#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students' lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell

Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart

In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of "unteachable, at-risk" students. S...

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on image-based methods this is the first book to investigate, in depth, the use of photographs and photo images in research. Using real world case studies and over 40 images it explains the conceptual and methodological approaches needed to study photographs and images.

A fresh, timely book from a rising star - this is an excellent resource for students and researchers of everyday life, activism and sustainability across the social sciences. It provides a useful theoretical and methodological framework for understanding everyday practices, and uses real world case-studies to bring it to life.

This text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis in organizations.

Explaining the techniques and applications of exponential random graph modeling (ERGM) for social scientists, this is a uniquely sophisticated volume for examining social systems.

Introduces the researcher to basic methods of gathering, analyzing and interpreting qualitative empirical materials.

An introductory text for students new to the concepts of social science measurement.

This book discusses the nature of design, design notation, a flexible approach to new designs, a range of standard design models, and tips for real-life problems - all in an easy to understand style, for those wanting to design research and make critical judgements about the designs of others

This new translation of a popular German text gives a clear and accessible introduction and overview of the most important approaches to discourse across disciplines and from mainly English, French and German contexts.