Australia less equal and our welfare system more brutal. But it has also changed the politics of inequality. Using examples from health to housing, unemployment to universities, this book identifiesopportunities to make a more equal Australia. ...
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    50,27 €

  • What To Do? Thoughts Evoked By The Census Of Moscow
    graf Leo Tolstoy / Isabel Florence Hapgood
    Unlock the profound insights of a literary giant with 'What to Do? Thoughts Evoked by the Census of Moscow' by Leo Tolstoy, now available after decades out of print. This timeless masterpiece, republished by Alpha Editions, has been meticulously restored for today’s and future generations, offering a rare glimpse into Tolstoy’s compelling exploration of social justice and moral...
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    16,85 €

  • Die „guten Gründe' politischer Partizipation im Internet
    Marco Wähner
    In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird das Zusammenspiel von Demokratie, Digitalisierung und Partizipation untersucht und hinterfragt, wie das Internet als Plattform zur politischen Mobilisierung dienen kann. Die Digitalisierung hat neue Wege eröffnet, politische Entscheidungen zu beeinflussen und die Bürger:innenbeteiligung zu fördern. Durch die Entwicklung eines Anreizmodells wird a...
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    64,13 €

  • How Can Britain Change?
    Mike Downham
    The book makes suggestions about what could be changed in British Society. It studies changes in health, mental health, health services, food, land, transport, work, global warming, nature, and how to achieve change. ...
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    12,64 €


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