Books

"He doesn't mean to hurt me-he just loses control.""He can be sweet and gentle.""He's scared me a few times, but he…

This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water explores more than a century of both public and…

Ryan Hunter and Taige Jensen know how to make people laugh in the best of ways. Their YouTube video, Hipster Olympics,…

Cartoonist Ellen Forney chronicles and explores her journey through a life of ups and downs in this graphic memoir.…

A manual for parents seeking direction to help their daughters looks to education and help with addiction recovery. Step…

We all know that history is written by the winners—and the powerful—but how much of it is actually fiction? And who…

Jessica Valenti, internet feminist extraordinaire, has written this handy guide to spotting a particular and pervasive…

Make your movie nights a little more fun with some unique cocktails and a drinking game for all of our favorite cult…

It's one of the biggest fights against injustice you've never even heard about. In 1891, coal companies in eastern…

Christianity interprets Jesus as identical to Christ, but is the historical Jesus the same as the supposed Christian…

Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me in this heartwarming gift book. Author Rebecca Ascher-Walsh presents a…

Sometimes all that's left to do when grading is throw your hands in the air and resignedly declare "I guess!" From the…

The hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York, and makes public what few have…

Most of us probably think of disasters as times when social order breaks down, when neighbors turn on each other, when…

If all the world's a stage, then maybe all of life is just an experiment. The Good Life Lab is the story of a couple…

Friends! Cast off your chains of corporate food dependency! Twenty-five years after the original publication of Soy Not…

Once, Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle. They drove two cars, commuted long…

What is the true nature of reality? What are human beings really like? What is all that special about the human mind and…

Teens and adults alike will appreciate and learn a ton from this amazing sex ed comic book, Not Your Mother's Meatloaf.…

Science shows that cultivating a positive attitude, while it can't solve life's bigger problems, really does make an…

We all have pet problems. From pee stains on the carpet and barking at all hours of the night, to that embarrassing…

This hilarious collection of essays by Carol Leifer charts her extraordinary three-decade journey through show business,…

Funny, sad, touching, realistic, strange—you'll find here a wide range of short stories about our relationships with…

Contrary to what Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine…

From the bestselling author of 1491, this is a deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the…

Sports are serious. Football, basketball, tennis, mixed martial arts, and beyond: these are arenas of immense power,…

Sometimes, whether you realize it or not, your home is deeply connected to your personal well-being. And sometimes your…