Sociology

Butts, butts, butts. Whatever you think of them, there's no doubt that humans have a rather strange relationship…

In this one of a kind book, author Juniper Fitzgerald combines elements of memoir, sociological theory,…

This collection of essays from New York Times contributor Maya Phillips spans three decades of fandom, using pop culture…

As a society, we obsess over our health, our bodies, and death. From eating more kale to anti-aging products or…

For fans of fun facts, this book contains more than 100 extraordinary true things about humans and all the weird stuff…

Death scares us. It reminds us of our finitude, and the reality that everyone we love will eventually pass away.…

Originally published in 1974 and written when Angela Davis was 25, this is a fine telling of the situations and struggle…

A transcendent book that takes our understanding of emotions and power to a new level. Grief is something that goes…

From “Pets on Pot” to Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart “putting the pot back into potluck” explore…

In this moving and powerful book, Archibald writes of his complex search, and of the conspiracy of silence his father…

A history of racial injustice to examine how civility and white supremacy are linked, and a call for citizens who care…

This brilliant book from a young scientist with Asperger's syndrome offers the reader a fascinating perspective on…

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

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

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

Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast…

In this new comprehensive history of human existence, renowned public intellectual David Graeber teams up with…

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

In this incredible toolkit, the culmination of three years of collaboration between seven different Bay Area…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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

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