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Yanfei Sun
Religious Change in Post-Mao China

"A sweeping examination of how the religious landscape has changed in post-Mao China. In Religious Change in Post-Mao China, sociologist Yanfei Sun examines the transformation of major religions and …

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Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
Multilevel Thinking

This book introduces the ideas of multilevel modeling with a focus on pedagogical effectiveness and intuitive presentation. Interwoven throughout the book are connections between multilevel modeling and q…

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David C Engerman
Apostles of Development

Apostles of Development offers a bold new history of one of the most important enterprises of the 20th century--the project to end global poverty--through the lives and work of six of its most innovative …

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Jane Jacobs
The Death and Life of Great American Cities

A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cit…

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Mary Dunn
Where Paralytics Walk and the Blind See

An exploration of early modern accounts of sickness and disability-and what they tell us about our own approach to bodily differenceIn our age of biomedicine, society often treats sickness and disability …

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Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A Eliason, Jill Terry Rudy
The Three Nephites

"Stories of encounters with the Three Nephites, immortal saint-like figures, dominate the folklore of the Latter-day Saint tradition. The authors of this volume use hundreds of legends collected by t…

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R Renee Hess
Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her

From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and…

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Joel Rookwood, Daniel Fieldsend
This Is Our Game

"Reminds me of why I love football - at its heart, it's a reflection of the communities that are built around it. A special book. " - Jamie Carragher You know when you're in a Football City.The…

available from 26.5.2026.

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Naomi Haynes
A Divine Season

How Zambian Pentecostal activists worked to transform their country into a self-styled "Christian nation"In 2015, Zambia began an ambitious program to "actualize" the country's constit…

available from 18.8.2026.

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Matthew R McLennan
Philosophy and Play

Is philosophy a playful pursuit?This book's central argument is that playfulness is an essential quality of philosophical practice, and that there is something essentially philosophical about play. Ways o…

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Matthew R McLennan
Philosophy and Play

Is philosophy a playful pursuit?This book's central argument is that playfulness is an essential quality of philosophical practice, and that there is something essentially philosophical about play. Ways o…

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Willie Barnes Jr, J Scott Carter
Original Sin?

Original Sin? explores the ways that a multiracial church struggles with race, racism, and social activism during a turbulent time in U.S. history. In the shadow of the murder of George Floyd, the authors…

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Sergey Gavrilets
Social Influence and the Logic of Collective Action

An integrated quantitative framework for understanding the dynamics of collective actionCollective action has been a fundamental aspect of human societies throughout history, from building irrigation syst…

available from 28.7.2026.

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Samiha Rahman
Black Muslim Freedom Dreams

Explores three generations of Black American Muslims pursuing education and liberation beyond the borders of the United StatesSince the 1970s, hundreds of Black American Muslims in the Tijani Sufi order h…

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Deena I J Newman
Diary of an Uncertain Psychic

In Diary of an Uncertain Psychic, artist-anthropologist Deena I.J. Newman explores the life and lessons of Elizabeth, a California psychic and radio talk show host. Through vivid graphic narrative, this d…

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Paul Seabright
The Divine Economy

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year AwardA novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern worldReligion in the twenty-first cen…

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Keri K Stephens, Kerk F Kee
The Social Scientist's Grant Guide

It's time for social scientists to join the grant-getting world.Securing external funding has never been more important for social scientists, nor has it ever required so much creativity! The Social Scien…

available from 3.9.2026.

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Adam Reich
Inside Jobs

From the stone quarries of Sing Sing that supplied marble for early New York City landmarks, to twenty-first-century construction projects staffed by formerly incarcerated workers, Inside Jobs traces the …

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National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee On National Statistics,
Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

The 8th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency supports the essential role of relevant, credible, trusted, independent, and innovative government statistics. Since 1992, this…

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Lauren Sandler
American Prophecy

A feat of narrative reporting that grapples with familial understanding and conflict, and a parable for understanding the country's current division, and how we got here---a gripping and powerfully releva…

available from 22.9.2026.

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