History & Theory - General
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The Prince: The Classic Analysis of Statesmanship and Power
$6.95 Add to cartWitty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, The Prince is Machiavelli’s classic analysis of statesmanship and power.
“It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both, it is bette- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Machiavel, Nicolas
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0451531000
- Language: English
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
$17.99 Add to cartThis is not a comforting book — it is a book about disturbing issues that are urgently important today and enduringly critical for the future. It rejects both “merit” and historical redress as princi… [more below]
- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 5, 2002
- ISBN10: 0684864630
- Language: English
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The Prince
$8.00 Add to cartMachiavelli’s highly influential treatise on political power
The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventio- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Machiavel, Nicolas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449159
- Language: English
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The Social Basis of the Female Question
$29.95 Add to cartThe first full-length English translation of the 1909 book from the revolutionary Russian Marxist feminist Alexandra Kollontai on the state of the contemporary bourgeois women’s movement and the role
- Author: Kollontai, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888903780
- Language: English
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Mistaken Identity: Mass Movements and Racial Ideology
$19.95 Add to cartA powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggle
Whether class or race is the more important factor in modern politics is a question right at- Author: Haider, Asad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1839763957
- Language: English
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Separation of Powers: How to Preserve Liberty in Troubled Times
$24.95 Add to cartWhy the separation of powers is essential to liberty and democracy.
From the winner of the Holberg Prize and New York Times-bestselling author of The World According to Star Wars. All over the world,- Author: Sunstein, Cass R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 026205177X
- Language: English
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Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies: A History of American-Russian Relations
$45.00 Add to cartThis bold, sweeping history of the turbulent American-Russian relationship is unique in being written jointly by American and Russian authors. David Foglesong, Ivan Kurilla and Victoria Zhuravleva tog… [more below]
- Author: Foglesong, David S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0521111056
- Language: English
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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
$16.95 Add to cartMutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
Around the globe, people are faced with a spiralling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and clim- Author: Spade, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 183674255X
- Language: English
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Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
$19.95 Add to cartExploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche
Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a- Series: Futures
- Author: Han, Byung-Chul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1804298425
- Language: English
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The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
$22.00 Add to cartThe visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this “riveting and revelatory” (Tony Robbins) prophecy for how our presen… [more below]
- Author: Howe, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1982173742
- Language: English
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Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences
$19.95 Add to cartPOLITICS AFTER THE END OF THE END OF HISTORY
What happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher’s London to the mass mobilizations of Bl- Author: Jäger, Anton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 183674207X
- Language: English
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The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource
$20.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times Bestseller – One of Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List Picks
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how th- Author: Hayes, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0593653130
- Language: English
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Valences of the Dialectic
$34.95 Add to cartAfter half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet vital strain in Western philosophy. The dialectic, th… [more below]
- Author: Jameson, Fredric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 08 2010
- ISBN10: 1844674630
- Language: English
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Antisemitism: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$18.98 Add to cartHistory teaches that antisemitism is a disease which begins with the Jews but does not end with them. Once antisemitism is unleashed, it knows no bounds and can attack the very fabric of society. This… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
- Author: Harris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 03 2025
- ISBN10: 019780067X
- Language: English
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Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job
$24.95 Add to cartAn exhilarating challenge to the way we think about work, technology, progress, and what we want from the future
In the 19th century, English textile workers responded to the introduction of new tecno- Author: Mueller, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1786636778
- Language: English
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Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance
$27.00 Add to cartA thorough investigation of the current combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes government spending and central bank monetary policy
At the close of the 1970s, government treasuri- Series: Near Futures #8
- Author: Cooper, Melinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1945861150
- Language: English
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Think a Second Time
$17.99 Add to cartWhat are the two great lies of the 20th century?
Is there a solution to evil?
What matters more, blood or love?
Can a good man go to a striptease show?
Do you think you have the answers? …Think
- Author: Prager, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 006098709X
- Language: English
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Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution
$31.00 Read moreOn the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, law professor, legal analyst, and bestselling author of The Indispensable Right Jonathan Turley explores how the unique origins of American… [more below]
- Author: Turley, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1668205025
- Language: English
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The Portable Edmund Burke
$25.00 Add to cartThe intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during … [more below]
- Series: Portable Library
- Author: Burke, Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: July 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140267603
- Language: English
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The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide
$19.95 Add to cartThe Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide is Boston Review‘s 50th anniversary issue. This milestone issue features many of our longtime contributors, including Robin D. G.
- Author: Kelley, Robin D. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1946511978
- Language: English
