Isis

An authoritative introduction to ISIS—now expanded and revised to bring events up to the presentThe Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. However, its most striking and distinctive characteristic was its capacity to build govern...

Hoarders

Tender, witty, and heartbreaking, Hoarders is an exploration into personal and cultural attachments, inspired by the reality television show of its namesake.

Protecting the places we love

Protecting special places that are in danger of being lost forever requires urgent action. It’s time for bold conservation strategies to accelerate land protection around the world.

The president's daughter

Born into slavery, Clotel is a white-passing woman who conceals her identity and uses a disguise to infiltrate a plantation to rescue her loved ones. It’s a story of survival that’s deeply rooted in the cruelest part of American history. Clotel and Althesa are the illegitimate daughters of Thoma...

Let's be reasonable

A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal educationNot so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be Reasonable, conservative polit...

Dancing is the best medicine

“Lively and enlightening.”—Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post“[A] zippy guide to better health.”—Publisher’s Weekly STARRED ReviewDiscover why humans were designed for dancing—and learn how to boogie for better health—with two neuroscientists as your guide.Dancing is one of the best things we can ...

Great expectations

One of Charles Dickens most acclaimed works Great Expectations displays the author at the peak of his skills, working a collection of vivid characters through a sprawling plot studded with richly drawn scenes. First appearing in 1861, Great Expectations offers a bounty of the pleasures only this...

Nonstate warfare

How nonstate military strategies overturn traditional perspectives on warfareSince September 11th, 2001, armed nonstate actors have received increased attention and discussion from scholars, policymakers, and the military. Underlying debates about nonstate warfare and how it should be countered i...

Middlemarch

Under the rainbow

Public symbolism and private reflection: writer and urban explorer Attlee reads the signs appearing in windows and interviews a wide spectrum of people

Tastes like war

A powerful account of a Korean American daughter's exploration of food and family history to understand her mother's schizophrenia.

The play prescription

Supporting internalizing behaviors is an essential topic as we see a rise in anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal in young children.

In my time of dying

An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuriesIn My Time of Dying is the first detailed history of death and the dead in Africa south of the Sahara. Focusing on a region that is now present-day Ghana, John Parker explores mo...

American indian stories

American Indian Stories (1921) is a collection of stories and essays from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-Šá. Published while Zitkála-Šá was at the height of her career as an artist and activist, American Indian Stories collects the author’s personal experiences, the legends and stories passed down...

Creating a culture of reflective practice

As the field of early learning continues to grow and evolve, we must consider the impact of our approaches to working with adults and children. Early childhood professionals and leaders need to reconcile their responsibilities in never-ending administrative tasks, ensuring program quality, and su...

The operating system

On the obsolescence of the State.

West side rising

The 1921 flood that put a spotlight on environmental and social inequality in a southwestern city

We are not born submissive

A philosophical exploration of female submission, using insights from feminist thinkers—especially Simone de Beauvoir—to reveal the complexities of women’s reality and lived experienceWhat role do women play in the perpetuation of patriarchy? On the one hand, popular media urges women to be indep...

Rites of compassion

Cather and Flaubert's ultimate "servants" provide piercing commentary on aging and individuals taken for granted. Personally selected by award-winning writer Mary Gordon, these two stories by Willa Cather and Gustave Flaubert render a flawless portrait of characters who unquestioningly offer thei...

On palestine

Chomsky and Pappé discuss the past and future of Palestine.

A short walk

A woman's odyssey from the rural south to Harlem explores the black American experience between 1900 to 1950.

In solidarity

A thorough collection of inspiring and informed essays on applied Marxist theory and the future of labor unions.

A failed parricide

An Oedipal drama for the ages, played out through philosophical polemics, with a twist that haunts history to this day.

Always on strike

A history of the I.W.W.’s golden years as lived by one of its’ guiding lights.

Journal of ugly sites and other journals

The daily, the locale, the un-exceptionalized; love of dog, wife, self-improvement, and keen sight keeping steady pace with notation's distancing.

Returns of marxism

Inspiring and thoroughly researched collection of contemporary Marxist essays that engage the struggle of our times.

Tomas young's war

An Iraq war veteran's powerful testament to the true cost of war.

Self-portrait in a convex mirror 2

An uber-homage to primary texts and the brilliant white gay male poets who write them.

9.5 theses on art and class

Ben Davis draws the curtain back on the contemporary art world to assail its commodified roots.

Leaving home

Rich in emotional detail, Leaving Home tells the absorbing story of three siblings who must make the transition to independent adult life during the Depression: Nina, just out of Vassar and working in publishing; Kermit, a Columbia student, sarcastic and manipulative; and Marion, pretty, vulnerab...

Bananeras

Women banana workers—bananeras—are waging a powerful revolution by making gender equity central in Latin American labor organizing.

Cold genius

The figure of emotional temperature predominates. The formula: hot content, cold treatment. Three of these are spoken by Miss Chiquita.

Transhumanism

Exposes the hidden history and agenda that has set humanity on a collision course for the Apocalypse.

All our relations

A beautiful and daring vision of political, spiritual, and ecological transformation.

Cassandra

The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"—the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surprisingly ...

Theory of prepositions

This book, precise and distilled, pushes at the limits of language and finds a wonder with humanity at its center.

The john carlos story

John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.

Crossing the rhine

Songs of my selfie

SONGS OF MY SELFIE: An Anthology of Millennial Stories celebrates the millennial through the works of up-and-coming fiction writers, all under the age of twenty-six. This collection features seventeen short stories by millennial writers about actual millennial issues, exposing this generation's ...

Fobbit

Fobbit \’fä-bit\, noun. Definition: A U.S. soldier stationed at a Forward Operating Base who avoids combat by remaining at the base, esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2011). Pejorative.In the satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, Fobbit takes us into the chaotic world of Baghdad’s...

Hermaphrodites, gynomorphs and jesus

All of western religion springs from the veneration of a bi-gender entity, known to the ancient world as the Gynomorph. The first western god was both male and female. The worship of hermaphroditic gods like the Gynomorph surfaces in ancient pagan cults as well as early Christianity.In Hermaphrod...

1000 lashes

"Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear"— Salman Rushdie Raif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger, shared his thoughts on politics, religion, and liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, ten years in prison, and a fine of 1 million Saudi Riyal, over a quarter of a mil...

Bad: the autobiography of james carr

An unapologetic, brutal memoir from notorious 60s career criminal James Carr. BAD covers Carr's life from his first arrest for burning down his school at age 9, through merciless stints in San Quentin, where he shared a cell with famed Soledad Brother George Jackson, through his tragic post-incar...

Divergent and philosophy

Courtland Lewis has scoured the planet to bring together the most talented faction members, factionless, and even a few from the Bureau to discuss the philosophy of Divergent.Divergent and Philosophy begins by examining the personal struggles that all people face at some time: What sort of person...

Healing hormones

Worried about the nexus between stress and disease? Your know you’ve got to relax - but how? Stopping at the gym for an hour workout after work is not realistic. Prescription drugs and risk getting “hooked”? You should mediation - but how when you can’t calm down!Authors Mark Estren, a Pulitzer-w...

Holidays in hell

Discworld and philosophy

Psychosocial care for people with diabetes

Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes describes the major psychosocial issues which impact living with and self-management of diabetes and its related diseases, and provides treatment recommendations based on proven interventions and expert opinion. The book is comprehensive and provides th...