Sociology
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The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront
$22.00 Add to cartAn essay on Black-Jewish relations, primarily in the United States, by a professor of African American History who became embroiled in controversy over his classroom use of a book detailing the well- … [more below]
- Author: Martin, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1574781855
- 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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Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning
$17.99 Read more“Twilight in Hazard paints a more nuanced portrait of Appalachia than Vance did…[Maimon] eviscerates Vance’s bestseller with stiletto precision.” –Associated Press
From investigative reporter and P… [more below]- Author: Maimon, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1612199976
- Language: English
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Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consenting: A City’s Struggle Against an Epithet
$30.00 Read moreMore than a century after muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens derided the city of Philadelphia as being “corrupt and contented,” Philadelphia struggles to rise above this unfortunate characterizati… [more below]
- Author: Mandel, Brett H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1439924279
- Language: English
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The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People
$35.00 Read moreFrom foundations in critical thinking skills to practical tools and real-life perspectives, this book empowers young adult readers to be independent media users.
The Media and Me is a joint production- Author: Boyington, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1644211947
- Language: English
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Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai
$16.95 Read moreThe member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European countries. From 1866-70, he served as an attach with the… [more below]
- Author: Mitford, A. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 293
- Publish Date: March 24 2005
- ISBN10: 0486440621
- Language: English
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Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables
$20.99 Add to cartDespite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop’s Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned f
- Author: Wimpenny, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1472966929
- Language: English
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Troublemaking: Why You Should Organize Your Workplace
$19.95 Read moreThere are no unorganisable workers, only workers yet to be organised.
There has been an explosion of organising among workers many assumed to be unorganisable, from delivery drivers in London to tech- Author: Hughes, Lydia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1839767103
- Language: English
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All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship
$18.95 Read moreA provocation to reclaim our disability lineage in order to profoundly reimagine the possibilities for our relationship to disability, kinship, and carework
Disability is often described as a tragedy,- Author: Fink, Jennifer Natalya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0807008133
- Language: English
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The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids
$21.99 Read moreThe bestselling author of Pledged and The Teachers returns with a groundbreaking look at the pressure to achieve faced by America’s teens
In Pledged, Alexandra Robbins followed four college girls to- Author: Robbins, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 07 2007
- ISBN10: 140130902X
- Language: English
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City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life Into a Dying American Town
$17.95 Read moreA gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they’ve formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity.
“This is an American ta- Author: Hartman, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0807008206
- Language: English
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Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham
$32.95 Read moreA micro-biography of horror fiction’s most influential author and his love-hate relationship with New York City.
By the end of his life and near financial ruin, pulp horror writer Howard Phillips Love- Author: Goodwin, David J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1531504418
- Language: English
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The Book of Tea
$14.95 Read moreThis modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture. The author celebrates the Way of Tea f… [more below]
- Author: Okakura, Kakuzo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1645471322
- Language: English
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From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture
$34.95 Add to cartA cultural history of S?pmi and the Nordic countries as told through objects and artifacts
Material objects–things made, used, and treasured–tell the story of a people and place. So it is for the I- Author: Sjoholm, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1517911974
- Language: English
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Queen of the Hillbillies: The Writings of May Kennedy McCord
$24.95 Read moreMay Kennedy McCord, lovingly nicknamed “First Lady of the Ozarks” and “Queen of the Hillbillies,” spent half a century sharing the history, songs, and stories of her native Ozarks through newspaper co
- Series: Chronicles of the Ozarks
- Author: McCord, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: April 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1682261999
- Language: English
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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
$27.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have d… [more below]
- Author: Burke, Tarana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 0593243625
- Language: English
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The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods
$22.95 Read moreFind out how to uncover the hidden talents, assets, and abilities in your neighborhood and bring them together to create a vibrant and joyful community. It takes a village!
We may be living longer, bu- Author: Russell, Cormac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1523002522
- Language: English
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The Conversation on Gender Diversity
$16.95 Read moreFrom contributors to The Conversation, a look at gender diversity in the twenty-first century and the intricate and intersecting challenges faced by trans and nonbinary people.
With media amplifying th
- Series: Critical Conversations
- Author: Gill-Peterson, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1421446189
- Language: English
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Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America
$29.15 Read moreA groundbreaking expos? about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color
Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, “I shot
- Author: Nielson, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1620973405
- Language: English
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Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We’ve Left Behind
$27.00 Add to cart“A superior exploration of the consequences of the hollowing out of our agricultural heartlands.”–Kirkus Reviews
In the tradition of Wendell Berry, a young writer wrestles with what we owe the places- Author: Olmstead, Grace
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0593084020
- Language: English
