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Daniel Horowitz

On Retirement

How longer lives, greater prosperity, and policy shifts are reshaping aging and retirementOnce considered a period of frailty and physical decline, aging and retirement has transformed into a chapter of c…

Brian Bean,

Their End Is Our Beginning

A deeply reported analysis of the connections between policing and capitalism, centering global lessons of revolt and resistance Where do cops come from and what do they do? How did "modern policing&…

Stephen B Bright, James Kwak

The Fear of Too Much Justice

The book John Grisham calls "a clear and poignant indictment of criminal injustice in America"Called "passionate and eye-opening" by Booklist , The Fear of Too Much Justice, by the leg…

Casey Stockstill

False Starts

Winner, 2024 Bourdieu Best Book Award, given by the Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Childr…

CBGB: A New York Soundtrack 1975 - 1986

Lauren Muñoz

Very Dangerous Things

A murder mystery game turns deadly in this young adult whodunit by the author of Suddenly a Murder. "Dark academia meets classic detective fiction in this clever, twisty page-turner." ---Karen M…

Edna Bonhomme

A History of the World in Six Plagues

"Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout histor…

Michelle Jackson

The Division of Rationalized Labor

Specialization should make workers perform an ever-narrower range of tasks. Yet evidence shows that many specialized occupations have grown more complex. Michelle Jackson untangles this paradox, arguing t…

Nancy Holmstrom

From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View

An indispensable guide to approaching key philosophical and political questions from a Marxist-feminist point of view.The book shows the fruitfulness of combining Marxist and feminist perspectives in our …

Roberto Martínez Catalán,

Zaragoza Bound

The first English-language book dedicated to the story of the Durruti Column during the Spanish Civil War. On July 24, 1936, one week after the Spanish working class took up arms against General Franco's …

Sam Bloch

Shade

An extraordinary investigation into shade, this "compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy" (NPR) to change the way we think about a crit…

Andrea Louise Campbell

Taxation and Resentment

Why Americans favor progressive taxation in principle but not in practiceMost Americans support progressive taxation in principle, and want the rich to pay more. But the specific tax policies that most fa…

Jennifer Randles

Living Diaper to Diaper

A revealing account of parenting in a country that neglects the needs of poor families--through the humble diaper.Many of us take diapers for granted. Yet diaper insecurity is a common, often hidden conse…

Read This When Things Fall Apart

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly HayesIn social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Camp…

Adam Chandler

99% Perspiration

An enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."…

Lindsay Eagar

Made Glorious

"Sensationally tragic." ---Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Rory is an antihero for the ages. Like Shakespeare's Richard III, she confides in her audience, telling us exactly the lengths she'll go…

Cassie Miller

Meet Me Under the Lights

My Life with the Walter Boys meets The Notebookin this small town baseball romance perfect for fans of Kasie West and Carley Fortune.High school junior Eliza Crowley is known as the Princess of Fairfield,…

Sanya Carley, David Konisky

Power Lines

"American energy and its power to destroy. In the United States, the promise of a green-energy future is complicated by its realities. The country's legacy energy systems are decrepit; the rollout of…

Sandy Baum, Michael Mcpherson

Can College Level the Playing Field?

Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injusticeWe often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one's background or up…