Richard Jenkins: 20 books

This short critical introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's thought is a model of clarity and insight. Where Bourdieu's own writings are often complex, even ambiguous, Richard Jenkins is direct, concise and to the point. He emphasizes Bourdieu's contributions to theory and methodology while also dealing...

This short critical introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's thought is a model of clarity and insight. Where Bourdieu's own writings are often complex, even ambiguous, Richard Jenkins is direct, concise and to the point. He emphasizes Bourdieu's contributions to theory and methodology while also dealing...

Ben, aged 10, is a lonely, sickly boy, mocked and bullied, reviled in the village for being a coward. The burden of a spiteful aunt, he lives and plays alone. In a derelict house overrun with the creatures, monsters and things that inhabit his everyday world, he discovers a hidden library....

Samuel Dean lives an isolated, peaceful existence; he is alone and happy to be so. The remote coastal area of England where he lives provides all he needs to survive. His daily routine is to hunt, forage and poach. Someone, however, is stalking him. One night, two officers from Special Branch...

This short critical introduction to the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu is a model of clarity and insight. Where Bourdieu's original writings are often densely argued and ambiguous, Richard Jenkins is direct, concise and to the point. He emphasises Bourdieu's contirbutions to the theory and methodology...

A dark, comic thriller. After discovering the body of a woman he fears the police will suspect he murdered, panic drives social phobic Jon to make a decision that twists his life free of the control he had so carefully constructed to contain it. With the murder covered up, he pledges to investigate the crime and bring the murderer to justice.

Siavash has spent the last few years transforming his house into the world's first intergalactic space taxi. All he needs now is an intergalactic spaceship engine. As no such engine exists on Earth, he plots to acquire one from an advanced alien civilization. His children, Fairuza and Giovanni,...

This book argues that the foundations of sociology - key concepts which are necessary to all sociology, from whatever perspective - have become taken-for-granted and require re-assessment. Focusing on society, culture, the individual, and collectivity, the author builds a powerful case for an overhaul...

Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually, interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions, this fourth edition offers a concise, comprehensive and readable critical introduction to social science theories...

After eight years as a pilot in the Royal Navy flying jet aircraft from the decks of aircraft carriers, the writer moved to a new challenge---that of starting a farm in the wilds of the African bush in Northern Rhodesia. After nearly twenty years as a successful farmer growing tobacco and maize and...

Cannabis is at the centre of ongoing controversial and often confused debate. Opinions on its potential impact on health are sharply divided: some argue that it poses serious risks to mental health and that adolescent use may lead to psychotic illness in young adulthood, or that it acts as a gateway...

This book is your ultimate Ethan Hawke resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Ethan Hawke's whole picture right away. Get countless Ethan...

A Practical, Start-to-Finish Approach to Managing, Evolving, and Transforming Legacy IT Systems   For every IT executive, manager, architect, program leader, project leader, and lead analyst   “Richard and Kevin introduce us to a reality that’s often neglected in our industry: the problem...

Questions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas. Science today is more a process of collaboration than moments of individual “eurekas.” This book recreates that kind of synergy by offering a series of interconnected...