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The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation (HC) (2022)
9781984825452$27.00A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America's "shame industrial complex" in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics--from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction Shame is a powerful...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$27.00Subtotal: -
The Fall of Public Man (PB) (2017)
9780393353747$18.95A sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical evolution and investigates the causes of our declining involvement in political life... -
Stolen City: Racial Capitalism and the Making of Winnipeg (PB) (2018)
9781894037938$25.00Through a combination of historical and contemporary analysis this book shows how settler colonialism, as a mode of racial capitalism, has made and remade Winnipeg and the Canadian Prairie West over the past one hundred and fifty years. It traces the...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$25.00Subtotal: -
The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality (HC) (2022)
9780593185995$28.00A grand unifying theory of human flourishing and inequality, from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkers In a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present, world-renowned economist and thinker Oded Galor offers an intriguing...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$28.00Subtotal: -
The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts (PB) (2020)
9781250758224$18.00This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history--but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion),... -
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News (PB) (2018)
9781555978167$18.00Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction"There Kevin Young goes again, giving us books we greatly need, cleverly disguised as books we merely want. Unexpectedly essential." --Marlon JamesHas the hoax now moved from the sideshow to take the... -
All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope--And Hard Pills to Swallow--About Fighting for Black Lives (PB) (2022) (Large Print)
9780593559109$28.00A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with white people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism--and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the history of nonviolent struggle.When the rallying...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$28.00Subtotal: -
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (PB) (2020)
9781250772916$18.00The Enigma of Clarence Thomas is a groundbreaking revisionist take on the Supreme Court justice everyone knows about but no one knows. Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$18.00Subtotal: -
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League (PB) (1999)
9780767901260$18.00The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair. In 1993, Cedric Jennings was a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a... -
We Can't Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival (PB) (2018)
9781250174536$17.00A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Insightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of black history and culture in America by critically acclaimed writer Jabari Asim A fantastic essay... -
The Second Summer of Love: How Dance Music Took Over the World (HC) (2019)
9781789460759$26.95As the eighties drew to their close, with Thatcherism holding Britain tight in its grip, something funny was happening right across the jungle of the country's nightlife scene. People were dressing down, not up, to go to clubs. And they were dancing... -
On the Down Low: A Journey Into the Lives of Straight Black Men Who Sleep with Men (PB) (2005)
9780767913997$14.00A bold exposé of the controversial secret that has potentially dire consequences in many African American communities. Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life "on the down low" (the DL), J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex... -
Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Tragedy and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness (PB) (2020)
9781250621511$17.99A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 * BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS PICK * OPRAH MAGAZINE SUMMER 2019 READING LIST SELECTION * NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE "A soul-shaking chronicle of the 2015 Charleston massacre and its aftermath.....Qty in Cart: 0Price:$17.99Subtotal: -
Busted in New York and Other Essays (PB) (2020)
9781250758132$19.00A collection of essays that blend the personal and the social, from the celebrated literary critic and novelist In these twenty-five essays, Darryl Pinckney has given us a view of our recent racial history that blends the social and the personal and... -
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (PB) (2014)
9780767929424$18.00NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Bloomberg - Forbes - The SpectatorRecipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award In 2006, Jeffrey Sachs--celebrated economist, special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and author of the...Qty in Cart: 0Price:$18.00Subtotal: -
Underwater: How Our American Dream of Homeownership Became a Nightmare (HC) (2020)
9781250241801$28.99His assignment was to write about a real-estate frenzy lighting up the Redneck Riviera. So Ryan Dezember settled in and bought a home nearby himself. Then the market crashed, and he became one of the millions of Americans who suddenly owed more on their...