University of California Press
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Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption
$31.18 Add to cartHella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built environment.
Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger and mo- Author: Schwarzer, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 520391535
- Language: English
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Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First-Century Atlanta
$33.68 Add to cartAn incisive examination of how growth-at-all-costs planning and policy have exacerbated inequality and racial division in Atlanta.
Atlanta, the capital of the American South, is at the red-hot core o- Author: Immergluck, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 520387643
- Language: English
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Ramayana
$22.43 Add to cartAn elegant translation of the beloved epic tale of Prince Rama
Few works of literature have inspired so vast an audience across so many radically different languages and cultures as the Ramayana, wri- Series: World Literature in Translation
- Author: Buck, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 520383389
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to White Supremacy
$31.18 Add to cartDrawing explicit lines, across time and a broad spectrum of violent acts, to provide the definitive field guide for understanding and opposing white supremacy in America
Hate, racial violence, exclus- Author: Belew, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 520382528
- Language: English
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 125th Anniversary Edition: The Only Authoritative Text Based on the Complete, Original Manuscript Volume 9
$24.99 Add to cartThis 125th Anniversary edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is expanded with updated notes and references and a selection of original documents–letters, advertisements, playbills–some never bef… [more below]
- Series: Mark Twain Library #9
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: August 10 2010
- ISBN10: 0520266102
- Language: English
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California Native Gardening: A Month-By-Month Guide
$37.43 Add to cartThis is the first month-by-month guide to gardening with native plants in a state that follows a unique, nontraditional seasonal rhythm. Beginning in October, when much of California leaves the dry se… [more below]
- Author: Popper, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 520265351
- Language: English
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Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales
$24.93 Read moreBy combining their expertise in English literature and anthropology, Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana bring to these folktales an integral method of study that unites a sensitivity to language with a… [more below]
- Series: World Literature in Translation
- Author: Muhawi, Ibrahim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0520385845
- Language: English
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The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set
$65.00 Add to cartA stunning set of Homer’s epics, brilliantly translated by a leading ancient world scholar.
Hailed by reviewers and readers alike, Peter Green’s landmark translations of Homer’s timeless epics are no- Author: Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1145
- Publish Date: May 31 2019
- ISBN10: 0520306651
- Language: English
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Nice Is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High
$26.95 Add to cartThis provocative story of contemporary high school argues that a shallow culture of kindness can do more lasting harm than good.
Based on two years of research, Nice Is Not Enough shares striking dis- Author: Pascoe, C. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 0520276434
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Authoritative Text with Original Illustrations
$33.68 Add to cartA beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project.
This definitive edition of The Advent- Series: Mark Twain Library
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0520343638
- Language: English
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Basho: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho
$22.43 Add to cartThis is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō.
Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the histor- Series: World Literature in Translation
- Author: Basho
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 520385586
- Language: English
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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
$31.18 Add to cartNature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, govern… [more below]
- Author: Patel, Raj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 30 2018
- ISBN10: 520299930
- Language: English
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A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
$37.43 Add to cartLatinx Files 2022 Best Books, Los Angeles Times
L.A. Taco’s 2022 Best Books
2022 Porchlight Business Book Awards Longlist
2023 PROSE Award North American & US History Finalist, Association of Americ… [more below]- Author: Molina, Natalia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 520385489
- Language: English
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The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
$29.95 Read moreThis groundbreaking resource moves us from theory to action with a practical plan for reparations.
A surge in interest in black reparations is taking place in America on a scale not seen since the Re- Author: Darity, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 0520383818
- Language: English
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
$24.93 Add to cartIn 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with… [more below]
- Author: Castaneda, Carlos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 03 2016
- ISBN10: 520290771
- Language: English
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You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re Innocent
$29.95 Add to cartSurviving prison as an innocent person is a surreal nightmare no one wants to think about. But it can happen to you.
Justin Brooks has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You- Author: Brooks, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 4, 2023
- ISBN10: 0520386833
- Language: English
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The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb, Updated with a New Introduction by Richard Rhodes
$17.95 Read moreMore than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists at L… [more below]
- Author: Serber, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0520344170
- Language: English
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The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail Volume 36
$37.43 Add to cartIn this gripping and provocative “ethnography of death,” anthropologist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Jason De Le n sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time–the human cons… [more below]
- Series: California Public Anthropology #36
- Author: de Leon, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 23 2015
- ISBN10: 520282752
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn
$19.95 Add to cart“A compelling story of a hymn rescued from the horror of slavery . . . in the author’s hands, ‘Amazing Grace’ lands firmly on the right side of history.”―TLS
Journey through the history of “Amaz- Author: Walvin, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: 31-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 0520391829
- Language: English
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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources
$34.95 Add to cartA complex look at California Native ecological practices as a model for environmental sustainability and conservation.
John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today–that much of Ca- Author: Anderson, M. Kat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 558
- Publish Date: 10-Oct-13
- ISBN10: 0520280431
- Language: English
