Sociology: Recent submissions

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    • Light-matter interaction : physics and engineering at the nanoscale 

      Nunes, Frederico; Weiner, John (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Light-matter interaction is pervasive throughout the disciplines of optical and atomic physics, condensed matter physics, electrical engineering, and now increasingly in biology and medicine with frequency and length scales ...

    • Generating random networks and graphs 

      Coolen, Ton; Annibale, Alessia; Roberts, Ekaterina (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Generating random networks efficiently and accurately is an important challenge for practical applications, and an interesting question for theoretical study. This book presents and discusses common methods of generating ...

    • Justice and natural resources : an egalitarian theory 

      Armstrong, Chris (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Our world is increasingly marked by climate change, environmental degradation, and conflict over precious resources such as oil, water, and land. In each case, access to valuable resources is at stake. We require a normative ...

    • Lectures on geometry 

      Woodhouse, Nicholas (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      This volume contains a collection of papers based on lectures delivered by distinguished mathematicians at Clay Mathematics Institute events over the past few years. It is intended to be the first in an occasional series ...

    • Just financial markets? : finance in a just society 

      Herzog, Lisa (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Well-functioning financial markets are crucial for the economic well-being and the justice of contemporary societies. The Great Financial Crisis has shown that a perspective that naively trusts in the self-regulating powers ...

    • Arts-based Methods and Organizational Learning : Higher Education Around the World 

      Chemi, Tatiana (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This thematic volume explores the relationship between the arts and learning in various educational contexts and across cultures, but with a focus on higher education and organizational learning. Arts-based interventions ...

    • Jean Bodin, "this Pre-eminent Man of France": An Intellectual Biography 

      Lloyd, Howell A. (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Jean Bodin was a figure of great importance in European intellectual history, known as a jurist, associate of kings and courtiers in sixteenth-century France, and author of influential works in the fields of constitutional ...

    • International Women's Year : the greatest consciousness-raising event in history 

      Olcott, Jocelyn (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Amid the geopolitical and social turmoil of the 1970s, the United Nations declared 1975 as International Women's Year. The capstone event, a two-week conference in Mexico City, was dubbed by organizers and journalists as ...

    • International politics and institutions in time 

      Karl-Orfeo, Fioretos (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      International Politics and Institutions in Time is the definitive exploration, by a group of leading international relations scholars, of the contribution of the historical institutionalism tradition for the study of ...

    • Institutional investors in global markets 

      Clark, Gordon L.; Monk, Ashby Henry Benning (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Institutional Investors in Global Market provides you with a comprehensive overview about what institutional investors do, how they do it, and when and where they do it, it is about the production of investment returns in ...

    • Finance Unleashed: Leveraging the CFO for Innovation 

      Lind, Magnus; Barner, Kelly (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      Fast moving, to the point, and rooted in first-hand executive experiences, this book is for people of vision and action, and for creating the conditions required for growth, innovation, and increased competitive advantage. ...

    • Housing the New Romans Architectural Reception and Classical Style in the Modern World 

      Stackelberg, Katharine T. von; Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      In the last twenty years, reception studies have significantly enhanced our understanding of the ways in which Classics has shaped modern Western culture, but very little attention has been directed toward the reception ...

    • Financial behavior : players, services, products, and markets 

      Baker, Harold Kent; Filbeck, Greg; Ricciardi, Victor (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets provides a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature on the financial behavior of major stakeholders, financial services, investment products, and ...

    • Dying to be me: my journey from cancer, to near death, to true healing 

      Moorjani, Anita (Hay House, 2012)
      In this truly inspirational memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system began shutting down. As her organs ...

    • Life is short, art is shorter: in praise of brevity 

      Cooperman, Elizabeth; Shields, David (Hawthorne Books, 2014)
      Life Is Short Art Is Shorter is not just the first anthology to gather both mini-essays and short-short stories, readers, writers, and teachers will get will get an anthology, a course’s worth of writing exercises, a rally ...

    • 99 Favorite Amish Recipes 

      Varozza, Georgia (Harvest House Publishers, 2015)
      The Amish are admired for their simple lives, their intricate quilts, their bold faith, and especially their homemade meals. Straight from the heart of Amish country, this new collection of hearty, wholesome recipes will ...

    • Conquer: Your Battle Plan for Spiritual Victory 

      Youssef, Michael (Harvest House Publishers, 2015)
      Devil. Great deceiver. Evil one. Father of lies. Satan. Many names. One enemy. And whether you realize it or not, you are on a spiritual battlefield with this enemy every day. How do you prepare to defend yourself? In ...

    • Victory in Spiritual Warfare Outfitting Yourself for the Battle 

      Evans, Tony (Harvest House Publishers, 2011)
      With passion and clarity, Dr. Evans demystifies spiritual warfare so that readers can tackle challenges and obstacles with spiritual power God’s authority as they: understand how the battle is fought by Satan, actively use ...

    • The Big Book of Bible Answers: A Guide to Understanding the Most Challenging Questions 

      Rhodes, Ron (Harvest House Publishers, 2013)
      Ron Rhodes, bestselling author and respected Bible scholar, offers readers an incredible array of answers to the most frequently asked questions about God and the Bible as well as questions people are intimidated to ask. ...

    • Inside-Out Healing: Transforming Your Life Through the Power of Presence 

      Moss, Richard (Hay House, 2011)
      Join world-renowned consciousness teacher and healer Richard Moss in an exploration of the power of presence in your life. Presence is associated with feelings of aliveness, connection, creativity, satisfaction, and flow. ...