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  • History of the Samurai

    Legendary Warriors of Japan

    by Jonathan Lopez-Vera ...
    Translated by Russell Calvert ...
    A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end—an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the Japanese character and of Japanese history. It describes in detail the core Samurai philosophy of Bushido—"the way of the warrior"—a complex code of conduct embracing ideals of honor and loyalty that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Shamanic Mysteries of Peru

    The Heart Wisdom of the High Andes

    by Vera Lopez, Linda Star Wolf, Ph.D. ...
    An experiential guide to the sacred places and teachings of Andean shamanism• Explores the cosmology and core shamanic beliefs of the Andean people, including Pachamama and power animals such as condors, snakes, hummingbirds, and pumas• Takes you on an intimate journey through the sacred sites, temples, and power places of Peru, including Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuamán, Písac, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Complicated Lives

    Girls, Parents, Drugs, and Juvenile Justice

    by Vera Lopez ...
    Series series Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
    Winner of the 2019 Intersectional Book Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division on Women & CrimeComplicated Lives focuses on the lives of sixty-five drug-using girls in the juvenile justice system (living in group homes, a residential treatment center, and a youth correctional facility) who grew up in families characterized by parental drug use, violence, and child maltreatment. ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Value Chains and the Remaking of Urban and Regional Spaces

    Case Studies from the USA, Latin America, and Spain

    Edited by Carlos López-Escolano, Rosa Mecha-López, Ana Vera ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The book examines the challenges that local, regional, national, and global value chains at different levels pose to territorial development. Rethinking and developing urban and regional spaces require new understanding and research methods in economic geography. This is achieved by exploring how value chains influence and address territorial development. It is argued that territorial development ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Max Weber Matters

    Interweaving Past and Present

    Edited by David Chalcraft, Fanon Howell, Marisol Lopez Menendez, Hector Vera ...
    This volume clearly communicates that Weber’s influence is of great significance to the history of social science, and to appreciating the theoretical work of other social scientists in the modern age. Its insightful and timely publication comprises topical and innovative work discussing Weber in a range of historical and contemporary questions including: the controversy surrounding the Da Vinci ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • New Perspectives on Hispanic Caribbean Studies

    Edited by Magdalena López, María Teresa Vera-Rojas ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    What are the main contributions of Hispanic cultural products and practices today? This book is a collection of essays on new critical trends in Hispanic Caribbean thinking. It offers an update on the state of Hispanic Caribbean studies through the discussion of diverse theoretical perspectives around notions of affect, archipelagic thinking, deterritoriality, and queer experiences and ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Cultural Territorial Systems

    Landscape and Cultural Heritage as a Key to Sustainable and Local Development in Eastern Europe

    Edited by Francesco Rotondo, Francesco Selicato, Vera Marin, Josefina Lopez Galdeano ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book seeks to enhance the cultural dimension of sustainable development and particularly focuses on minor historic centers and their natural and rural landscapes. In a society becoming ever more globalized, without territorial restrictions in the production of goods and able to reproduce in China the goods and product characteristic of South American crafts (to mention just two extremes), the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Latinas in the Criminal Justice System

    Victims, Targets, and Offenders

    Edited by Vera Lopez, Lisa Pasko ...
    Series Book 18 - Latina/o Sociology
    How Latina girls and women become entangled in the criminal justice systemDespite representing roughly 16 percent of incarcerated women, Latina women and girls are often rendered invisible in accounts of American crime and punishment. In Latinas in the Criminal Justice System, Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko bring together a group of distinguished scholars to provide a more complete, nuanced picture of ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Girls’ Sexualities and the Media

    Edited by Kate Harper, Yasmina Katsulis, Vera Lopez, Georganne Scheiner Gillis ...
    Series Book 23 - Mediated Youth
    This anthology provides exciting, innovative research focused on the construction of adolescent girls’ sexuality in the media. The volume includes a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives from the humanities and the social sciences, addressing how girls and others respond to, work with, and even resist prevailing media representations of girls’ sexualities and how they use ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Material Characterization Techniques and Applications

    by Euth Ortiz Ortega, Hamed Hosseinian, Ingrid Berenice Aguilar Meza, María José Rosales López, Andrea Rodríguez Vera, Samira Hosseini ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book presents commonly applied characterization techniques in material science, their brief history and origins, mechanism of operation, advantages and disadvantages, their biosensing applications, and troubleshooting for each technique, while addressing the challenges researchers face when working with these techniques. The book dedicates its focus to identifying physicochemical and ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

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  • Competitiveness And Growth In Brazilian Cities: Local Policies And Actions For Innovation

    by Zhang Ming ...
    The book contributes to answering the questions raised by mayors, governors, and federal government officials in Brazil: "What can cities do to improve economic performance and create jobs?" The question is approached through a review of theories and policy options for city competitiveness, preliminary benchmarking of Brazilian cities.The book concludes that to become and stay competitive, cities ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • True Story

    What Reality TV Says About Us

    by Danielle J. Lindemann, PhD ...
    Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 by EsquireA sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium—and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gender, class, and sexualityWhat do we see when we watch reality television?In True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us, the sociologist and TV-lover Danielle J. Lindemann takes a long, hard look in the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD