Violence in Society
-
Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810-1935
$39.95 Add to cartIn Pistols and Politics, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., reveals the reasons behind the remarkable levels of violence in Louisiana’s Florida parishes in the nineteenth century. This updated and expanded edition
- Author: Hyde, Samuel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0807169277
- Language: English
-
The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
$18.99 Add to cartA veteran, award-winning journalist and a former New York Times correspondent and true crime writer team up to create the first major nonfiction work based on the ongoing, international phenomenon of … [more below]
- Author: Rodriguez, Teresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0743292049
- Language: English
-
Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence
$17.95 Add to cartResponding to the US’s perpetual war, Butler explores how mourning could inspire solidarity.
In this profound appraisal of post-September 11, 2001 America, Judith Butler considers the conditions of he- Author: Butler, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1788738616
- Language: English
-
Nobody Left to Hate
$19.99 Add to cartOn April 20, 1999, the halls of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, reverberated with the sound of gunshots as two students, highly armed and consumed with rage, killed thirteen students and
- Author: Aronson, Elliot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0805070990
- Language: English
-
Landscape with Sex and Violence
$18.00 Add to cartThe poems in Landscape with Sex and Violence explore what it means to exist within a rape culture so entrenched that it can’t be separated from the physical landscapes in which it enacts itself. Lyric
- Author: Melnick, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1936919559
- Language: English
-
Bluegrass: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky
$17.99 Add to cartA shocking investigation into a true crime that tore a town apart–the violent murder of a young coed in Kentucky, the innocent boy who was jailed for the crime, and a small Southern community filled … [more below]
- Author: Van Meter, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1416538690
- Language: English
-
Defend / Defund: A Visual History of Organizing Against the Police
$22.00 Read moreA sweeping and poignant history of community response to the violence of white supremacy and carceral systems in the US, told through interviews, archival reproductions, and narrative.
In the summer of
- Author: Interference Archive
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 1942173881
- Language: English
-
A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
$18.99 Add to cartNamed a best book of 2020 by the New York Times and Kirkus Reviews
“A smart, timely, deeply disturbing and essential book by a veteran scholar and leading expert on the criminal legal system. . . . Th- Author: Currie, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1250798493
- Language: English
-
The Red Record
$6.99 Add to cartIda B. Wells exposes a series of racially-motivated acts that disproportionately affect African Americans and is overwhelmingly ignored by a majority white criminal justice system. It’s crucial docume
- Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
- Author: Wells, Ida B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1513271032
- Language: English
-
Lynching at Port Jervis
$18.00 Add to cartAn account of a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism.
On June 2, 1892, in the small, idyllic village of Port Jervis, New York, a young Black ma- Author: Dray, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1250867134
- Language: English
-
Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence
$18.99 Add to cart“Prisoners of Hate offers a profound analysis of a most pressing human challenge: the causes–and prevention–of hatred. Of the many important books Aaron Beck has written, this may be his greatest gi
- Author: Beck, Aaron T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2000
- ISBN10: 0060932007
- Language: English
-
How To Talk About Guns with Anyone
$19.99 Add to cartArm Yourself with the Facts: How to Talk About Guns in America
Firearms-related incidents kill more than 45,000 people in the US every year and are the leading cause of death for US children and adoles
- Author: Schweit, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: May 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1947635581
- Language: English
-
Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls
$27.00 Read moreThe first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet
On May 31, 2014, in t… [more below]
- Author: Hale, Kathleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 080215980X
- Language: English
-
Find the Helpers: What 9/11 and Parkland Taught Me about Recovery, Purpose, and Hope (School Safety, Grief Recovery)
$19.95 Add to cartHow a Parkland Dad and 9/11 Brother Faced Tragedy
“Don’t tell me there’s no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland.” ―Fred Guttenberg
2020 Nautilus Silver Winner
2021 Chanticleer Heart- Author: Guttenberg, Fred
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1642505358
- Language: English
-
Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom
$24.93 Add to cartA persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements.
Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, m- Author: Lawson, James M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 520387848
- Language: English
-
Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence–And a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in America
Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. B… [more below]- Author: Abt, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 1541645723
- Language: English
-
Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real World Violence
$19.95 Add to cartA Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real-World Violence.
Experienced martial artist and veteran correction officer Sgt. Rory Miller distills what he has learned from jailhouse brawls, tactical o
- Author: Miller, Rory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1594391181
- Language: English
-
Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence
$20.99 Add to cartFrom the one-of-kind mind of Bill James, famous for revolutionizing the way we think about baseball, comes a “thought-provoking meditation” (Seattle Times) and epic tour through American crime–now av… [more below]
- Author: James, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 141655274X
- Language: English
-
Parkland: Birth of a Movement
$19.99 Read moreA New York Times Bestseller
“A moving petition to America that it not look away from the catastrophes at Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and, yes, Parkland. It succeeds as an in-depth re
- Author: Cullen, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0062882961
- Language: English
-
The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central
$17.95 Read more“One of the best true crime books of all time.” —Time
The inside story of the notorious and elusive serial killer who stalked
As seen on Investigation Discovery’s The Grim Sleeper: Mind of a Monster- Author: Pelisek, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1640090231
- Language: English
