The Book Company: New Products - Sociology

Petrochemical Planet (Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation)

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:56:20 +0000

In Petrochemical Planet Alice Mah examines the changing nature of the petrochemical industry as it faces the existential threats of climate change and environmental activism. Drawing on research from high-level industry meetings, petrochemical plant tours, and polluted communities, Mah juxt..

Price: $102.95

Philosophy of Care

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:31:20 +0000

Retracing the philosophical discussions around care

Our current culture is dominated by the ideology of creativity. One is supposed to create the new and not to care about the things as they are. This ideology legitimises the domination of the “creative class” over the rest of the po..

Price: $17.95

Transboundary Water Co-operation (Global Resilient Practices and Policy Initiatives)

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:22:22 +0000

Examining transboundary water basins across continents and diverse geographical contexts, this comprehensive volume explores the policy options and interventions necessary to ensure peaceful and stable regional water development processes.

Price: $233.99

Street Smarts (Trust Your Instincts, Outsmart Danger, and Stay Safe in a World That Isn't)

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:16:11 +0000

From the mindset you move with, to the habits you create, and the tools you carry—learn how to stay sharp, stay ready, and stay safe in every aspect of your daily life!

Dannah Eve has always been street smart, and for the past several years, she has been sharing her advice, self-de..

Price: $19.00

Love Across Class

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:04:09 +0000

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Price: $26.00

Raewyn Connell (Research, Politics, Social Change)

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:01:59 +0000

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Price: $30.00

Urban Solidarity (Gender, Mobility, and the Unfinished Politics of Buen Vivir)

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:29:51 +0000

Between 2007 and 2017, Ecuadoreans breathed the air of revolution. Their national project, spearheaded by Democratic Socialist president Rafael Correa, was known as buen vivir—good living. Both a discourse and a development strategy, buen vivir promoted interdependence with and am..

Price: $45.00

Solo (On the Road in a Changing America)

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:13:53 +0000

The author of bestsellers Wasted and Madness returns with a memoir about living alone on the highway, and observing and experiencing America at a pivotal moment in our history

In June of 202..

Price: $30.00

Illuminating Max Weber's Sociology of Law and Methodological Writings (Collected Essays)

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:16:31 +0000

This volume of collected essays by Hubert Treiber, one of Weber’s leading interpreters and an authoritative expert on Weber’s sociology of law, brings a number of translated works to English-speaking readers, offering the opportunity to gain a fuller and a more accurate understanding of Max Web..

Price: $233.99

The Criminal Alphabet (An A-Z of Prison Slang)

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:31:18 +0000

"I have spent almost 33 of the last 53 years in and out of prison, but mainly in. I was a juvenile offender back in the mid 1970s and went on to become an adult prisoner in the 1980s and beyond. My shortest prison sentence was 7 days (for criminal damage) and my longest sentence was life (for..

Price: $14.95