This eighth edition of Sociology Themes & Perspectives provides a comprehensive introduction to sociology for A-level & undergraduate students. This essential resource is fully updated to match the latest sociological teaching research & developments to support you in learning about sociology today. Brought to you by an established & trusted team of subject experts Sociology Themes & Perspectives has supported over one million students in the UK & internationally in studying sociology. This new edition will enable you to: * Build your understanding of sociology through the clear & comprehensive explanation * Apply your knowledge with contextualised examples & research * Stay relevant with the most up-to-date research empirical studies & theories * Consolidate your learning with the quick-reference conclusions & summaries at the end of each chapter * Bring sociology alive with full-colour explanation & photos The new edition features coverage of these critical new topics: globalisation (in a major new section) the Arab Spring the possible decline of US power UK Coalition policies environmental sociology new media the financial crash & recession network society victimology
- & many more! Contents: * Chapter 1: Stratification class & inequality * Chapter 2: Sex & gender * Chapter 3: ' Race' ethnicity & nationality * Chapter 4: Poverty social exclusion & the welfare state * Chapter 5: Health medicine & the body * Chapter 6: Crime & deviance * Chapter 7: Religion * Chapter 8: Families households & personal life * Chapter 9: Power politics & the state * Chapter 10: Education * Chapter 11: Culture socialisation & identity * Chapter 12: The mass media * Chapter 13: Age & the life course * Chapter 14: Methodology * Chapter 15: Sociological theory
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Ideal as a companion for any course at AS & A2 this bite-sized version of the Haralambos & Holborn textbook will help students access understand & revise for their exams. Ideal as a companion for AS & A2 for AQA OCR or WJEC this bite-sized version of the textbook will help students access understand & revise for their exams. * Essential notes
- relevant sections of the main textbook are highlighed & summarised with key points & headings to help students to get the maximum benefit from the textbook * Extra interpretation application skills analysis & extension activities to build reinforce & test learning * Fully focused on the AQA OCR & WJEC specs with modelled essays * Links to free resources (multiple choice questions & mind maps) to test students' grasp of important concepts & help them remember them.
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Take your sock knitting off the charts! Cookie A. pioneer of the unconventional sock
- think traveling stitches mirrored pairs
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Transform stray socks into stuffed-animal friends with this utterly cute craft kit! Featuring step-by-step instructions for 9 unique sock creaturesincluding a cat bear pig rabbit elephant & even a crocodileplus basic sewinginstructions for beginners & all the materials needed to create one adorable sock creature.
Includes:: 64-page instruction book Two colorful socks Stuffing Two buttons WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
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Fortunately sock yarn can be used for more than simply keeping toes toasty. In Sock Yarn One-Skien Wonders: 101 Patterns That Go Way Beyond Socks!" veteran knitter Judith Durant has chosen not simply inventive sock patterns but also more than 5 dozen inspired patterns for other items that can be created from a single skein of sock yarn. The latest in Storeys enormously popular " One-Skein Wonders" series " Sock Yarn One-Skien Wonders" offers one-of-a-kind patterns for baby clothes mittens scarves hats jewellery cosies bags...even a dog sweater & a lamp shade! Contributed by yarn shops & designers the patterns are as fetching as they are fun to knit. Knitters of every skill level will find tantalizing challenges; some knit up in fewer than three hours others make creative use of sock yarn leftovers & several make heirloom-worthy gifts. Collectively these patterns bring out the best of sock yarn...whether variegated or solid-coloured self-patterning or h&-painted. " Sock Yarn One-Skien Wonders" has an easy-to-browse layout four-color photos throughout step-by-step instructions clear illustrations & charts & stylish patterns. With this book in their knitting bags needle crafters will take their stash of sock yarn well beyond stockinged feet to a delightful world of possibility." ...

This is the second outing for the loveable & delusional star-in-the-making
- Bathsheba's back! Bathsheba Clarice de Trop is going
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Bingo Sac Grabbins is asked by the coughing wizard Gandef & some (oddly Welsh) dwarves to help them relieve the great dragon Smug of his gold. SF author & Tolkien scholar Adam Roberts has written a parody that is both hilarious & intelligent. With knowing digs at the fantasy genre in general & the mystique that has built around middle earth in particular this will make Tolkiens 21st century readers laugh in a way that BORED OF THE RINGS made his fans of 1969 laugh. ...

SOE & The Resistance describes the extraordinary contribution to the allied war effort made by the Special Operations Executive from its formation in 1940 to the end of the war. Within a broadly chronological framework the book illustrates how resistance was stimulated among the subjugated populations of Europe & the Far East leading to the sabotage of industry & communications critical to the Axis cause. Ranging from France through Scandinavia the Low Countries North Africa the Balkans & the Far East the story unfolds through the lives of the heroic men & women who served with the SOE in enemy-held territory as recorded in their obituaries in The Times. ...

The physics of soft condensed matter is probably one of the most fashionable areas in the physical sciences today. This book offers a coherent & clear introduction to the properties & behaviour of soft matter. It begins with a treatment of the general underlying principles: the relation of the structure & dynamics of solids & liquids to intermolecular forces the thermodynamics & kinetics of phase transitions & the principles of self-assembly. Then the specific properties of colloids polymers liquid crystals & self-assembling amphiphilic systems are treated within this framework. A concluding chapter illustrates how principles of soft matter physics can be used to understand properties of biological systems. The focus on the essentials & the straightforward approach make the book suitable for students with either a theoretical or an experimental bias. The level is appropriate for final year undergraduates & beginning graduate students in physics chemistry materials science & chemical engineering. ...

The first novel in William Burroughs anarchic Cut-Up Trilogy. A world populated by hanged soldiers North African street urchins addicted narcotics agents Spanish rent boys evil doctors corrupt judges & monsters from the mythology of history or the laboratories of science
- Burroughs was truly the Hieronymus Bosch of the twentieth century. In this surreal savage & brilliantly funny novel his famous cut-up technique the slicing & random folding in of words transforms the narrative into an extraordinary unequalled new form of prose poetry taking us deeper into the dark recesses of Burroughs imagination.
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