Social Science
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The Work Is the Work: Letters to a Future Activist
$22.99 Read moreThere are many ways to make a difference in our communities, many causes to organize and volunteer for. But where do we start? And how do we avoid burning out? Whether you’re just beginning the work o
- Author: Johnson, Brian C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 205
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1506493378
- Language: English
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The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration
$20.00 Add to cart“An essential volume” –Hua Hsu, The New Yorker
The collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific moment in time: the four years of World War II during which the US government expelled- Author: Abe, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0143133284
- Language: English
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Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders
$29.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the National Book Award
A brilliant, singular collection
Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
Shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award in Memoir- Author: Villarreal, Vanessa Angélica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0593187148
- Language: English
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Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
$32.00 Add to cartAn incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America–the cesarean section–and an expos? on the disturbing state of maternal medical care
When Rache
- Author: Somerstein, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0063264412
- Language: English
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Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
$30.00 Add to cartWhy is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that jus… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Brea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0593447379
- Language: English
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May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases–And What We Can Do about It
$23.95 Add to cartAdam Grant’s “8 New Idea Books to Start Spring”
Next Big Idea Club’s Must-Read Books for May 2024
“A wonderful litany of the myriad ways in which we can be deceived, and deceive ourselves.”–The Guard- Author: Edmans, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0520405854
- Language: English
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Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy
$28.99 Read more“Focusing on greater Chicago, Masciotra argues that the exurbs, home to both monster trucks and liberals, are becoming a key political arena.” – New York Times Book Review
The suburbs have become too- Author: Masciotra, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 168589089X
- Language: English
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One Year in Uvalde: A Story of Hope and Resilience
$29.99 Read moreFrom award-winning journalists John Qui?ones and Mar?a Elena Salinas comes One Year in Uvalde, a narrative that builds on year-long ABC News reporting from Uvalde, Texas, chronicling how the communit… [more below]
- Author: Quiñones, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 136810701X
- Language: English
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And The Children Shall Lead Us
$18.00 Add to cartAnd the Children Shall Lead Us:
How a self-sustaining business model is transforming rural African villages through love
In 1998 Barry Childs returned to Tanzania, where
- Author: Childs, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1739379373
- Language: English
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Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man’s Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future
$28.99 Read moreFor readers of Kiese Laymon‘s Heavy and Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Little Devil in America, a beautiful, painful, and soaring tribute to everything that Black men are and can be
Growing up in the Bronx, Jo- Author: Leon, Joél
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1250887100
- Language: English
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White Poverty: How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
$22.99 Add to cartOne of the most pernicious and persistent myths in the United States is the association of Black skin with poverty. Though there are forty million more poor white people than Black people, most Americ
- Author: Barber, William J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1324094877
- Language: English
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Birds Aren’t Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in Us History
$29.00 Add to cartThe true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history–and how to fight back.
Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? You haven’t, have you? No one has, not in many, many years. They used to be everywhere.- Author: McIndoe, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1250288894
- Language: English
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Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
$29.99 Add to cartShortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction
Named a best book of the year by Esquire, The Spectator and Publishers Weekly
A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artifi- Author: Murgia, Madhumita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1250867398
- Language: English
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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
$27.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and- Author: Acho, Emmanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1668057859
- Language: English
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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
$30.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it–from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to … [more below]
- Author: Hari, Johann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0593728637
- Language: English
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In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
$27.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death–and what might follow–by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an a- Author: Junger, Sebastian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1668050838
- Language: English
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The Art of Community, Second Edition: 7 Principles for Belonging
$25.95 Read moreSecond edition of this bestselling book on creating robust, thriving, positive communities using seven ancient principles any organization can follow.
Now with 25% new content, including a chapter on- Author: Vogl, Charles H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890570192
- Language: English
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Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love
$18.99 Add to cartAward-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients that give us daily pleasure, while providing a thoughtfu
- Author: Sethi, Simran
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0061581089
- Language: English
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On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considered “good,” revealing how the Seven Deadly Sins still control and distort o… [more below]
- Author: Loehnen, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0593243056
- Language: English
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Beyond Civilization: Humanity’s Next Great Adventure
$14.00 Add to cartIn Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there’s no one right way to build a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no one right way to make a pair of shoes… [more below]
- Author: Quinn, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 07 2000
- ISBN10: 0609805363
- Language: English
