Social Science
Social Science
Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
Written by one of the few people outside John Lennon's inner circle to have read his personal diaries, Nowhere Man reveals an emotional truth about the ex-Beatle that can't be found in any of the approximately 400 other Lennon biographies currently in...
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Court Justice: The Inside Story of My Battle Against the NCAA
In 2009, Ed O’Bannon, once a star for the 1995 NCAA Champion UCLA Bruins and a first-round NBA draft pick, thought he’d made peace with the NCAA’s exploitive system of “amateurism.” College athletes generated huge profits, yet―training nearly full-time, forced...
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Root That Binds
Root That Binds is an effort to re-examine the state of affairs among the Ngwa people of Nigeria; and in a larger way to explore the modern maladies - political, social and economic - of the nation of Nigeria
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Misericordia: Together We Celebrate
On any given day at Misericordia Heart of Mercy Center, more than 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities are busy at work-traversing the 31-acre campus and city of Chicago to get to paying jobs, taking continuing education classes, exercising...
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The Origins of Racism in the West
Is it possible to speak of western racism before the eighteenth century? The term 'racism' is normally only associated with theories, which first appeared in the eighteenth century, about inherent biological differences that made one group superior to another. Here,...
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Deviant Desires: A Tour of the Erotic Edge
Can there still be anything new to say about the erotic, sexy play, and desire?YES, because what drives each of us to any sexual fixation-from feet or fat to latex or ponyplay-may hold mysteries, but can never be inexplicable.YES, because...
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Creating a World on Paper: Harry Fenn's Career in Art
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book Winner of the 2014 Ewell L. Newman Book Award of the American Historical Print Collectors Society. The Newman Book Award recognizes outstanding publications that enhance the understanding and appreciation of prints...
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Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All
A Word & Way 2022 Book of the YearSojourners' 2022 Book Roundup to Inspire Faith and Justice"Extraordinary. . . . Let this story of family, race, and resistance create anger in your spirit and ultimately inspire your heart to join the work to...
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Beyond Welcome
"A top-notch Christian look at immigration, humane and full of heart."--Publishers WeeklyMany American Christians have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors...
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You Get What You Pay For: Essays
In her “witty and searing” first essay collection, award-winning poet Morgan Parker examines “the cultural legacy of Black womanhood and the meaning of finding ‘well-being’ in a world that wasn’t built for you” (Vogue).“Riveting and deeply personal . . . filled with...
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Why Would Feminists Trust the Police?: A tangled history of resistance and complicity
A tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistanceEvery week it seems there is a fresh scandal involving abhorrent, racist, misogynist behavior by police officers. Yet these are the very people women are supposed to approach for help when faced with...
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What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection
A decade behind bars spurs fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights. "Whoever wants to assuage their doubts that radical change is possible—from the level of the individual to that of law, culture, and...
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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Begin Again, a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for what it takes to achieve a more just...
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We Are the Culture: Black Chicago's Influence on Everything
Black Chicago culture is American culture.During the Great Migration, more than a half million Black Americans moved from the South to Chicago, and with them, they brought the blues, amplifying what would be one of the city’s greatest musical art forms. In...
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We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance
A deeply reported work of journalism that explores the promises and perils of microfinance, told through the eyes of international lenders and women borrowers in West AfricaIn the mid-1970s, Muhammad Yunus, an American trained Bangladeshi economist, met a poor female...
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The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown
“Remarkable . . . The Way You Make Me Feel affirms that Black and Brown existence in America comes with no guarantee of collective solidarity, no innate promise of racial equality. The path to justice is uncertain, Sharma reminds us, and we...
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Toni Morrison and the Geopoetics of Place, Race, and Be/longing
Toni Morrison’s readers and critics typically focus more on the “what” than the “how” of her writing. In Toni Morrison and the Geopoetics of Place, Race, and Be/longing, Marilyn Sanders Mobley analyzes Morrison’s expressed narrative intention of providing “spaces for the...
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To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement (Coming soon-July 9,2024)
A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of colorFor over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the...
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Second-Class Saints: Black Mormons and the Struggle for Racial Equality
An in-depth account--grounded in new archival discoveries--of the most consequential development in Mormon history since the end of polygamyOn June 9, 1978, the phones at the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) were ringing nonstop....
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Sass: Black Women's Humor and Humanity (coming soon-August 13, 2024)
Black women comedians are more visible than ever, performing around the world in physical venues like comedy clubs and festivals, along with appearing in films, streaming specials, and online videos. Across these mediums, humor—and particularly sass—functions as a tool for...
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Rolling: Blackness and Mediated Comedy
Since slavery, African and African American humor has baffled, intrigued, angered, and entertained the masses.Rolling centers Blackness in comedy, especially on television, and observing that it is often relegated to biopics, slave narratives, and the comedic. But like W. E. B....
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The Right Kind of White: A Memoir
A revelatory memoir that earnestly reckons with whiteness.As the product of progressive parents and a liberal upbringing, Garrett Bucks prided himself on the pursuit of being a “good white person.”The kind of white person who treats their privilege as a...
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Rap and Redemption on Death Row: Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose behind Bars
Imprisoned since age nineteen, Alim Braxton has spent more than a quarter century on North Carolina's death row. During that time, he converted to Islam and dedicated his life to redemption. Braxton, a rapper since the age of thirteen, uses...
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A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune (coming soon-July 23, 2024)
An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberationWhen Mary McLeod...
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Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
“Groundbreaking...Through Tiya Miles’ meticulous research and an unwavering focus on Tubman’s humanity, Night Flyer has transformed a fantastical figure from a bygone time into an accessible, modern-day inspiration.” - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution“Though broad strokes of Tubman’s story are widely known, Miles probes deeper,...
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Negotiating While Black: Be Who You Are to Get What You Want
A real-world, one-of-a-kind resource for anyone who has ever been underestimated, overlooked, or misunderstood at the negotiating table.There’s no shortage of negotiation books that advise you to “get to yes,” urge you to “never split the difference,” and push you...
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Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History (Paperback - August 13, 2024)
A bold reinterpretation of the causes and legacy of Nat Turner's rebellion―and the new definitive account.In August 1831, a group of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, rose up to fight for their freedom. They attacked the plantations on which...
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My Divine Natural Hair: Inspiration & Tips to Love & Care for Your Crown
Learn how to love and care for your natural hair spiritually and practically. Uplifting and authentic, My Divine Natural Hair: Inspiration and Tips to Love and Care for Your Crown helps Black women embrace the God-created beauty of natural hair through inspirational...
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The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America
Challenges to racialized policing, from early reform efforts to BLM protests and the aftermath of George Floyd’s murderThe eruption of Black Lives Matter protests against police violence in 2014 spurred a wave of police reform. One of the places to...
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Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
A major monograph chronicling Thomas’ vibrant, rhinestone-adorned paintings New York–based artist Mickalene Thomas’ critically acclaimed and extensive body of work spans painting, collage, print, photography, video and immersive installations. With influences ranging from 19th-century painting to popular culture, Thomas’ art...
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