Algonquin Books, January 2023. Hardcover. "An eye-opening look at the world of global itinerant workers . . . The Great Escape is a must-read." --The New York Times Book Review The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor--told by the visionary..... More
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
Avon Books, January 1981. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Duke University Press, February 2002. Trade Paperback. What does it mean to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the twenty-first century? By exploring this question and revealing the everyday social processes by which high schoolers define white identities, Pamela Perry offers much-needed insights into the social construction..... More
Harmony, February 2023. Hardcover. A thought-provoking exploration of how basketball--and the values rooted in the game--can solve today's most pressing issues, from the professor behind the popular New York University course NBA and WNBA superstars, Hall of Fame players, coaches, and leading cultural figures have all dropped by New York..... More
Little, Brown and Company, September 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong. A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times..... More
New Press, May 1996. Trade Paperback. What is Critical Race Theory and why is it under fire from the political right? This foundational essay collection, which defines key terms and includes case studies, is the essential work to understand the intellectual movement Why did the president of the United States..... More
AK Press, November 2020. Paper Back. Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subversive and transformative guidance of marine mammals. Our aquatic cousins are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized..... More
OR Books, July 2022. Paper Back. Mind control. Satanic rituals. Unspeakable sexual perversions. Supervillains eating children's brains. A divine mandate to keep Donald Trump in the White House, no matter what. This surreal combination of horror-movie shocks and fascist marching orders is the signature of QAnon, which emerged from the..... More
Penguin Books, September 2022. Paper Back. One of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only accelerated Cities can make us sick. That's always been true--diseases spread more..... More
William Morrow & Company, December 2002. Trade Paperback. "When truth teller and careful writer bell hooks offers a book, I like to be standing at the bookshop when it opens." -Maya Angelou Renowned visionary bell hooks explored the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed bestseller All..... More
Mariner Books, August 2014. Paper Back. A revised and updated anniversary edition of Natalie Angier's bestselling guide to--and celebration of--the female body ¶ National Book Award finalist¶ A New York Times notable book ¶"A tour de force, a wonderful, entertaining and informative book." --The New York Times Book Review¶ Woman..... More
Ecco Press, February 2023. Paper Back. A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * Alma From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a...... More
Astra House, February 2023. Paper Back. Now in paperback and with journaling prompts, an Economist Best Book of the Year hailed as "Touching, joyful, defiant--and honest," celebrating African women's unique journeys toward sexual pleasure and liberation in this newly updated empowering, subversive collection of intimate stories. "Dazzling... the tone is..... More
Doubleday Anchor, January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with darkened spine. Scuff marks. Dust stains. [142 pages]. More
W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. A fascinating, provocative book exploring the mysteries of human thought and behavior, by the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Language Instinct. The human mind is fantastically complex -- we often take its abilities for granted, yet few would..... More
Harmony, May 2008. Hardcover. An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils ?ndings about memory loss only now available to general readers. When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the ?rst modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that..... More
New Press, The, September 2016. Reprint. Hardcover. The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart..... More
Dell, 1968. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Front cover badly creased at spine, not far from splitting. Previous owner's name. More
Mentor Books, January 1959. Mass Market PaperBack. Eight printing. Previous owner's name. Moderate shelf wear. More
New American Library, January 1949. Mass Market PaperBack. Seventeenth printing. Moderate shelf wear. Previous owner's name. More
Meridian Books, New York, 1966. Mass Market PaperBack. Moderate cover wear. Ninth printing. More
Perennial (HarperCollins), February 1995. Trade Paperback. In "The Language Instinct," Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory of how children acquire language, lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, how it evolved..... More
Crown, May 2022. Hardcover. A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world "Excellent . . . calls to mind Bill Bryson, John McPhee, Rebecca Solnit."--The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker The..... More
