Violence in Society
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Friendly Fire: A Fractured Memoir
$29.99 Read more“Unique and haunting…. A mesmerizing and unforgettable meditation on a stranger-than-fiction tragedy.” —Publishers Weekly
One month before his college graduation, Paul Rousseau is accidentally shot
- Author: Rousseau, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1400247950
- Language: English
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On a Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice
$32.50 Add to cartThe incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians–by one of the few people born into the organization, raised d
- Author: Africa Jr, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0063318873
- Language: English
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Interrupting Violence: One Man’s Journey to Heal the Streets and Redeem Himself
$29.95 Read morePart memoir and part call to action, Interrupting Violence is a blueprint for cities across America looking for a new way to address community violence. Readers will be energized by the book Kirkus Re
- Author: Williams, Cobe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1538166879
- Language: English
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Beyond Policing
$30.00 Add to cartWhat would happen if policing disappeared? Would we be safe? This book imagines a world without police.
It’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the best way forward? In Beyond Policing, d
- Author: McHarris, Philip V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1538725665
- Language: English
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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
$26.95 Add to cartThis explosive investigation reveals the profound failures of the Title IX system and identifies concrete, surprisingly simple steps we can take to protect students.
The debate over campus sexual vio- Author: Bedera, Nicole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0520395891
- Language: English
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The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence
$32.00 Read more“Schwartzstein’s vignettes of each troubled region are vibrantly narrated as he encounters indignant locals and has run-ins with menacing state security officials attempting to block his investigation… [more below]
- Author: Schwartzstein, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1642833010
- Language: English
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Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture
$15.00 Read moreAs Nora Samaran writes, “violence is nurturance turned backwards.” In its place, she proposes “nurturance culture” as the opposite of rape culture, suggesting that models of care and accountability–d
- Author: Samaran, Nora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1849353581
- Language: English
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Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World’s Most Savage Murderers
$16.95 Add to cartFor decades now, serial killers have taken center stage in the news and entertainment media. The coverage of real-life murderers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer has transformed them into ghoulish… [more below]
- Author: Bonn, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1629144320
- Language: English
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We Matter: Athletes and Activism
$16.95 Read more“Thomas interviews athletes, coaches, and sports personalities as he covers topics related to activism from the sporting realm and how it is perceived in America. A necessary read.” —Library Journal
- Author: Thomas, Etan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1617755915
- Language: English
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Blood Brotherhoods
$56.00 Add to cartMAFIA. CAMORRA. ‘NDRANGHETA.
The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy’s only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples;- Author: Dickie, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: April 22 2014
- ISBN10: 1610394275
- Language: English
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Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street
$24.95 Add to cartHere is an in-depth account of the worst riot in U.S. history, the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, assembled by one of Tulsa’s most important oral historians and community activists. “Using her breadth of kn
- Author: Gates, Eddie Faye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1571688188
- Language: English
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Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields
$21.99 Add to cartCiudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate ex… [more below]
- Author: Bowden, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: March 22 2011
- ISBN10: 1568586450
- Language: English
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The Want-Ad Killer
$10.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a true crime story of a serial killer who was sentenced to die–yet lived to murder again….and again….
After committin… [more below]- Series: True Crime
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: September 01 1983
- ISBN10: 0451166884
- Language: English
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Violence: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b
Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our most distinctive traits, the one thing that all cultures a- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dwyer, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0198831730
- Language: English
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Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West
$18.99 Add to cart“Beautifully observed. . . This jewel of a book belongs on the shelf with our best Western writers–Norman MacLean, Pam Houston, and Annie Proulx.”–John Vaillant, bestselling author of The Tiger and
- Author: Andrews, Bryce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 006331651X
- Language: English
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50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist de… [more below]
- Author: Storey, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1447362195
- Language: English
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Self-Defense for Women: Fight Back
$22.95 Add to cartSomewhere in America right now are four or five women who will be killed tomorrow. They are going about their day, and I know if they were prepared to counter attack in the ways Loren Christensen and
- Author: Christensen, Loren W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 159439492X
- Language: English
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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War
$21.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book
“Original and illuminating.” —The Washington Post
What draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that b… [more below]- Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1455543705
- Language: English
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The Soweto Uprising
$19.95 Add to cartThe Soweto uprising was a true turning point in South Africa’s history. Even to contemporaries, it seemed to mark the beginning of the end of apartheid. This compelling book examines both the underlyi
- Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa
- Author: Nieftagodien, Noor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: December 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0821421549
- Language: English
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Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence
$36.95 Add to cartOn June 17, 2015, a white supremacist entered Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and sat with some of its parishioners during a Wednesday night Bible study session. An hour later, he be
- Author: Williams, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0820349577
- Language: English
