Public Policy
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The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism
$29.95 Add to cartWe need to break free from the capitalist economy. Degrowth gives us the tools to bend its bars.
Economic growth isn’t working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economi
- Author: Schmelzer, Matthias
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1839765844
- Language: English
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The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine
$19.95 Read moreWhy does the United States go to war?–a leading Harper’s commentator on U.S. foreign affairs searches for answers.
A withering expos? of runaway military spending and the private economic interests- Author: Cockburn, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 183976368X
- Language: English
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We Hold Our Breath: A Journey to Texas Between Storms
$27.95 Add to cart“Houston spread like a glass of milk spilled on the wobbling table of Texan plains,” Micah Fields writes in this unique and poetic blend of reportage, history, and memoir. Developed as the commercial
- Author: Fields, Micah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1324003790
- Language: English
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Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy
$27.95 Add to cartThe path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies
Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies–Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google–have built i- Author: Kemp, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1639080619
- Language: English
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Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
$32.00 Add to cartIn this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city’s savior
“Illuminating…Wils- Author: Wilson, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0593863739
- Language: English
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The Complete Guide to Creating a Special Needs Life Plan: A Comprehensive Approach Integrating Life, Resource, Financial, and Legal Planning to Ensure
$43.95 Read moreThe purpose of special needs planning is to create the best possible life for an adult with a disability. This book provides comprehensive guidance on creating a life plan to transition a special need
- Author: Faber, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: July 28 2013
- ISBN10: 1849059144
- Language: English
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The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What’s Possible in the Age of Warming
$22.99 Read moreThe first hopeful book about climate change, The Future Earth shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades.
The basics of climate science
- Author: Holthaus, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 006288316X
- Language: English
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Last Days of the Mighty Mekong
$21.95 Read moreCelebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than
- Series: Asian Arguments
- Author: Eyler, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 15 2019
- ISBN10: 178360719X
- Language: English
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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
The inspiration for PBS’s AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true stor- Author: Blum, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 0143111124
- Language: English
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics
$40.00 Add to cartIn Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion … [more below]
- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 046509676X
- Language: English
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The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
$17.99 Add to cartA “razor-sharp” introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument for modern socialism (Naomi Klein) — and explains how its core tenets could effect positive change in… [more below]
- Author: Sunkara, Bhaskar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1541647106
- Language: English
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Water: A Biography
$20.00 Read moreSpanning millennia and continents, a revealing history that “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly McEvers, NPR Host).
“Far m- Author: Boccaletti, Giulio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525566007
- Language: English
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An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017
“This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of h- Author: Rosenthal, Elisabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 143110853
- Language: English
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Inside American Education
$24.95 Add to cartAn illuminating examination of the deterioration of the current school system in America, backed by detailed research and shocking statistics.
An indictment of the American educational system criticiz- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0743254082
- Language: English
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Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do about It
$28.00 Read more“This book gave me a new lens to see the world.”–Robert Krulwich, former co-host of WNYC’s Radiolab
Addressing the pressing issues affecting everyday Americans during an election year is essential–a… [more below]
- Author: Leopold, Les
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1645022331
- Language: English
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La Batalla Cultural: Reflexiones CrÃticas Para una Nueva Derecha
$22.99 Add to cartEl afamado escritor, politólogo, y conferencista AgustÃn Laje presenta La batalla cultural: Reflexiones crÃticas para una Nueva Derecha – un manifiesto que informará, animará y facultará a los “
- Author: Laje, Agustin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1400238412
- Language: Spanish
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The Solutions Are Already Here: Strategies of Ecological Revolution from Below
$24.95 Add to cart“Demonstrates how we have the means at hand to extinguish the blaze and reset our wayward course towards a more livable and just planet for all.”–Simon Spring, author, The Anarchist Roots of Geograph… [more below]
- Author: Gelderloos, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0745345115
- Language: English
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Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability
$45.00 Add to cartIn recent years, a little-known research group named Forensic Architecture began using novel research methods to undertake a series of investigations into human rights abuses. Today, the group provide
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Weizman, Eyal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1935408879
- Language: English
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The Last Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Sunset of an American Ruling Class
$28.95 Add to cartThe Book of Record Regarding the WASP Aristocracy and its Legacy
…From the Medieval chivalric code of the gentleman to the Ivy-covered quads of Princeton, Harvard, and Yale.
“In a style that echoes
- Author: Hutter, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: October 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1977256848
- Language: English
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Social Security for Dummies
$27.99 Read more“Social Security for Dummies is a must read for people of any age who want a comfortable retirement. … The difference between a smart claiming strategy and a dumb one can cost you hundreds of thousa
- Author: Peterson, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 27, 2020
- ISBN10: 1119689929
- Language: English
