deborah tannen

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions,

*Wonderful new look for the paperback. *Uses real conversations to shed light on how families communicate (or not!) with each other.

Why do daughters complain that their mothers always criticize, while mothers feel hurt that their daughters shut them out? In her most provocative and

Tannen's classic investigation into how growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic and class backgrounds, even age and pers

Through research into the unique ways women talk to one another, this warm and wise exploration of female friendship will help women lean into the com

Her international bestseller, the book that shows us at last, why we find it so difficult to talk to the opposite sex. Reissued to coincide with her n

From the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed soc

The first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. 'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want t

Sinds Deborah Campert overgrootmoeder is, maakt ze aantekeningen in haar ‘overdagboek’. Daarin noteert ze losse schetsen, overdenkingen, ergernissen,

Lapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. This book explores broken dreams and

A love song between an angel and an accountant in the suburbs of London from Man Booker shortlisted Levy She is a shimmering, melancholy angel, flo

The mesmerising new novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa

Between 1926 and 1991, the year of her death, Martha Graham choreographed close to one hundred masterpieces. She changed how dancers were perceived on

Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research provides accessible, how-to instruction for carrying out rigorous qualitative research. The thoroughly rev

This book examines alcohol production, consumption, regulation, and commerce, alongside the gendered, medical, religious, ideological, and cultural pr