Sociology

What does it mean to be cute? In this book, author Simon May provides some insightful answers to cuteness as both a…

In this entertaining and intriguing book, author Ilise S. Carter dives deep into the history of lipstick in America. One…

This book of powerful essays present a wide range of complex and divisive topics from the perspective of a Black man…

In this essential book for managers everywhere, author Kim Scott teaches you how to create a work environment that…

From the publishers of the bestselling Queer: A Graphic History and The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, this new…

This delightful picture book tells the story of a young black girl with gorgeous hair, and how far she has to go to…

Skin is the body's largest organ, and one of its most fickle. It is the border between ourselves and the world, it shows…

In this captivating book of feminist theory, author Rosi Braidotti examines contemporary feminism in the light of recent…

The globalization of LGBT rights around the world has been nothing short of a revolution. This book offers a worldwide…

The definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and…

Urologist Piet Hoebeke illuminates healthy penis maintenance with humorous insight. You’ll discover topics like how to…

This monumental work takes on family accounts and urban history of postwar Chicago as a city in crisis due to…

Weed, Need and Greed examines the cultivation of cannabis in the West which is mostly grown indoors with hi-tech…

In this collection of personal essays, the author explores princessdom, both real and make-believe, and what it means to…

Unfolding rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce,…

Using insights from social science, author Deborah Tannen discusses how men and women inhabit different discursive…

In this culmination of three years of collaboration between seven different Bay Area organizations, you will find an…

A portrait of the hidden patterns in human society visualized through the world of data. Uncover truths about our past,…

A powerful look at the ways in which hustle culture and various social pressures have led millennials to become the…

Drugs have had an important role in the social, cultural, and spiritual development of civilization from the most…

This detailed account of the author's experiences with the Mexican cactus known as peyote is a little-known classic of…

A scientific approach to debunk popular myths about the Earth and Earth Science, such as Flat Earth, ley lines, and the…

What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years…

While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the…

Antiracism is not a destination but a journey—one that takes deliberate, consistent work. Ibram X. Kendi’s concept…

In Sanskrit, yoga means to 'yoke.' In English, 'yoke' refers either to a piece of farming equipment that tethers working…

Since the beginning the US government has reserved the tool of revoking citizenship in order to cast out unwanted…

After the horrific events of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, there was an official investigation... but it was far from…

Economist Heather McGhee tackles the connection between systemic racism and the inequalities and failures of the US…

Explore the ways communication shapes our perceptions and our realities with this tour of verbal and non-verbal…