Sociology
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The Works: Anatomy of a City
$31.00 Add to cartA fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city
“It’s a rare person who won’t find something of interest in The Works, whether it’s an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or t- Author: Ascher, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143112708
- Language: English
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Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians
$17.95 Add to cartBuffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born about 1839, was an expert gardener. Following centuries-old methods, she and the women of her family raised huge crops of corn, squash, beans, and sunflowers … [more below]
- Series: Borealis Books
- Author: Wilson, Gilbert L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 129
- Publish Date: October 15 1987
- ISBN10: 0873512197
- Language: English
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The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
$19.00 Add to cart“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food.” —The Washington Post
Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: the local food moveme- Author: Barber, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127152
- Language: English
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New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the (After)Life of Erica Garner
$20.00 Add to cartJoy James has a long, well regarded career marked by praise from author/activists including Angela Davis, Robin D.G. Kelly, Howard Zinn, Manning Marable and reviews in trade, academic, and popular pre… [more below]
- Author: James, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1942173741
- Language: English
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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art
$22.00 Add to cartIn Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories–Hermes in Greec
- Author: Hyde, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 17 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532559
- Language: English
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The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
$21.00 Read more**One of Buzzfeed’s 18 Best Nonfiction Books Of 2016**
A lyrical, intelligent, authentic, and necessary look at the intersection of race and class in Chicago, a Great American City In this intelligent- Author: Moore, Natalie Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1250118336
- Language: English
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Enfleshed: Ecologies of Entities and Beings
$26.00 Read moreA wide-ranging collection of works from Eurasian artists and thinkers exploring multispecies ecologies
Evolving from multifaceted, polyvocal, long-term research and a series of exhibitions curated by F
- Author: Deng, Zoénie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 9493148947
- Language: English
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Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cart- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Irwin, Julia F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 26 2026
- ISBN10: 0197753094
- Language: English
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Las Trampas de la Investigaci?n: C?mo Detectar Los L?mites, Prejuicios Y Puntos Ciegos En Las Ciencias Sociales
$7.80 Read moreConfrontado, por un lado, con las condiciones que impon?a la guerra en Argelia y, por otro, con las barreras inconscientes que levantaba la cotidianidad en B?arn, el joven investigador Pierre Bourdieu… [more below]
- Series: Biblioteca Cl?sica de Siglo Veintiuno
- Author: Bourdieu, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 6070313976
- Language: Spanish
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The Nature of Our Cities: Harnessing the Power of the Natural World to Survive a Changing Planet
$18.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologi
- Author: Galle, Nadina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0063322625
- Language: English
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City of Fortune: Inequality and the Making of Contemporary New York
$38.99 Add to cartPostwar New York City famously expired in a 1970s tableau of burning Bronx tenements, subway graffiti, crushing debt, and the tabloid headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” From its ashes the city reemer
- Author: Williams, Mason B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 0393292851
- Language: English
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The Guide to Urban Fly Fishing: How to Explore and Enjoy Your Local Waters
$29.95 Add to cartA one-of-a-kind guide that reveals the accessibility, affordability, community, and unique adventures that urban waters offer.
While city dwellers often turn to hiking, biking, or simply e- Author: Fryt, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1645023176
- Language: English
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Africulture: How the Principles, Practices, Plants, and People of African Descent Have Shaped American Agriculture
$29.95 Add to cart“Africulture is a gift and inspiration.”–Michael W. Twitty, author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning The Cooking Gene
A bold, timely history illuminating the essential contributions to U.S.- Author: Carter, Michael, Jr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 164502301X
- Language: English
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You Won’t Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
$30.00 Add to cartA collection of reported stories that explore the relationship between mothers and daughters, by the award-winning author of Strangers to Ourselves
You Won’t Get Free of It tells the stories of mother- Author: Aviv, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 0525657053
- Language: English
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American Alt: A True Story of Madness and Friendship in a Broken Country
$30.00 Read moreA glimpse into the mind of an American conspiracy theorist, the schizophrenia, trauma, and misinformation that drove him to the brink, and the friendship that brought him back.
On the eve of January 6- Author: Lockhart, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 163973578X
- Language: English
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Braver Than I Knew: A 52-Week Prayer Journal for Women in Their 50’s Navigating Divorce & New Beginnings
$16.95 Add to cartDivorce and heartache can be devastating in any stage of life. In your fifties or sixties, however, divorce can bring unexpected and unfathomable challenges. Based on personal experiences of divorce a
- Author: Collier, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 9798218862510
- Language: English
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Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago
$24.95 Add to cartA hard-hitting exploration of how state policy displaces and isolates Black communities and how collective resistance creates spaces for working-class people of color to identify the true cause of con
- Author: Stovall, David Omotoso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888904626
- Language: English
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Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, Iq, and the Capitalism of the Far Right
$25.00 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
How neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War Neoliberals should have seen the end of the Cold War- Series: Near Futures #9
- Author: Slobodian, Quinn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 1945861436
- Language: English
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The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life
$27.00 Read moreFrom popular The Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost, a lively reflection on how we’ve become disconnected from the physical world–and how to reclaim gratification in our day-to-day lives.
In an era domina- Author: Bogost, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1668062631
- Language: English
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Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story
$18.99 Read moreA Montreal garbageman’s sharp and funny memoir/expos?, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears” . . .
This fascinating no-bullshit account of- Author: Pare-Poupart, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1685892493
- Language: English
