Sociology

Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering…

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

Rebels through the ages are celebrated in this collection! Read up on 50 folktale characters including the forest witch…

Hegemony How-To is a practical guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about questions…

Making generalizations is easy, but defining what sex means to a person can be tricky when you consider the prevailing…

Advertisements are a manipulative tool used with and without our permission, to control us. We know this. Let's do…

When it was first published, An American Anarchist marked a trail historians of American anarchism are still following…

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

This book presents the unique combination of spiritualism, myth, magic, and shamanism that come together in Tibeta…

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time,…

Throughout history, many lower-income, right-wing, white Americans appear to habitually vote against their own…

Swept up in the nonstop news cycle of today, it's hard to step back and take the long view on history and current…

In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had…

An expert on American authoritarianism offers 12 lessons to expose the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent…

Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our…

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

Anthropology has a history that evolved from ancient Greece to contemporary times. This graphic guide introduces the key…

As many of us join and prepare to enter the work world, there is more at stake than a decent salary. We are seeking work…

How do we escape from the death spiral of late-stage capitalism? Richard D. Wolff has laid out a vision of how to make…

Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen…

For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first…

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

In this new comprehensive history of human existence, David Graeber teams up with David Wengrow to chart the history of…

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

Period. End of Sentence. won an Oscar in 2019, prompting Melissa Berton to tell the audience “A period should end a…

A detailed look by an investigative journalist at the NXIVM cult and the ugliness lurking under its message of…

A collection of humorous essays from the DC punk scene fixture Ian Svenonius, Censorship Now!! offers an entertaining…

These short, vibrant tanka poems about Black boys and young men depict thirteen views of everyday life: dressed in…

Do you have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts? You might be hooked into a dangerous trap. Many…