Ash, Russell.
Some were fearless cavaliers - carefree, chivalrous, romantic knights in three-cornered ha...
A Pint of Plain: Tradition, Change, and the Fate of the Irish Pub.
Barich, Bill.
When he moved to Dublin he searched for the archetypal traditional pub (eg. like the one i...
Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them.
Anderegg, David.
Being called a 'nerd' may not sound so bad. But his research shows that this stereotype is...
Insatiable: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream.
Fagone, Jason.
He spent a year interviewing and observing the stars of this fast growing American sport -...
No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents.
Alstott, Anne L.
She outlines two proposals intended to improve parents' economic options while examining c...
The Arab Rediscovery of Europe: A Study in Cultural Encounters.
Abu-Lughod, Ibrahim.
Originally written over 60 years ago it 'is both a brilliant artifact of its era and a wor...
Where the Wild Things are Now: Domestication Reconsidered.
Cassidy, Rebecca and Mullin, Molly (eds.).
From the pet food industry and its critics to salmon farming in Tasmania, the protection o...
Cameron, Deborah.
Do men and women really speak different languages? This humorous and scholarly study aims ...
Making the Cut: How Cosmetic Surgery is Transforming Our Lives.
Elliott, Anthony.
The demand for cosmetic surgery is soaring. Why is it so? Elliott draws on research in Eur...
Love Illuminated: Exploring Life's Most Mystifying Subject (With the Help of 50,000 Strangers).
Jones, Daniel.
At the New York Times, Jones edits a personal-essay column called Modern Love, in which st...
Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body.
Aldersey-Williams, Hugh.
The author attempts to make amends for missing an education in human biology by searching ...
Cutler, Tom.
Don’t be shy! Leave your inhibitions on the bedside table and jump right in with this hist...
Food for the Flames: Idols and Missionaries in Central Polynesia.
King, David Shaw and Attenborough, Sir David.
The London Missionary Society’s aim was to eradicate paganism and idolatry and bring the h...
Harding, Nick.
Harding outlines the best-known secret societies, many of which thrive today. He analyses ...
Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them.
Prioleau, Betsy.
A gossipy examination and fresh take on the question of what women want and what makes a l...
Performing Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research.
Liamputtong, Pranee.
This text provides an in-depth discussion on how to perform qualitative research in cross-...
The Missing Ink: How Handwriting Makes Us Who We Are.
Hensher, Philip.
He laments the decline of handwriting, and provides a fitting tribute to a dying art. We l...
Found In Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World.
Kelly, Nataly and Zetzsche, Jost.
A treasure trove of interesting and entertaining stories which show how translation and in...
The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season.
Campbell, Sophie.
Travel journalist Sophie Campbell takes us on a hectic and hilarious journey…as exotic as ...
Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City.
Garrett, Bradley L.
The author is, among other things, an Urban Explorer, photographing off-limits urban space...
Families Behind Bars: Stories of Injustice, Endurance and Hope.
Danes, Kay.
Some people in this book are high-profile, such as David Hicks and Schapelle Corby, but ot...
Robinson, Doug.
The story of what happens behind the walls of a maximum security prison told by the author...
Aldrich, Ann.
Written in the 1950s this was a pioneering portrait of lesbian life. It gave hope to lesbi...
Fishman, Ted C.
It's about everyone - including you and me. Do you obsess about looking younger? Do you kn...