Cultural & Social
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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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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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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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We the Black Jews
$29.95 Add to cartDr. Ben destroys the myth of a “white Jewish race” and the bigotry that has denied the existence of an African Jewish culture. He establishes the legitimacy of contemporary Black Jewish culture in Afr… [more below]
- Author: Ben-Jochannan, Yosef
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: December 18 1996
- ISBN10: 0933121407
- Language: English
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Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
$21.99 Add to cartFor centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody’s Normal, anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and
- Author: Grinker, Roy Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 132402013X
- Language: English
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Ideas to Postpone the End of the World
$17.99 Add to cart“Ailton Krenak’s ideas inspire, washing over you with every truth-telling sentence. Read this book.” – Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers
Indigenous peoples have faced the end o
- Author: Krenak, Ailton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1487008511
- Language: English
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Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAntisemitism, as hatred of Jews and Judaism, has been a central problem of Western civilization for millennia, and its history continues to invite debate.
This Very Short Introduction untangles the hi- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Beller, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0198724837
- Language: English
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Hong Kong Foodways
$15.00 Read moreThis book examines Hong Kong foodways in different periods of social development and hopes to advance anthropological inquiries by addressing issues concerning identity, migration, consumerism, global… [more below]
- Series: Hong Kong Matters
- Author: Cheung C H Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 9888754351
- Language: English
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Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global
$29.95 Read moreAn exposé of how far-right extremists across Europe use attacks on abortion to introduce broader fascist politics-and their connections to the American far right, from a leading investigative journal… [more below]
- Author: Norris, Sian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1839764732
- Language: English
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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
$20.00 Add to cart“If you want to write, paint, sing, compose, act, or make films, read The Gift.” –from the Introduction by Margaret Atwood
A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time and- Author: Hyde, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1984897780
- Language: English
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Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony
$28.00 Read moreIn 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and red
- Series: Learning Through Ceremony
- Author: Davidson, Sara Florence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1553797736
- Language: English
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Hawaiki Rising: Haokaulea, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance
$19.99 Add to cartAttuned to a world of natural signs–the stars, the winds, the curl of ocean swells–Polynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against prevailing
- Author: Low, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 30 2019
- ISBN10: 0824875249
- Language: English
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Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting
$10.95 Add to cart- Author: Fu-Kiau, Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 41
- Publish Date: April 04 2000
- ISBN10: 1580730256
- Language: English
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Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
$35.00 Add to cart“An insightful and breathtaking exploration of humanity’s evolutionary baggage that explains some of our species’ greatest successes and failures.” –Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens
The ancient i- Author: Whitehouse, Harvey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 067429162X
- Language: English
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Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis
$24.95 Read moreWhen landlords always win and renters pay the price, what can be done?
Housing means prosperity and security for some; poverty, precarity and sickness for others. More people live in private rented ac- Author: Bano, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1804293873
- Language: English
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Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities That Shaped a Borough
$30.00 Add to cartMeet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough through their search for social justice
Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation’s third largest city. Its free Bl- Author: Kanakamedala, Prithi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1479833096
- Language: English
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Globalismo: Ingenier?a Social Y Control Total En El Siglo XXI
$19.99 Add to cartDesvela los mecanismos ocultos de la dominaci?n mundial con Globalismo: Ingenier?a social y control total en el siglo XXI. El exitoso autor Agust?n Laje desentra?a magistralmente la malvada realidad d
- Author: Laje, Agustin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1400331862
- Language: Spanish
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Everything to Play for: An Insider’s Guide to How Videogames Are Changing Our World
$24.95 Read moreAn insider’s account of the videogame industry telling how gaming can become a force for good
Everything To Play For asks if videogames can achieve egalitarian goals instead of fuelling hyper-material- Author: Did, Marijam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1804293245
- Language: English
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Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging
$21.99 Add to cart“So what are you? Go back where you belong!”
Majority white American culture has historically marginalized people of color, who at times feel invisible and alienated and at other times are traumatized
- Author: Verma, Prasanta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 151400741X
- Language: English
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Finding Your Third Place: Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)
$16.95 Add to cartAn exciting new look at the essential gathering spaces in our society where friendships are formed, relationships are nurtured, and the tapestry of community is woven.
Do you have a third place? Your- Series: Servant Leadership
- Author: Kyte, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1682754723
- Language: English
