Violence in Society
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The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City
$17.00 Add to cart“A haunted, haunting examination of mental illness and murder in a more or less ordinary American city…Mature and thoughtful…A Helter Skelter for our time, though without a hint of sensationalism-… [more below]
- Author: Tillman, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1501104276
- Language: English
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Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain
$32.00 Add to cartFrom Dr Nicholas Wright, leading neuroscientist and adviser to the Pentagon, discover the new science behind warfare.
Why did France lose to the Nazis, despite its defenders having more tanks, troops- Author: Wright, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250286875
- Language: English
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Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism
$29.95 Add to cartThe revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West–from an internationally recognized extremism expert and media com
- Author: Miller-Idriss, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 069125754X
- Language: English
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In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
$30.99 Add to cartIn this unsettling investigation into white evangelicals’ fusion of the gospel and guns, veteran journalist William J. Kole exposes how some Christians are standing in the way of reasonable restrictio
- Author: Kole, William J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889835639
- Language: English
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Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border Volume 57
$27.95 Add to cartTurns the familiar story of trafficking across the US-Mexico border on its head, looking at firearms smuggled south from the United States to Mexico and their ricochet effects.
American guns have ent- Series: California Public Anthropology
- Author: Jusionyte, Ieva
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0520395956
- Language: English
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Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds
$24.95 Add to cartA probing investigation of Southeast Asia’s online scam industry – told through the voices of survivors
Running the gamut from the infamous ‘pig butchering’ romance con to sophisticated online extorti- Author: Franceschini, Ivan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1804296902
- Language: English
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Clown World
$28.00 Add to cartThe behind-the-scenes story of a four-year investigation into Andrew Tate, exploring how a failed reality TV star turned accused organised criminal managed to become one of the most famous influencers… [more below]
- Author: Tahsin, Jamie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1529437822
- Language: English
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Uvalde’s Darkest Hour
$30.00 Read moreWhen the police scanner announced an active shooter at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, Uvalde Leader-News staff writers held their collective breath. In those confusing and terrifying moments, these
- Author: Garnett, Craig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1648432999
- Language: English
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Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom
$16.95 Add to cartA persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements.
Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, m- Author: Lawson, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0520402294
- Language: English
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Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
$27.50 Add to cartWhat if everything we understood about gun violence was wrong?
In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two big questions: Why does gun violence happen, and is t- Author: Ludwig, Jens
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0226828131
- Language: English
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The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World’s Deadliest Addiction–And How to Overcome It
$30.00 Add to cartIn this definitive book on revenge, psychiatry researcher James Kimmel, Jr. exposes the unseen neurobiological cause of violence–a compulsive desire for retribution–and offers a profound new underst… [more below]
- Author: Kimmel, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 593796519
- Language: English
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Peace in the Hood: Working with Gang Members to End the Violence
$23.99 Add to cartPeace In the Hood evokes the reality of gangland warfare but also acknowledges the possibility of peace. Written by Basheer, a pioneer of the interventionist movement, it documents the lessons he lear… [more below]
- Author: Basheer, Aquil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 15 2014
- ISBN10: 089793704X
- Language: English
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They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements
$19.95 Read more‘This striking book reveals collective memories of freedom struggles, despite attempts to distort or steal our inheritance‘ – Joy James, editor of Beyond Cop Cites
‘As more and more people are mobili
- Author: Gelderloos, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0745349773
- Language: English
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The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Famous & Infamous Criminals: (True Crime Cases for True Crime Addicts)
$18.99 Read moreAs with the previous anthologies in The Best New True Crime Stories series, this volume will contain original nonfiction accounts from international writers across the literary spectrum, including tru
- Series: Best New True Crime Stories
- Author: Szereto, Mitzi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1684811244
- Language: English
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In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong
$19.99 Add to cart“Makes for compelling reading in America today.”–New York Times Book Review.
“I want to try and understand why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity,” writes Amin Maalouf. Identity is- Author: Maalouf, Amin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1611453240
- Language: English
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I’ve Got Your Back: The Indispensable Guide to Stopping Harassment When You See It
$19.99 Read moreFrom Jorge Arteaga and Emily May, the cofounders of Right to Be, I’ve Got Your Back is an accessible and engaging step-by-step instructional guide to safe and effective bystander intervention.
Bystan… [more below]- Author: Arteaga, Jorge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1419762168
- Language: English
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Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace
$20.00 Read more“Why We Fight reflects Blattman’s expertise in economics, political science, and history… Blattman is a great storyteller, with important insights for us all.” –Richard H. Thaler, winner of the Nob… [more below]
- Author: Blattman, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1984881590
- Language: English
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The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence
$32.00 Read more“Schwartzstein’s vignettes of each troubled region are vibrantly narrated as he encounters indignant locals and has run-ins with menacing state security officials attempting to block his investigation… [more below]
- Author: Schwartzstein, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1642833010
- Language: English
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Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street
$24.95 Add to cartHere is an in-depth account of the worst riot in U.S. history, the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, assembled by one of Tulsa’s most important oral historians and community activists. “Using her breadth of kn
- Author: Gates, Eddie Faye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1571688188
- Language: English
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The Soweto Uprising
$19.95 Add to cartThe Soweto uprising was a true turning point in South Africa’s history. Even to contemporaries, it seemed to mark the beginning of the end of apartheid. This compelling book examines both the underlyi
- Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa
- Author: Nieftagodien, Noor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: December 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0821421549
- Language: English
