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Social science ebooks explore various elements of our modern and historical societies. Anthropology, criminology, economics, gender studies, and homelessness are all under the social sciences umbrella. Some well-known books in this genre include Outliers, Freakonomics, Nickel and Dimed, and Sapiens. Check out some of the best social science books today.
Social science ebooks explore various elements of our modern and historical societies. Anthropology, criminology, economics, gender studies, and homelessness are all under the social sciences umbrella. Some well-known books in this genre include Outliers, Freakonomics, Nickel and Dimed, and Sapiens. Check out some of the best social science books today.
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What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry
byStephanie SaldanaEggplant seeds, a lullaby in a vanishing language, an embroidered dress. When people flee their homes, the things they save speak of beauty and suffering and the indomitable human spirit. In an era of mass migration in which more than 100 million people are displaced comes this lyrical portrait of Syrian and Iraqi refugees and the belongings they carry. What We Remember Will Be Saved is a book of hope, home, and the stories we hold within us when everything else has been lost. Journalist and scholar Stephanie Saldaña, who lived in Syria before the war, sets out on a journey across nine countries to meet refugees and learn what they salvaged from the ruins when they escaped. Now, in the narratives of six extraordinary women and men, from Mt. Sinjar to Aleppo to Lesvos to Amsterdam, we discover that the little things matter a great deal. Saldaña introduces us to a woman who saved her city in a dress, a musician who saved his stories in songs, and a couple who rebuilt their destroyed pharmacy even as the city around them fell apart. Together they provide a window into a religiously diverse corner of the Middle East on the edge of unraveling, and the people keeping it alive with their stories. Born of years of friendship and reporting, What We Remember Will Be Saved is a breathtaking, elegiac odyssey into the heart of the largest refugee crisis in modern history. It reminds us that refugees are storytellers and speakers of vanishing languages, and of how much history can be distilled into a piece of fabric, or eggplant seeds. What we salvage tells our story. What we remember will be saved.
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With over 220,000 titles, the best social science ebooks are at your fingertips. Social science ebooks explore the human behavior elements of our modern and historical societies. Sub-categories to this fascinating topic include criminology, gender studies, economics, homelessness and population, political science and more. It really is the study of human behavior and how we make our way through the world. All 5 branches of social science are well represented here. The top social science books are, among others, popular titles like Outliers, Freakonomics, Nickel and Dimed -- all bestsellers -- as well as Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. Love archeology? How about the evolution of social media? True crime is an incredibly interesting sub-topic under criminology. What makes a mass-murderer tick? How did the prison system evolve? Our top social science books will help you find out. What about reading the book behind the movie? Check out Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, which was a Hollywood movie of the same name. Whether you are a student of pop psychology, a researcher, or an interested member of society, check out some of the best social science ebooks and add them to your reading list.