Títulos em Ciências Sociais

As bombs rained down on Gaza in October 2023, images of mass death and destruction gripped the world, and openly genocidal statements from Israeli leaders foretold the magnitude of horrors to come. But the United States media was quick to downplay, obscure, and repackage an emerging campaign of extermination into a slick "war on terror" framework.

In her critically acclaimed, groundbreaking book I Had a Miscarriage, Jessica Zucker boldly exposed the silence, stigma, and shame that surround pregnancy loss and demonstrated the need to normalize conversations around painful reproductive events that too often go unspoken. In Normalize It, Zucker expands her lens to address a multitude of challenges women face that so often incite shame and overwhelming cultural pressure to stay silent.

Professional wrestling is both a cultural phenomenon and a multibillion-dollar industry that has launched some of the biggest names in entertainment. But what does it take for a wrestler to break through? In Rough House, journalist Alison Lyn Miller introduces Hunter James, an aspiring star born into a family of wrestlers in Georgia. Hunter lifts, runs, and pounds protein, sculpting himself into a human action figure with the goal of being signed by a major promotion and finishing what his father started.

While doing research for his ninth-grade civics class in 1976, Mike Marshall found an article in Time magazine about William Moore, a thirty-five-year-old postman from Binghamton, New York. In 1963, Moore arrived at the Chattanooga bus station from Washington, DC, where he strapped on his protest signs. He planned to walk to the governor's mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, and hand-deliver a letter to Governor Ross Barnett. On the third day of his walk as he pushed his cart through Keener, Alabama, he saw a car parked under a walnut tree, its headlights and motor off.

This is a documentary of an open letter to a Black Son from the pain and frustration of being a single black mother. The author is a born witness to their tears of joy and pain, their cries of frustration and discovery, and the difficulties that they have encountered growing up black and male. This is her love for them poured out onto the pages, a document that traces her unspoken words on the journey to try and raise happy and healthy black son in America.

Starting a new life in Canada is an exciting adventure — but it also comes with many challenges. Whether you’re planning to immigrate or have just arrived, adjusting to a new country can feel overwhelming. This book is your essential companion to help you build a fulfilling life in Canada. It is filled with practical tips, useful insights, and real examples to help you integrate with confidence. Written with passion and authenticity, this guide draws on rich personal experience and more than a decade of professional expertise supporting newcomers.

New York Times bestselling author, Kent Heckenlively, JD, and acclaimed UFO documentary director, Michael Mazzola, collaborate to bring you the latest information on the Congressional disclosure hearings and the unknown history of UFO crashes. Featuring interviews with leading figures in the UFO movement, this book delves into the government's role in recovering these crafts, attempts to understand the technology, and postulates on the intentions of these beings.

Within societies, are systems of governances, contentions and controls... ... From governing to industry, to community and beyond... They cover and caveat-under differing, hidden and virtually, vivid-terms... Since early, mankind; there have been external and internal-"ventures", abidings and embosses-coming to secretly, run and be a hallmark in what is done behind the scenes. That as purposes, pursuits, permissions and purportments... And guises-afforded and advised, hiddenly...

Not Just for the Boys looks back at how society has historically excluded women from the scientific sphere and discourse, what progress has been made, and how more is still needed. Athene Donald, herself a distinguished physicist, explores societal expectations during both childhood and working life using evidence of the systemic disadvantages women operate under, from the developing science of how our brains are and more importantly aren't gendered, to social science evidence around attitudes towards girls and women doing science.

Una habitación propia (A Room of One’s Own) es un ensayo fundamental de Virginia Woolf, publicado en 1929. En este texto, la autora reflexiona sobre el papel de las mujeres en la literatura y en la sociedad de su tiempo. A partir de unas conferencias que ofreció en 1928, Woolf plantea que, para que una mujer pueda escribir y desarrollar todo su potencial creativo, necesita independencia económica y un espacio propio, libre de interrupciones.

In the 1990s, a teenage Steve Higgins was obsessed with UFOs. He spent his weekends cutting out newspaper clippings, watching 'The X-Files', and tramping through Wiltshire fields in search of crop circles. Decades later, he sets out to see if that old spark is still there. 'My UFO Youth' follows Steve's journey across Britain as he revisits the places that defined his teenage fascination — from Rendlesham Forest and Avebury to the hills above Warminster.

The field of folklore studies is over two centuries old, and it's full of amazing insights about human behavior, creativity, and community. Folklore studies is as interdisciplinary as it gets, squished somewhere between anthropology and linguistics and religious studies and comparative literature and more. It’s all about the informal human interactions, the million tiny acts and stories and beliefs and arts that function as social glue even if they seem beneath notice.

The PELLET-B California Police Officer Entrance Exam is the gateway to becoming a police officer, deputy, or dispatcher. Passing it requires sharp reasoning, strong reading comprehension, solid grammar, and the ability to think critically under pressure. Whether you’re a first-time test-taker or aiming to boost your score, this comprehensive study guide provides the tools, strategies, and practice you need to succeed.

Pour Guillaume Meurice, ardent défenseur du 10/20, du « peut mieux faire », du « bof bof », la médiocrité est non seulement un mode de vie, mais aussi un formidable facteur d'émancipation. Elle autorise l'action sans la pression du résultat, pour le simple plaisir de se mettre en mouvement, pour la beauté du geste. Il faut la revendiquer en tant que résistance politique, car elle porte en elle le refus de la hiérarchie, de la compétition et du catéchisme capitaliste.

Tras el secuestro y asesinato de su hija Karen a manos de Los Zetas, en 2014, Miriam Rodríguez convirtió su dolor en una cruzada implacable por justicia. Sola, y sin ningún tipo de entrenamiento, acechó a sicarios, descifró redes sociales y mapeó ranchos abandonados hasta encarcelar a varios de los asesinos. Su lucha no solo fue una venganza, sino también la viva muestra de un México roto por la corrupción institucional, la ausencia de autoridades y el terror que somete a las comunidades.

Lange galt die Annahme, die Jugend lege Wert auf Nachhaltigkeit, Gendern und Wokeness – Klischees, die spätestens seit der Bundestagswahl 2025 widerlegt sind. Bestseller-Autor und Deutschlands bekanntester Generationenforscher, Rüdiger Maas, hat im Rahmen zahlreicher repräsentativer Studien ebenso alarmierende wie wertvolle Einblicke in die Lebenswirklichkeit junger Menschen gewinnen können. In Generation rechts?

From the myths told about Africa’s past to the erasure of Black contributions, The Miseducation of the Black Diaspora uncovers how colonial narratives continue to shape the identity and history of Africa's diaspora worldwide. Drawing on the author's personal experience and global events, the book challenges distorted truths and urges its listeners to reclaim and embrace their heritage as a way of resisting mental colonisation. The Miseducation of the Black Diaspora by Tawanda Bwerudza exposes racism’s roots, and empowers identity and pride.

What if the next president of the United States wasn’t human—but an artificial intelligence that already knows everything about you? In this book, I imagine what would happen if ChatGPT—or any advanced AI—became president, exploring how it could begin as a utopian dream where everyone feels seen, heard, and taken care of, before slowly revealing the darker truth of what happens when we surrender our freedom for comfort.

From the history of the English language's arrival in the United States to the spread of Arabic across North Africa and the enduring legacy of the Latin language, Immigrant Tongues explores the journeys of tongues across continents. With a style that balances entertainment and depth, this linguistics book also highlights the cultural exchanges that enriched language along the way.

If you want more dates (and fewer dead chats), keep listening. If you want attraction without games—but you overthink every message—this audiobook is for you.