Society & culture: general books

Roxana Shirazi's follow up memoir to The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage --  Read More >>

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Charts racialized and class-based exclusion in Morningside Heights and its surrounding area by elite institutions...  Read More >>

Open Casket brings political and philosophical clarity to bear...  Read More >>

Brings together geographies and methodologies often kept apart by the difficulties of researching such a broad-ranging...  Read More >>

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This two-volume work encourages students, fans, and scholars to take an expansive view of Michael Jackson’s art....  Read More >>

This book presents an in-depth investigation of 12 pandemics that have wreaked devastation across the world over...  Read More >>

A radiant new memoir from artist and writer Patti Smith, author of the National Book Award winner Just Kids""God...  Read More >>

""This book explores the intersection of gender and international relations, offering feminist critiques and reimaginings...  Read More >>

El título de Espora Roja, es una serie de historias que se centraran en como esta plaga traída del cielo está alterando...  Read More >>

The Latino Delusion traces how the label Hispanic was born-not from culture or ancestry, but from bureaucracy. Drawing...  Read More >>

This new and expanded edition of Revolutions in Communication, the 3rd edition, explores printing, imaging, electronic...  Read More >>

Drawing on the 19th-century Amistad Case, this book unravels how interpreters and translators shaped the history...  Read More >>

An essential book for understanding our divided world, this is the story of conflict, survival and our most important...  Read More >>

Gives voice to the experiences of LGBTQI+ persons prior to, during, and after the Holocaust, showing how the Nazi...  Read More >>

With the increasing influence of digital technologies on society, this timely book examines the ways modern technologies...  Read More >>

A call to action to dismantle the white supremacy work culture in libraries, and create an environment where EDI...  Read More >>

The alliance between the United States and its Nato partners has been strained severely in recent years. Ethics...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the 1956 Hungarian refugee crisis, when 200,000 Hungarians fled to Western Europe and beyond...  Read More >>

This introduction to today's urban transportation issues offers solutions for creating a sustainable transportation...  Read More >>

From snake oil salesmen to Donald Trump, the gripping story of charlatans - and why we fall for them  Read More >>

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A collection of interviews and debates with French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard, focusing on his later work...  Read More >>

For decades, activists have drawn attention to gender violence across the Pacific Islands and successfully argued...  Read More >>