Violence in Society Books


Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan HolocaustLeft to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Best Price: $6.98
This book was truly life changing for me. When I find myself sweating the little things in life...
The Gift of FearThe Gift of Fear
Best Price: $3.91
This is an excellent book as far as it goes. However, to learn how to hide your home address,...
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political TerrorTrauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Best Price: $6.08
This book is a must read for anyone, male or female, who has suffered tragedy/abuse due to...
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from RwandaWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
Best Price: $7.58
I've lived in Africa near Rwanda for several years and have studied the Rwanda genocide...
A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle AngerA Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger
Best Price: $7.50
A great book for parents and kids on anger management; filled with strategies and activities....


Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang MemberMonster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
Best Price: $6.98
Love this book but this book left me wanting more like what happened after he left prison in...
Coward's Guide to Conflict: Empowering Solutions for Those Who Would Rather Run Than FightCoward's Guide to Conflict: Empowering Solutions for Those Who Would Rather Run Than Fight
Best Price: $10.43
I did not care for this book. I was hoping for substantive concepts based on research and...
Violence: Big Ideas/Small BooksViolence: Big Ideas/Small Books
Best Price: $8.37
Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Žižek constructs a...
Bullies Are a Pain in the BrainBullies Are a Pain in the Brain
Best Price: $4.44
This book was just what my 7 year old needed. No matter what advice I tried to give her, she was...
More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control LawsMore Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws
Best Price: $7.49
After finishing this book and a number of others on both sides of the gun argument, I would rate...


Regarding the Pain of OthersRegarding the Pain of Others
Best Price: $5.50
In her On Photography, which appeared 35 years ago, Susan Sontag worried that the public's...
She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie BernallShe Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall
Best Price: $1.98
content: Cassie Bernall, 17, was being shot at the Littleton tragedy. Her mother describes the...
Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of AbuseViolent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse
Best Price: $10.00
An excellent book that describes a great need for victims of domestic violence and their...
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in AmericaFist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America
Best Price: $5.78
I flew through this book because I could not stop reading it. The details of life growing up in...
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in RevoltThe Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
Best Price: $7.32
I have never read a book by Camus I didn't like, and this series of essays on man's inclination...

In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to BelongIn the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong
Best Price: $5.52
Maalouf's point on globalization is that it can be (should be?) seen mainly as an extension of...
The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others (Dover Thrift Editions)The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.54
The reviewer "Scott" argues that the Communist Manifesto is "degrading", and...
The Eight Essential Steps to Conflict ResolutionThe Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution
Best Price: $5.40
This book was part of my graduate course on Managing Diversity & Conflict. I will not be...
Inside: Life Behind Bars in AmericaInside: Life Behind Bars in America
Best Price: $8.00
Santos wrote this book from prison, using pen and paper. He sent each portion of the manuscript...
Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of ViolenceGhosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
Best Price: $4.80
The objective of this book is to make readers aware of the importance of the first period of a...

Interpersonal ConflictInterpersonal Conflict
Best Price: $59.00
I purchased this book for a communication class that I took this summer. The information in the...
Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles)Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles)
Best Price: $12.36
Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their...
The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from ViolenceThe Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
Best Price: $12.56
I FIRS SAW THE AUTHOR ON OPRAH'S SHOW. I THEN CHECKED THE BOOK OUT AT THE LIBRARY. AFTER JUST...
Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)
Best Price: $8.00
I thought Sen accurately nailed the problem on the head - strong identities lend themselves to...
The Mediator's HandbookThe Mediator's Handbook
Best Price: $12.90
This was used as a course textbook in an introductory ADR class, and I think it serves that...

Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete GuideWho Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
Best Price: $6.69
I think it is something of a miracle that Mr. Harris made this book so accessible. I picked up...
Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to DarfurBlood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur
Best Price: $25.08
This remarkable but harrowing encyclopedia of genocide could induce repetition strain, outraged...
The Little Book Of Conflict Transformation (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series)The Little Book Of Conflict Transformation (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series)
Best Price: $1.92
This clearly articulated statement offers a hopeful and workable apporach to conflict--that...
Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and ViolencePrecarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence
Best Price: $10.14
I read this book yesterday and just ate it up. It's not the usual esoteric examination by...
Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and ViolencePrisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence
Best Price: $7.90
This book has given me a new perspective on my life. Being a person who has often spells of...

Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian GenocideConquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
Best Price: $8.50
This is an extremely informative book; all those dreadful (and politicized) things one hears...
A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)
Best Price: $15.91
Domestic violence, a serious and far-reaching social problem, has generated two key debates...
Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of TolerenceMurder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerence
Best Price: $3.12
This book, by a Dutch ex-patriot, does a good job of pretending to be fair-minded and...
The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving ConflictThe Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict
Best Price: $34.07
As a beginning mediator, I found this book very detailed and theoretical. I am sure that I will...
On Violence (Harvest Book)On Violence (Harvest Book)
Best Price: $1.99
Arendt's long essay/short book "On Violence" notes that war has become unglamorous and...

Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, 3rd Edition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society, Vol. 13)Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, 3rd Edition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society, Vol. 13)
Best Price: $5.00
Although history is replete with Crusades, Jihads, Holy Wars, etc. it still stymies me how,...
The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the BorderThe Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
Best Price: $6.95
This book is a real eye opener as to the legal system and human rights abuse in Mexico.
Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating AbuseFamily Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse
Best Price: $37.99
Family aggression - whether in form of physical violence or verbal abuse - has touched most of...
In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society (11th Edition) (MySocKit Series)In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society (11th Edition) (MySocKit Series)
Best Price: $46.20
The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can StopThe Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop
Best Price: $7.98
From his experience with working with children, married couples, business disputes,...

The Color of Violence: The Incite! AnthologyThe Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology
Best Price: $11.00
Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology is a collection of politically charged writings by a...
Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent WorldHealing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World
Best Price: $12.99
All too rarely, it seems, the public is privileged to receive a book that is neither text nor...
One Day the Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in War (P.S.)One Day the Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in War (P.S.)
Best Price: $1.80
Charles London has written a compelling and disturbing book speaking for children who are...
A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture (Globalization and Community)A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture (Globalization and Community)
Best Price: $14.75
"Hagedorn argues that the global gang is part of the continuum of crime and revolt that...
Las Hijas de Juarez (Daughters of Juarez): Un aut?ntico relato de asesinatos en serie al sur de la fronteraLas Hijas de Juarez (Daughters of Juarez): Un aut?ntico relato de asesinatos en serie al sur de la frontera
Best Price: $3.83
She's a bit repetative, uses the same two families as examples of what is going on in cuidad...

Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of DevelopmentProsperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development
Best Price: $15.88
Being a double major in political science and economics, it seems that I'm always looking at...
Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants KillTerror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
Best Price: $5.96
A real page turner! I have never felt compelled to write a book review . . .until now. Dr....
The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of WarThe Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War
Best Price: $12.98
Once upon a time we were little australopithecine animals living in mortal fear of the great...
Daddy's Apprentice: Incest, Corruption, and Betrayal-A Survivor's StoryDaddy's Apprentice: Incest, Corruption, and Betrayal-A Survivor's Story
Best Price: $6.22
Before I begin this review in full, let me just state for anyone who may not have noticed......
Working Through Conflict: Strategies for Relationships, Groups, and Organizations (5th Edition)Working Through Conflict: Strategies for Relationships, Groups, and Organizations (5th Edition)
Best Price: $69.95
If you are looking for quick fixes and simplistic solutions to conflict this book is not for...

The 33 Strategies of WarThe 33 Strategies of War
Best Price: $11.51
Robert Greene writes in a powerful and concise manner with a focused topic. Previously, he...
Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern IrelandMaking Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland
Best Price: $13.99
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Sourcebook on Violence Against WomenSourcebook on Violence Against Women
Best Price: $42.00
Violence against women is a centuries-old problem, but scholarly discussion has centered on this...
Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game ViolenceStop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence
Best Price: $4.40
"I watched all those shows and I'm not VIOLENT" is often the retort. A sandwich is...
A Terrible Love of WarA Terrible Love of War
Best Price: $2.95
Original, and even fascinating, ideas are presented thruout. However, the first three chapters...

A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of HumanityA Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity
Best Price: $10.00
I read the book in the last week and thought it was excellent. Am looking to go into a...
Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (Library of Contemporary Thought)Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (Library of Contemporary Thought)
Best Price: $2.95
Jonathan Kellerman's "Savage Spawn; Reflections on Violent Children" will now become...
Discovering GirardDiscovering Girard
Best Price: $10.13
I really appreciated the readability of this book. In a field crowded with overly-technical...
  
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