Sociology
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A Block in Time: A New York City History at the Corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street
$28.00 Read moreGotham meets The Island at the Center of the World in this dazzling history of a single block in Manhattan from the Age of Exploration to the present.
This is the story of New York City, told through- Author: Bird, Christiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1632867427
- Language: English
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Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It
$17.00 Read moreNew York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
An unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and form- Author: Philpott, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1635578450
- Language: English
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Enjoy Me Among My Ruins
$15.95 Read moreCombining feminist theories, X-Files fandom, and memoir, Enjoy Me among My Ruins draws together a kaleidoscopic archive of Juniper Fitzgerald’s experiences as a queer sex-working mother. Plumbing the … [more below]
- Author: Fitzgerald, Juniper
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 155861382X
- Language: English
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An Unplanned Life: A Memoir
$33.82 Read moreA major autobiography of a remarkable life that broke down racial barriers, transformed institutions, and energized the struggle for justice, by the former president of the Ford Foundation
“Frank has- Author: Thomas, Franklin A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1620977575
- Language: English
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Caribbean Folk Tales: Stories from the Islands and the Windrush Generation
$28.99 Read moreCaribbean folk tales set alongside local reminiscences of 1950s migration from the Caribbean to Britain
Caribbean islands are rich in oral stories. Steeped in history where ancestors arrived as slave- Author: Shearer, Wendy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750994894
- Language: English
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Why Food Matters
$17.00 Read moreFrom the author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America, an exploration of food’s cultural importance and its crucial role throughout human history
“A rich and fascinating narrative that reaches deep- Series: Why X Matters
- Author: Freedman, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0300268084
- Language: English
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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
$20.00 Read moreThe mother of Emmett Till recounts the story of her life, her son’s tragic death, and the dawn of the civil rights movement–with a foreword by the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
In August 1955, a fo- Author: Till-Mobley, Mamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0812970470
- Language: English
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Naturaleza, Cultura Y Desigualdades
$13.95 Read moreA comparative and historical perspective, a synthesis of his research on economic inequalities, this accurate text by Thomas Piketty analyzes issues such as education, inheritance, taxation and the pe… [more below]
- Author: Piketty, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 8433921797
- Language: Spanish
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I Live with Down Syndrome
$8.95 Read moreMeet Cecilia! She goes to school and likes to bake cupcakes. She also has Down Syndrome. Learn about her family, her friends, and her dreams for the future. Includes a support page of teaching tips fo… [more below]
- Series: I Live with
- Author: Earley, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: November 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887354309
- Language: English
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Making Spaces Safer: A Guide to Giving Harassment the Boot Wherever You Work, Play, and Gather
$15.00 Read moreShawna Potter has been a touring musician for over twenty years–and has been sexually harassed for just as long. Here’s her DIY guide to fighting back.
Shawna Potter, singer for the band War On Women- Author: Potter, Shawna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1849353565
- Language: English
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The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales
$28.99 Read moreCarefully selected stories from the celebrated Folk Tales series have been gathered here for this special volume. Herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers performin… [more below]
- Author: History Press Uk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 19 2020
- ISBN10: 0750993219
- Language: English
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Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood
$30.00 Read moreA piercing portrait of the struggles and triumphs of one of America’s renowned Jewish neighborhoods in the wake of unspeakable tragedy that highlights the hopes, fears, and tensions all Americans must… [more below]
- Author: Oppenheimer, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0525657193
- Language: English
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Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South
$46.58 Read moreJames Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee – Winner of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Book Award, Association of Black Sociologists – Winner of the C. Wright Mills Award, the Society for the Study of Social
- Author: Ewoodzie, Joseph C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0691203946
- Language: English
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Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
$20.00 Add to cartA gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy
“A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction.”–The New… [more below]- Author: Demick, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 0812988116
- Language: English
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The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
$27.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics–from t… [more below]
- Author: O’Neil, Cathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1984825453
- Language: English
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When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
$26.00 Read moreA bold, thought-provoking pathway to the national solidarity that could, finally, address the ills of racism in America
“Racism is an existential threat to America,” Theodore R. Johnson declares at th… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Theodore R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0802157858
- Language: English
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The Inheritance: Poisoned Fruit of JFK’s Assassination
$24.95 Read moreChristopher Fulton’s journey began with the death of Evelyn Lincoln, late secretary to President John F. Kennedy. Through Lincoln, crucial evidence ended up in Christopher’s hands–evidence that was g… [more below]
- Author: Fulton, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 22 2018
- ISBN10: 1634242173
- Language: English
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What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition
$16.99 Read moreINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
In the spirit of We Should All Be Feminists and How to Be an Antiracist, a poignant and sensible guide to questioning the meaning of whiteness and creating an antiracist world
- Author: Dabiri, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 006311271X
- Language: English
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The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty
$35.00 Add to cartA frank, honest, and insightful look into the lives of women over fifty.
The Second Half explores, in photographic portraits and interviews, how the second half of life is experienced by women from m- Author: Warner, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 257
- Publish Date: January 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1684580862
- Language: English
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Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion
$34.95 Read moreHow scientists saved humanity from the deadliest infectious diseases–and what we can do to prepare ourselves for future epidemics.
After the unprecedented events of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be h- Author: Conniff, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047969
- Language: English
