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The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
$34.93HardcoverAdd to cartGoing beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transfo… [more below]
- Author: Malesic, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 520344073
- Language: English
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By: Glăveanu, Vlad
Creativity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99PaperbackAdd to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Glăveanu, Vlad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198842996
- Language: English
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By: Press, Eyal
Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cart“A fascinating study in the better angels of our nature.”–George Packer, The New Yorker
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice History has produced many specimens of the banality of evil, but w- Author: Press, Eyal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1250024080
- Language: English
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By: Bruno LaTour
On the Emergence of an Ecological Class: A Memo
$12.99PaperbackRead moreUnder what conditions could ecology, instead of being one cluster of movements among others, organise politics around an agenda and a set of beliefs? Can ecology aspire to define the political horizon
- Author: LaTour, Bruno
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1509555064
- Language: English
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By: Duncan J. Watts
Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartBy understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.
Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of his- Author: Watts, Duncan J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0307951790
- Language: English
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By: Marcuse, Herbert
Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory
$29.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Wonderful, exciting, revolutionary … The overarching themes of Marcuse’s thought are as relevant today as they were when his scholarship and political interventions were most widely celebrated.” –
- Series: Critical Editions
- Author: Marcuse, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1922491586
- Language: English
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By: Bok, Sissela
Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartWhat is the effect of long-term media violence on our national character? Do we want four-year-olds watching slasher films? Who should decide?While almost everyone has a strong opinion about the profu… [more below]
- Series: 1999 Printing
- Author: Bok, Sissela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 02 2005
- ISBN10: 0738201456
- Language: English
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By: Openstax
Introduction to Sociology 3e
$44.99PaperbackAdd to cartIntroduction to Sociology 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of many introductory sociology courses. It is arranged in a manner that provides foundational sociological theories and contexts, then
- Author: Openstax
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 668
- Publish Date: November 21 2022
- ISBN10: 4037532131
- Language: English
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By: Mander, Jerry
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartA total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself and are so dang
- Author: Mander, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 371
- Publish Date: March 01 1978
- ISBN10: 0688082742
- Language: English
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By: Bendell, Jem
Breaking Together: A freedom-loving response to collapse
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe collapse of modern societies has already begun. That is the conclusion of two years of research by the interdisciplinary team behind Breaking Together. How did it come to this? Because monetary sy
- Author: Bendell, Jem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 568
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1399954474
- Language: English
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
$28.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and p… [more below]
- Author: Herrnstein, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: January 10 1996
- ISBN10: 0684824299
- Language: English
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By: Jessi Streib
The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College
$27.50HardcoverRead moreA startling discovery–that job market success after college is largely random–forces a reappraisal of education, opportunity, and the American dream.
As a gateway to economic opportunity, a college- Author: Streib, Jessi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0226829316
- Language: English
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By: Arendt, Hannah
Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and Revolution
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartA collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early 1970s as challenges to the american form of government. Index.
- Author: Arendt, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0156232006
- Language: English
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By: Wood, Peter H.
Black Majority: Race, Rice, and Rebellion in South Carolina, 1670-1740
$21.99PaperbackAdd to cartFirst published in 1974, Black Majority marked a breakthrough in our understanding of early American history. Today, Wood’s insightful study remains more relevant and enlightening than ever. This land
- Author: Wood, Peter H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1324066202
- Language: English
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By: Canetti, Elias
Crowds and Power
$28.00PaperbackAdd to cartCrowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology.
Breathtaking in its range and erudition, it explores Shiite festivals and t- Author: Canetti, Elias
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 01 1984
- ISBN10: 0374518203
- Language: English
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Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump
“A generous but disconcerting look at th
- Author: Russell Hochschild, Arlie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1620972255
- Language: English
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Places in My Neighborhood
$9.99PaperbackAdd to cartA neighborhood has homes and stores. There are hospitals and libraries too. Which places do you see in your neighborhood?
- Series: My Neighborhood
- Author: Saunders-Smith, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1620658852
- Language: English
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Limits of Organization
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe tension between what we wish for and what we can get, between values and opportunities, exists even at the purely individual level. A hermit on a mountain may value warm clothing and yet be hard-p… [more below]
- Series: Fels Lectures on Public Policy Analysis
- Author: Arrow, Kenneth J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: February 01 1974
- ISBN10: 0393093239
- Language: English
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By: Hasegawa, Koichi
Constructing Civil Society in Japan: Voices of Environmental Movements Volume 3
$34.95PaperbackAdd to cartJapan’s post-World War II “economic miracle” is well-known and much discussed, as is the collapse of the “bubble economy” and the almost decade long economic stagnation of the 1990s. In this collectio… [more below]
- Series: Stratification and Inequality #3
- Author: Hasegawa, Koichi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 187684373X
- Language: English
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By: Golden, Marita
What Every Black Parent Needs to Know about Saving Our Sons: Institutionalized Racism, Society, and Raising Black Children (Black Parenting Book, Prob
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartEmpower Your Sons Against Institutionalized Racism
“One of the most important pieces of literature for Black parents.”–MJ Fievre, author of Raising Confident Black Kids
A powerful guide to navigate the
- Author: Golden, Marita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1684814146
- Language: English


















