Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left
Vintage, January 1980. Trade Paperback. More
Social Sciences
This Modern Love
Atria/Keywords Press, August 2016. Trade Paperback. In the tradition of Post Secret and Other People's Love Letters, a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube vlogger Will Darbyshire. "What would you say to your..... More
One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America
Blue Rider Press, October 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. "One of the 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years"--Slate On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen completely at random--turned out..... More
You Are a Badass Every Day
Viking, December 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, reach your goals with this pocket-size inspiration and guidance to keep your transformation on track For anyone who has ever had trouble staying motivated while trailblazing towards badassery, You Are a Badass Every Day is the..... More
Rainbow Parenting
Griffin, May 2023. Paper Back. An essential guide for parents and caregivers to raising queer-friendly children in a gender-affirming space. In the face of so many injustices across society for LGBTQ+ people, it can be easy for parents of young children to feel helpless and hopeless. While they may not..... More
This Will Be My Undoing
Harper Perennial, January 2018. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of The Roots' 28 Brilliant Books by Black Authors in 2018 "A writer to be reckoned with." --Roxane Gay Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2018 by Esquire, Elle, Vogue, Nylon, The Millions, Refinery29, the Huffington Post..... More
Not That Bad
Harper Perennial, May 2018. Trade Paperback. New York Times Bestseller Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays from writers including Gabrielle Union, Brandon Taylor, and Lyz Lenz tackles rape, assault..... More
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Penguin Press, May 2023. Hardcover. "Consistently entertaining and often downright funny." --The New Yorker "Wry and revelatory." --The New York Times "A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong... highly entertaining." --The Los Angeles Times An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly..... More
Staff Pick
Class War: A Literary History
Verso, May 2023. Paper Back. A bold new history of the global class war A thrilling and vivid work of history, Class War weaves together literature and politics to chart the making and unmaking of social class through revolutionary combat. In a narrative that spans the globe and more than..... More
Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Random House, January 2023. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston's homeless community--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains "I couldn't put Rough Sleepers..... More
Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind
Knopf, May 2023. Hardcover. The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health. "To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal." In this expansive cultural history of the..... More
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2017. Hardcover. From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short..... More
Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World
Harper, May 2023. Hardcover. "DiGregorio's storytelling is pitch-perfect; narrative and nursing, she understands, come from the same place and both are concerned with a deep understanding of character and plot....This is a brilliant book, and DiGregorio is a beautiful writer. Taking Care deserves to be on the reading list for..... More
Social Change and Prejudice
Free Press, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear. Jacket chipped. More
What We May Be (Revised)
Tarcher, May 1983. Trade Paperback. A complete introduction to psychosynthesis, a growth-orientated psychology, which shows how to resolve inner conflicts, free blocked energy, and identify with the highest, most noble human purposes. As is. Highlighting and underlining. More
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Random House Trade Paperbacks, January 2014. Paper Back. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal - Financial Times In The Power of Habit, award-winning..... More
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
W. W. Norton & Company, November 1971. Reprint. Paper Back. More
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Spiegel & Grau, January 2011. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the governor-elect of Maryland, the "compassionate" (People), "startling" (Baltimore Sun), "moving" (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids with the same name from the city: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White..... More
Migrant Chef: The Life and Times of Lalo García
W. W. Norton & Company, May 2023. Hardcover. Born in rural Mexico, Eduardo "Lalo" García Guzmán and his family left for the United States when he was a child, picking fruits and vegetables on the migrant route from Florida to Michigan. He worked in Atlanta restaurants as a teenager before..... More
The Well of Loneliness: A 1920s Classic of Lesbian Fiction
Anchor, October 1990. Trade Paperback. First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall's own life, if was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free..... More
The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
Scribner, March 2023. Hardcover. Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People's Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila's stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second..... More
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
Hogarth, February 2023. Hardcover. New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - "A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister's murderer to justice years after the fact" (The Boston Globe), from "one of Mexico's greatest living writers" (Jonathan Lethem). I seek justice, I finally said. I...... More
American Carnage: Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence
Mango, May 2023. Paper Back. Shooting Down Gun Violence Misinformation "Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." ?Fred Guttenberg #1 Best Seller in School Safety, Education Policy, and Law Enforcement Politics Fred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland..... More
Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report
PublicAffairs, April 2023. Trade Paperback. This powerful report on what went wrong--and right--with America's Covid response, from a team of 34 experts, shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern times Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe..... More
The Second Sex (Vintage)
Vintage, December 1989. Trade Paperback. Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of "woman," and a groundbreaking exploration of inequality and otherness. This long-awaited new edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that..... More
