Social Science
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Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans
$29.95 Add to cartA leading sociologist’s groundbreaking three-decade study challenges outdated views of crime and character, revealing that traditional risk factors alone poorly predict children’s futures.
Between 197- Author: Sampson, Robert J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0674987543
- Language: English
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Tell Me How You Eat: Food, Power, and the Will to Live
$28.00 Add to cartAn intimate and expansive exploration of how and why we eat, and the relationship between food and empowerment, through the historic feasts and fasts of radicals and tyrants.
Inspired by writer Amber- Author: Husain, Amber
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1668060310
- Language: English
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Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It
$29.99 Add to cartA pioneer of social psychology, Claude M. Steele is renowned for Whistling Vivaldi, a runaway bestseller that analyzed societal stereotypes–from beliefs about racial and gender test score gaps to the
- Author: Steele, Claude M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1324093447
- Language: English
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Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America
$30.00 Add to cartA reissue of Greg Tate’s classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove.
From one of the most original, creative, and provocati- Author: Tate, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0374394601
- Language: English
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Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties
$24.95 Add to cartA narrative history of the movement that turned “Orientals” into Asian Americans
Until the political ferment of the Long Sixties, there were no Asian Americans. There were only isolated communities o- Author: Ishizuka, Karen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1781689989
- Language: English
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Annihilation of Caste
$6.99 Read moreAnnihilation of Caste is a seminal work by the Indian social reformer, Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Originally written as a speech, the book examines the deeply entrenched caste system in India and argues for it
- Author: Ambedkar, B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: June 05 2025
- ISBN10: 9358560770
- Language: English
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Grandma’s Story
$9.99 Add to cartThe storyteller is the living memory of her time: at once an oracle, weaver, healer, warrior, witch, protectress, teacher and great mother. Her powers are to do with passing on – not only the stories … [more below]
- Series: Portals
- Author: Minh-Ha, Trinh T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1068591803
- Language: English
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Ghosts of St. Augustine
$12.95 Add to cartGhosts. Unearthly presences. Things that go bump in the night. St. Augustine, America’s oldest city, has them all. The unique and often turbulent history of the Ancient City has spawned more than four… [more below]
- Author: Lapham, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1561641235
- Language: English
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Fenway Punk: How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseball’s Greatest Rivalry
$29.00 Add to cartAn audacious and inspiring debut social history that explores how entrepreneurial members of the tight-knit hardcore punk scene within the vibrant heart of Boston cashed in on one of baseball’s greate… [more below]
- Author: Wrenn, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894140872
- Language: English
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Intrepid Women: Adventures in Anthropology
$40.00 Add to cartTrue accounts of groundbreaking women anthropologists defying gender norms in the early 20th century.
The extraordinary women featured in Intrepid Women defied early twentieth-century conventions to c
- Author: Nicholson, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246509
- Language: English
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The Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice
$29.99 Add to cartFreakonomics for criminal justice, The Science of Second Chances presents a groundbreaking approach to criminal justice reform, revealing how small-scale interventions can reduce people’s chances of r
- Author: Doleac, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1250886287
- Language: English
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The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
$21.00 Add to cartIn a landmark book that’s “intriguing [and] provocative” and presents “an original thesis [to explain] this peculiar paradox–we idealize marriage and yet we’re so bad at it” (The New York Times).
Andr… [more below]- Author: Cherlin, Andrew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0307386384
- Language: English
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Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes
$16.99 Add to cartFrom President Bill Clinton’s recommended reading list
Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Warnings is the story of the future of national security, threatening technologies, the U.S. economy, and possibly the
- Author: Clarke, Richard A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0062488031
- Language: English
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Pope Leo XIV: The Election of a Pope in Pictures
$24.95 Add to cartIn these unforgettable pages, the drama and poignancy of the Church’s greatest transition — the papal interregnum — comes alive: the death of Pope Francis, the mourning of a people, the conclave in
- Author: Ewtn Publishing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1682784495
- Language: English
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Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America
$22.00 Read moreTwo sociologists reveal how small towns in Middle America are exporting their most precious resource–young people–and share what can be done to save these dwindling communities
In 2001, with fundin- Author: Carr, Patrick J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0807006149
- Language: English
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El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
$30.00 Add to cartFrom New York Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa, a sweeping human history of El Paso, revealing violence, power, and privilege at play in America’s most famous border town.
El Paso has been called the “Ell- Author: Ulloa, Jazmine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0593471865
- Language: English
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An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights
$29.95 Add to cartThe first biography of one of the founders of the disability rights movement, An Independent Man chronicles the life of an activist who reimagined the meaning of equality and inspired generations of r… [more below]
- Author: Danforth, Scot
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0520412648
- Language: English
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On Wholeness: Anishinaabe Pathways to Embodiment and Collective Liberation
$21.99 Add to cartA brilliant exploration embodied wholeness as a pathway to our collective liberation
Through reflections on childbirth, parenting, creative practice, and expansive responsibility, Anishinaabe visual a
- Author: Christie-Peters, Quill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1487013256
- Language: English
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Household Lore: Folklore, Traditions and Remedies for Every Room in Your Home
$28.95 Add to cartA perfect gift, this fun illustrated book will take you room by room to discover global traditions, remedies, folklore and rituals hiding in your house.
Uncover the folklore and rituals hiding in your- Author: Frank, Liza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1786789779
- Language: English
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The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up
$29.95 Add to cartAn illuminating look at the world of cleanfluencers that asks why the burden of housework still falls on women.
Housework is good for you. Housework sparks joy. Housework is beautiful. Housework is g- Author: Casey, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1526170973
- Language: English
