Public Policy
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America’s Final War
$30.95 Read moreWarfare is a geopolitical tool of the first order; only wars of scale can measure the real strength of nations. For decades American claims of hegemony, and by extension that of the West, have been ba… [more below]
- Author: Martyanov, Andrei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 245
- Publish Date: August 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1949762971
- Language: English
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Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River
$23.95 Read moreAward-winning journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain and complex politics of the Colorado River, its dying reservoirs–and the surprising revelation that the inevitable loss of … [more below]
- Author: Podmore, Zak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 194881496X
- Language: English
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Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City
$29.95 Add to cartAn unvarnished portrait of gentrification in an underprivileged, majority-minority small city
Newburgh is a small postindustrial city of some twenty-eight thousand people located sixty miles north of- Author: Ocejo, Richard E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0691211329
- Language: English
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Social Security 101, 2nd Edition: From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid
$16.99 Add to cartLearn the ins and outs of the social security system in this accessible, easy-to-navigate guide with refreshed, updated information in Social Security 101, 2nd Edition.
Too often, writing about social- Series: Adams 101
- Author: Cagan, Michele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1507222343
- Language: English
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A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden–filled with lessons for today
In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world’s most influ- Author: Blinder, Alan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0691238405
- Language: English
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The World Atlas of Honey
$35.00 Add to cartShowcases the wonderful world of honey from hive to jar.
A beautifully illustrated global survey of the flavor of honey, The World Atlas of Honey includes profiles of more than eighty countries and t- Author: Marchese, C. Marina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0520397703
- Language: English
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The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World
$30.00 Add to cartBorders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe that has become a haven for the rich and powerful.
A globe shows the world we think- Author: Abrahamian, Atossa Araxia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0593329856
- Language: English
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Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change
$29.95 Read more“Tad DeLay is one of the most important and disquieting theorists of consciousness and politics writing today. His work is indispensable.”
Capitalism is an ecocidal
–China Mi?ville, author of October- Author: Delay, Tad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1839765437
- Language: English
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The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan
$25.95 Read moreChinese leader Xi Jinping has openly expressed his intention to annex Taiwan to mainland China, even threatening the use of force. An invasion or blockade of Taiwan by Chinese forces would be catastro
- Author: Pottinger, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0817926453
- Language: English
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Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles
$29.95 Add to cartInventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth
- Author: Haddad, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 404
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1595801278
- Language: English
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Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing
$22.95 Add to cartHow to make American higher education fairer
In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The wides- Series: Our Compelling Interests #7
- Author: Krislov, Marvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0691246769
- Language: English
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Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
$29.95 Read moreHow does Israel extend its control over Palestinian lands? From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels the mechanisms of control and how the… [more below]
- Author: Weizman, Eyal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1804297100
- Language: English
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Arms and Influence
$20.00 Add to cart“This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”–Gordon … [more below]
- Series: Veritas Paperbacks
- Author: Schelling, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0300246749
- Language: English
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City Planning: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Read moreCity planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and–sometimes utopian–aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of cities as physical spaces and social environments calls… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 22 2020
- ISBN10: 019094434X
- Language: English
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Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics Volume 78
$37.43 Add to cart“A chronicle of hard work and a public health resource, Slow Cooked is also proof that it’s never too late.”—New York Times
Marion Nestle reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowne- Series: California Studies in Food and Culture
- Author: Nestle, Marion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 520384156
- Language: English
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1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World
$18.99 Add to cartJoin journalist Devi Lockwood on this “monumental achievement” (Richard Moor, bestselling author of On Trails) as she bikes around the world collecting personal stories about how flood, fire, drought,… [more below]
- Author: Lockwood, Devi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1982146737
- Language: English
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Markets in the Making: Rethinking Competition, Goods, and Innovation
$35.00 Add to cartSlicing through blunt theories of supply and demand, Callon presents a rigorously researched but counterintuitive model of how everyday market activity gets produced.
If you’re convinced you know what- Series: Near Future
- Author: Callon, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1942130570
- Language: English
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Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything–And Endangered the World
$32.65 Read moreFinalist, Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism
In the tradition of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environmen- Author: Zuckerman, Jocelyn C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1620975238
- Language: English
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In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio
$34.95 Read moreIn the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio, is the culmination of urban historian David Johnson’s extensive research into the development of Texas’s oldest city. Beginning with San … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, David R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1595349227
- Language: English
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A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America
$29.95 Add to cart“Chakrabarti has written a wonderful book about the potential of America’s cities. He argues convincingly how the country would benefit economically and environmentally if the suburbs started to move
- Author: Chakrabarti, Vishaan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: May 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1935202170
- Language: English
