Society & culture: general books

Drawing from bell hooks' 1999 book All About Love, this volume builds on theories of love as they relate to Black...  Read More >>

Discover the dark and fascinating world of cannibalistic rituals through the lens of anthropology and cultural studies....  Read More >>

Workplace conflict is common. Many employees express having difficulties with others and don't know why. Oftentimes...  Read More >>

Have you ever felt the deep ache of wounds that seem too old to heal? The lingering pain of growing up with emotionally...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological,...  Read More >>

From a fearless, internationally acclaimed activist comes an impassioned memoir about an indigenous childhood, a...  Read More >>

New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing...  Read More >>

As a newly minted Ph.D. in medical geography, Kirsty Duncan led an international expedition to remote Svalbard,...  Read More >>

This tech could change everything for women--here's how. Women make over 80% of healthcare decisions in everyday...  Read More >>

The Forgotten Realms are dangerous. Well, actually that’s an understatement. The Forgotten Realms are a death trap…...  Read More >>

Keiko Lane tells the story of her queer and AIDS activism with the Los Angeles chapters of Queer Nation and ACT...  Read More >>

My name is Corinne George. I am Wet'suwet'en with Gitksan lineage from the Gidimt'en (Bear) Clan. This is my truth,...  Read More >>

Wanting to belong can be hard, and walking away can be even harder. When a storm plucks four eaglets from their...  Read More >>

A renowned jewelry expert recounts her career working with nature’s most extraordinary treasures—gemstones—and traces...  Read More >>

“Haunting . . . [Witt] writes with such cool precision.”—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times ""The first great book...  Read More >>

A fiery, heartbreaking, riveting memoir that follows one New Hampshire family over the course of three years, unspooling...  Read More >>

A Blessing the Boats Selection with aForeword by Aracelis Girmay Charleen McClure's d-sorientationDelving deep...  Read More >>

An ethnographic exploration of anthropological failure through the Mapuche archetypes of witch, clown, and usurper...  Read More >>

***Now with a new afterword by MARGO JEFFERSON*** In Tisa Bryant's Unexplained Presence, readers are spectators...  Read More >>

For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned—plus...  Read More >>

An exceptional memoir by the world-famous, pioneering filmmaker who directed the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man...  Read More >>

Inventive poetry explores Jewish identity in America /> />""How can I teach a prayer / I only know how to recite?""...  Read More >>

A ""memoir from award-winning ... actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from Broadway...  Read More >>

""Waiting for Maria"" delves into the harrowing experiences of female inmates entangled in the sluggish justice...  Read More >>

This book explores the Moroccan Rif and the city of Al Hoceima, combining local voices and ethnographic insights...  Read More >>