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  • Shichigosan

    Change and Continuity of a Family Ritual in Contemporary Urban Japan

    by Melinda Papp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents a case study of shichigosan, an extremely popular childhood family ritual in contemporary Japan. It is an interesting example of a custom with very ancient roots (going back to the tenth century), that has undergone several transformations during the course of its history, adapting to changing socio-economic and cultural circumstances. Within the study, the ritual unfolds as a ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • The New Rules of Marriage

    by Terrence Real ...
    In his extraordinary new book, Terrence Real, distinguished therapist and bestselling author, presents a long overdue message that women need to hear: You aren’t crazy–you’re right!Women have changed in the last twenty-five years–they have become powerful, independent, self-confident, and happy. Yet many men remain irresponsible and emotionally detached. They don’t know how to respond to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • One and Only

    The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One

    by Lauren Sandler ...
    **“A swift and absorbing read…may change your mind and the national conversation.” —Psychology TodayA funny, tough-minded case for being and having an only child, debunking the myths about only children and taking glory in the pleasures of singletons.**Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Parenthood Decision

    Discovering Whether You Are Ready and Willing to Become a Parent

    by Beverly Engel M.F.C.C. ...
    We are living in a time when baby showers are the most popular kind of party and when TV and movies abound with adorable babies and darling toddlers selling everything from soap to toilet paper. In this "baby-friendly" environment, is it any wonder that more and more people are considering becoming parents?Most people realize, however, that just wanting a baby doesn't mean you are physically, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Pecking Order

    A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become

    by Dalton Conley ...
    The family is our haven, the place where we all start off on equal footing — or so we like to think. But if that’s the case, why do so many siblings often diverge widely in social status, wealth, and education? In this groundbreaking and meticulously researched book, acclaimed sociologist Dalton Conley shatters our notions of how our childhoods affect us, and why we become who we are. Economic and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Dancing at Lughnasa

    by Brian Friel ...
    It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five Mundy sisters, barely making ends meet, their ages ranging from twenty-six up to forty. The two male members of the household are brother Jack, a missionary priest, repatriated from Africa by his superiors after 25 years, and the seven-year-old child of the youngest sister. In depicting two ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • I Do and I Don't

    A History of Marriage in the Movies

    by Jeanine Basinger ...
    From one of our leading film historians and interpreters: a brilliantly researched, irresistibly witty, delightfully illustrated examination of “the marriage movie”; what it is (or isn’t) and what it has to tell us about the movies—and ourselves.As long as there have been feature movies there have been marriage movies, and yet Hollywood has always been cautious about how to label them—perhaps ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Equally Shared Parenting

    Rewriting the Rules for a New Generation of Parents

    by Marc Vachon, Amy Vachon ...
    This Is Parenting on Your Own TermsChances are, you'd rather not forfeit your happy, rested life the moment you become a parent. As a mom, you may want to keep your career, but aren't sure how to balance it with housework and childcare. As a dad, you probably want to witness your child's milestones, but a demanding job may get in the way. And what about time for yourself (never mind your sex life) ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Unrooted Childhoods

    Memoirs of Growing Up Global

    by Nina Sichel ...
    The experience of growing up without the opportunity to ever "put down roots"A fusion of voices and deeply personal experiences from every corner of the globe, Unrooted Childhoods presents a cultural mosaic of today's citizens of the world. In twenty stirring memoirs of childhoods spent packing, writings by both world-famous and first-time authors (many published here for the first time) make ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • I Do...

    Questions for the Biggest Day of Your Life

    by Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell ...
    “Will you marry me?” is the question that starts the ball rolling, but as Evelyn McFarlane and James Saywell reveal in this entertaining book, there is much, much more to discuss.Now the authors of the popular If . . . series present hundreds of fun and provocative questions to ask prospective brides, grooms, and anyone considering whether or not to take the matrimonial plunge.If you could pick a ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Southern Anthropology - a History of Fison and Howitt’s Kamilaroi and Kurnai

    by Patrick McConvell, Helen Gardner ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Southern Anthropology, the history of Fison and Howitt's Kamilaroi and Kurnai is the biography of Kamilaroi and Kurnai (1880) written from both a historical and anthropological perspective. Southern Anthropology investigates the authors' work on Aboriginal and Pacific people and the reception of their book in metropolitan centres. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • After the Death of Childhood

    by David Buckingham ...
    What will be the fate of childhood in the twenty-first century? Will children increasingly be living 'media childhoods', dominated by the electronic screen? Will their growing access to adult media help to abolish the distinctions between childhood and adulthood? Or will the advent of new media technologies widen the gaps between the generations still further?In this book, David Buckingham ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD