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Making Death and Life in Palestine: Social Reproduction in Settler Colonialism

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Report copyright infringementby Tithi Bhattacharya (Editor), Susan Ferguson (Editor)'These essays reveal the intensity of the battle between the exterminationist death-making force of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian determination to produce and sustain a flourishing and liberated collective life' -- Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Palestinian Historian and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies, Rice University Social reproduction theory examines how the daily renewal of hu...

Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order - Hardcover

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by Yuan Yang (Author)"As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary." --Vogue A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women striving for a better future in a highly unequal society While serving as the deputy Beijing bureau chief of the Financial Times, Chinese-British journalist Yuan Yang began to notice common threads in the lives of her Chinese peers--women born during China's turn toward capitalism in the 1980s and 1990s, who, desp...

The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone - Hardcover

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by Heather McGhee (Author)The New York Times bestseller, now adapted for a new generation of young readers, leaders, thinkers, and activists. A groundbreaking call to action that examines how racism affects and harms all of us and how we need to face it head-on, together. The future can be prosperous for everyone, but only if we address the problems of racial and economic inequality. McGhee believes that all people, of all ages and all backgrounds, need to rethink their attitude toward race a...

Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional - Paperback

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by Isaac Fitzgerald (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERWinner of the New England Book Award for NonfictionWinner of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Nonfiction Book of the Year "The best of what memoir can accomplish... pulling no punches on the path to truth, but it always finds the capacity for grace and joy." -Esquire, "Best Memoirs of the Year" A TIME Must-Read Book of the Year * A Rolling Stone Top Culture Pick * A Publishers Weekly Best Memoir of th...

All Over But the Shoutin': A Memoir - Paperback

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by Rick Bragg (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author, "a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... he will make you cry" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pul...

The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age - Paperback

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by Simon Schama (Author)Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives a...

The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology - Paperback

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by Robert Wright (Author)One of the most provocative science books ever published--"a feast of great thinking and writing about the most profound issues there are" (The New York Times Book Review). "Fiercely intelligent, beautifully written and engrossingly original." --The New York Times Book Review Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animaled one of the most provocative science books in recen...

The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream - Paperback

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by Patrick Radden Keefe (Author)In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York's Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people. "Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it's all true." --Time Keefe revea...

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by Foxfire Fund Inc (Author), Paul Gillespie (Editor)First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions. The seventh Foxfire volume explores the traditions of mountain r...

The Making of the English Working Class - Paperback

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by E. P. Thompson (Author)A seminal text on the history of the working class by one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and artisans claimed a place in society that would shape the following centuries. But the capitalist elite did not form the working class--the workers shaped their own creations, developing a shared identity in the process. Despite their lack of power and the indignity forced ...

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American Dilemma

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Report copyright infringementby Charles V. Hamilton (Author)This fascinating, authoritative biography traces the extraordinary rise and preipitous fall of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the eccentric and enigmatic congressman from Harlem.Author BiographyA professor at Columbia, Charles V. Hamilton's other books include The Bench and the Ballot and (with Stokley Carmichael) Black Power. Number of Pages: 576 Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.94 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: Dece...

A Room of One's Own: Introduction by Merve Emre - Hardcover

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by Virginia Woolf (Author), Merve Emre (Introduction by)A Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf's classic plea for a world in which women are free to use their gifts. In this influential extended essay, Woolf outlines what women need in order to fully make use of their innate abilities. Using provocative images and memorable thought experiments--including the fictional Judith Shakespeare, who is as talented as her brother William but limited in ways he was not--Woolf decri...

The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City's Most Infamous Crimes - Paperback

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by Sarah Burns (Author)A spellbinding account of the real facts of the Central Park jogger case that powerfully reexamines one of New York City's most notorious crimes and its aftermath. - A must-read after watching Ava DuVernay's When They See Us On April 20th, 1989, two passersby discovered the body of the "Central Park jogger" crumpled in a ravine. She'd been raped and severely beaten. Within days five black and Latino teenagers were apprehended, all five confessing to the crime. The stag...

La Cosecha del Imperio. Historia de Los Latinos En Estados Unidos / Harvest of Empire - Paperback

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by Juan Gonzalez (Author)Una historia arrolladora, cuidadosamente revisada y actualizada, de la experiencia latina en Estados Unidos. Es la primera reedición en diez años de este importante estudio sobre los latinos en la historia de Estados Unidos. La cosecha del imperio cubre un periodo de cinco siglos, desde las primeras colonias en el Nuevo Mundo, hasta la primera década del nuevo milenio. Hoy en día, los latinos representan el grupo minoritario más grande en Estados Unidos, y su impacto...

Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies - Paperback

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by Bobby Lake-Thom (Author)An extraordinary compilation of legends and rituals about nature's ever-present signs. From the birds that soar above us to the insects beneath our feet, Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom shows how the creatures of the earth can aid us in healing and self-knowledge. "There are ancient secrets and lessons hidden in nature. If you seek for guidance, you will discover truth."--Bobby Lake-Thom Much of the ancient knowledge that has been passed down from Native Amer...

The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape - Paperback

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by Harm de Blij (Author)The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways--from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity--geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. From our "mother tongue" to our father's faith, from medical risks to natu...

Brotherly Love: Freemasonry and Male Friendship in Enlightenment France - Hardcover

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by Kenneth B. Loiselle (Author)Friendship, an acquired relationship primarily based on choice rather than birth, lay at the heart of Enlightenment preoccupations with sociability and the formation of the private sphere. In Brotherly Love, Kenneth Loiselle argues that Freemasonry is an ideal arena in which to explore the changing nature of male friendship in Enlightenment France. Freemasonry was the largest and most diverse voluntary organization in the decades before the French Revolution. At...

Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World - Paperback

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by Edward W. Said (Author)In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. At the same time, Islamic countries use "Islam" to justify ...

The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge - Paperback

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by Peter L. Berger (Author), Thomas Luckmann (Author)Called the "fifth-most important sociological book of the 20th century" by the International Sociological Association, this groundbreaking study of knowledge introduces the concept of "social construction" into the social sciences for the first time. In it, Berger and Luckmann reformulate the task of the sociological subdicipline that, since Max Scheler, has been known as the sociology of knowledge.Front JacketThis book reformulates the soc...

Foxfire Story: Oral Tradition in Southern Appalachia - Paperback

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by Foxfire Fund Inc (Author)Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for countless readers all around the world. In Foxfire Story, folklorist (and Foxfire director) T.J. Smith collects some of his favorite stories from the archives to illuminate the oral traditions that have been part of the culture of the mountains for centuries. Here are instances of mountain speech, proverbs and sayings, legends, folktales, anecdotes, songs, and pranks...

Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity - Paperback

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by Donald Yacovone (Author)A powerful exploration of the past and present arc of America's white supremacy--from the country's inception and Revolutionary years to its 19th century flashpoint of civil war; to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and today's Black Lives Matter. "The most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University "Stunning, timely . . . an achievement in writing public history . . . Teaching White Supremacy should be ...

Historical Culture in Iron Age Italy: Archaeology, History, and the Use of the Past, 900-300 Bce - Hardcover

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by Seth Bernard (Author)Long before the emergence of Roman historical writing, the societies of Iron Age Italy were actively engaged in transmitting and using their past. This book provides a first account of this early historical interest, providing a sort of prehistory of historical thought in Italy leading down to the first encounters with Roman expansion. From the Early Iron Age to the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, Italian communities can be seen actively using burial practices, images,...

Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers - Paperback

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by David Scott Fitzgerald (Author)Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety. Media pundits, politicians, and the public are often skeptical or ambivalent about granting asylum. They fear that asylum-seekers will impose economic and cultural costs and pose security threats to nationals. Consequently, governments of rich, democratic countries attempt to limit who can approach their borders, which often leads to refugees b...

If...: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers - Hardcover

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by David J. Smith (Author), Steve Adams (Illustrator)"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devic...

Lonely Planet Kids a Treasury of Traditional Tales: Retold by Authors from Around the World - Hardcover

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by Lonely Planet (Author)Meet brave princesses, kind giants, magical elves, and vengeful serpents in this beautifully illustrated collection of traditional tales from around the world. From African animal fables to Native American trickster tales, curious readers will find 20 spellbinding retellings of ancient stories from across the continents. Take a peek into the memories, fears, and dreams of the people who first told these stories hundreds - or even thousands - of years ago.Inside A Trea...

Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests: Wild Gods, World Trees and Werewolves - Hardcover

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by Dee Dee Chainey (Author), Willow Winsham (Author)An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world. From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanity's imagination for millennia. Filled with primal gods and goddesses, dryads and the fairy tales of old, the forests still beckon to us, offering sanctuary, mystery and more than a litt...

Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life - Hardcover

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by Renata Cherlise (Author)A photographic celebration and exploration of Black identity and experience through the twentieth century from the founder and curator of the hit multimedia platform Black Archives. "Browsing the book ultimately feels like looking through one immense family photo album. And that's intentional."--Essence Renata Cherlise's family loved capturing their lives in photographs and home movies, sparking her love of archival photography. Following in her family's footsteps, ...

The Age of American Unreason in a Culture of Lies - Paperback

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by Susan Jacoby (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe prescient and now-classic analysis of the forces of anti-intellectualism in contemporary American life--updated for the era of Trump, Twitter, Breitbart and fake news controversies. The searing cultural history of the last half-century, The Age of American Unreason In A Culture of Lies focuses on the convergence of social forces--usually treated as separate entities--that has created a perfect storm of anti-rationalism. These include the upsurge ...

The Search for Sasquatch (a Wild Thing Book) - Hardcover

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by Laura Krantz (Author)Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is realWhen journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer in facts, Krantz decide...

Strong as a Girl: Your Guide to Raising Girls Who Know, Stand Up For, and Take Care of Themselves

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Rope (Author)Expert advice for parents and caregivers to raise strong girls from the get-go, building a foundation in the formative elementary years that will set them up to thriveAuthor of Strong As a Mother Kate Rope brings grace and humor in a new, non-judgmental guide to tackling the most important topics in the modern lives of elementary-age girls. Strong as a Girl is a compassionate, expertly-sourced guide for parents and caregivers on how to build a...

American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era

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Report copyright infringementby Nico Lang (Author)* NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A 2025 STONEWALL BOOK AWARD HONOREE * From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of eight trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today "A master class in journalism as a force for change." --SAMANTHA ALLEN, author of Real Queer America "With humor and compassion, Lang shows trans teenager...

Raising Trans Kids: What to Expect When You Weren't Expecting This

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Minor (Author)Empower, Affirm, and Support--A Lifeline for Parents, Educators, and Advocates Raising Trans Kids is the essential guide for parents, families, and educators committed to creating a world where transgender and nonbinary youth can thrive. With compassionate insights, evidence-based research, and practical advice, this groundbreaking book provides the clarity and reassurance needed to navigate the complex journey of raising trans and gender-...