Social Theory
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
$21.99 Add to cartExplore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell’s dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.
Th- Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0316204374
- Language: English
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“In our uncertain age, which can so often feel so dark and disturbing, Steven Pinker has distinguished himself as a voice of positivity.” – New York Times Can reading a book- Author: Pinker, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 052556201X
- Language: English
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
$22.99 Read moreAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that ou- Author: Bregman, Rutger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0316418528
- Language: English
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The Book of Eastbay: Two Friends and the Catalog That Changed the Sneaker Business Forever
$32.00 Read moreSneakers are a $100 billion business and a global obsession that started in the pages of a catalog called Eastbay.
This is a startup story unlike most you’ve read, but as instructive and inspiring as a
- Author: Juedes, Art
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798892790697
- Language: English
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Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation
$19.95 Add to cartHow to build a transportation system to provide mobility for all
Road to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley’s vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anyw- Author: Marx, Paris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1839765895
- 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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The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . .: Essays
$20.00 Add to cartDrawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber’s most important essays and interviews.
“The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is somethi- Author: Graeber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397642
- Language: English
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Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth
$18.00 Add to cartA New Yorker Best Book of 2024
“A powerful case for limitarianism–the idea that we should set a maximum on how much resources one individual can appropriate. A must-r
A History Today Book of the Year- Author: Robeyns, Ingrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1662603363
- Language: English
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Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power
$19.99 Add to cartA riveting behind-the-scenes account of the new stars of the far right–Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, Cliff Maloney–and how they’ve partnered with billionaire donors, idealogues, and political insider
- Author: Spencer, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0063041375
- Language: English
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Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why It Matters
$24.95 Add to cartThe story of how you created internet culture and why it matters
Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the firs- Author: Walsh, Joanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1839765399
- Language: English
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Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry
$17.99 Add to cartA “fresh perspective” (Kirkus Reviews) on the psychology of zealotry, from a National Book Award winner and a leading authority on the nature of cults, political absolutism, and mind control
In this u
- Author: Lifton, Robert Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1620979535
- Language: English
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Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World
$29.00 Add to cartA leading organizational theorist takes us deep into the realm of humanity’s most powerful invisible force–social status–and how it shapes everything from who we trust and what we value to which ide… [more below]
- Author: Stuart, Toby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 166800187X
- Language: English
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
$30.00 Add to cartFrom one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossi… [more below]
- Author: Pinker, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1668011573
- Language: English
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The Socionomic Theory of Finance
$79.00 Add to cartThe Socionomic Theory of Finance is a 13-year-long effort by Robert Prechter. It includes supporting chapters from twelve other scholars, writers, researchers and analysts. In contrast to the dismal s
- Author: Prechter, Robert R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 820
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0977611256
- Language: English
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The Art of Crying: The Healing Power of Tears
$28.00 Add to cartExplore the healing, transformative power of shedding tears in this vibrant illustrated study of crying, one of the most uniquely human things we do.
What if crying wasn’t just an involuntary reactio- Author: Sandwich, Pepita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 031653255X
- Language: English
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Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure
$14.00 Add to cartIn Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there’s no one right way to build a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no one right way to make a pair of shoes… [more below]
- Author: Quinn, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 07 2000
- ISBN10: 0609805363
- Language: English
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Permanent Red: Essays in Seeing
$19.95 Add to cartWhy should an artist’s way of looking at the world have any meaning for us? Any artwork reflects the artist’s intentions, but also its times: therefore all art is political
In Permanent Red, John Berg- Series: The Essential John Berger
- Author: Berger, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1804298476
- Language: English
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More Than Pretty Boxes: How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn’t Working
$27.50 Add to cartThis study of organizing and decluttering professionals helps us understand–and perhaps alleviate–the overwhelming demands society places on our time and energy.
For a widely dreaded, often mundane- Author: Lane, Carrie M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0226832775
- Language: English
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Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge
$24.95 Read moreDrugs are ubiquitous in the past and present of capitalist society. What can they tell us about our society and economy?
Americans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamine- Series: Jacobin
- Author: Y. Fong, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1804290173
- Language: English
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Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth
$19.00 Add to cartA Publishers Weekly Most Ancitipated Book of Spring 2025
A bold call to abandon the myth of endless economic growth and embrace a sustainable, just, and thriving future.
One of the most deeply ingraine
- Author: Parrique, Timothée
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889661016
- Language: English
