An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racia
An examination of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretappingAmerican Privacy traces the lineage of cultural norms and legal mandates that have swirled
Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 ?Often applauded as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most incisive and eloquent book, Why
Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access ? While “abortion wars” may bring to mind the very re
The Pure Lover is David Plante’s elegy to his beloved Nikos Stangos, their forty-year life together, and its tragic end. Written in vivid fragments that, like the pieces of a mosaic, come together int
In November and December 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered five lectures for the renowned Massey Lecture Series of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The collection was immediately rele
"Berry and Gottheimer bring their own depth of insight to an analysis of each of the speeches and the vision they embody...A book to savor and return to for subsequent readings."---Kirkus ReviewsWhat
Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and others ?For the last decade, Margaret Regan has reported o
One woman’s hilarious and thought-provoking quest to find love, Muslim-style?“At the age of thirteen, I knew that I was destined to marry John Travolta. One day he would arrive on my North London door
In an age of uncertainty about how climate change may affect the global food supply, industrial agribusiness promises to keep the world fed. Through the use of factory "farms," genetic engineering, an
Described by Cornel West as “a towering public intellectual and the leading universalist philosopher of his generation,” Forrest Church was one of the preeminent liberal theologian
A new edition, including the story of the founding of the Harlem Children’s Zone? Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from both First Lady
For Orthodox Jews, immersion in a ritual bath—the mikveh—is the cornerstone of family life and is central to Jewish women’s practice of their faith. Yet women from across the Jewish spectrum frequent
Homeschooling is a large and growing phenomenon in American society--between 1999 and 2003 it grew at ten times the rate of public school enrollments. Current estimates suggest that about two million
In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in Americ
The brilliant graphic adaptation of a backlist classic by the renowned activist and children's advocate Oprah Winfrey called “an angel from God”?Long before President Barack Obama called his work “an
"Beneath the white coats and sterile labs of the great American heath care system. Carl Elliott finds a drug-addled, gang-run, con game---sometimes bizarre, often hilarious. The noble are that runs f
Martin presents profiles of eight Americans under the age of thirty-five who have taken the cultural dictum "save the world" and made personal meaning out of the impossible task often set upon the sho
The Boston Arts Academy comprises an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student body, yet 94 percent of its graduates are accepted to college. This remarkable success rate, writes Principal Lind
"A timely chronicle of how key legal battles reflect and raise the visibility of sexual minorities and compel society to take seriously their claims to equal citizenship. By revealing the people and s
One of our most distinguished scholars of race shows us how public education is affected by the continuing influence of "color-blind racism as a system of power." Drawing examples from schools, media,
For over a generation now, conservative religion has seemed to be dominant in America. But there are signs of a liberal religious renaissance. For it to flourish, laypeople need a sense of their theo
After ten years of talking about children, two years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive, and one shot of donor sperm for her partner, Amie Miller was about to become a mother. Or something like tha
Kathryn Joyce's fascinating introduction to the world of the patriarchy movement and Quiverfull families examines the twenty-first-century women and men who proclaim self-sacrifice and submission as
In April 1975, the U.S. government evacuated nearly three thousand displaced Vietnamese children just before the fall of Saigon. Chaotic from start to finish, Operation Babylift gripped the American
Demography is destiny. It underlies many of the issues that shake the world, from war and economics to immigration. No wonder, then, that overpopulation fears flared regularly over the last century,
This collection brings together forty-five of Oliver’s classic poems and two essays. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit c
Since 1990, thanks to inflamed rhetoric about "superpredators" and get-tough-on-crime laws, the number of juveniles in jail has risen by 35 percent (U.S. Department of Justice), and their placement i
In 2003, more than 3.5 million children under age fifteen required medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which were the result of simple overuse. When did the quest to turn children i
Best-selling historian Howard Zinn is celebrated for looking at history not from the perspective of those in power but rather from the viewpoint of those who speak truth to power. In his plays Marx in
As a mother, Amy Seidl demonstrates how climate change has altered her daughters’ experiences of their woods and garden, and the seasonal community events of her small New England town. As an e
The personal and societal effects of the unheralded epidemic of social isolation in America?In our culture it’s more socially acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely. Yet loneliness is the inevit
Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and othersFor nearly a decade, Margaret Reg
An in-depth exploration and expose of the predatory nature of the student-loan industry?An Indie Next Notable Title?Named one of CNN Money’s 2008 financial heroes, Alan Collinge argues that student lo
From a renowned African American poet, a new book of poems of celebration and loss for readers of all ages This new volume by the much-loved poet Sonia Sanchez is music to the ears: a collectio
A firsthand account of Colombia’s turmoil from a journalist who was held captive by rebel guerrillasIndependent journalist Garry Leech has spent the last eight years working in the most remote
In early 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., set out to write about the Montgomery bus boycott. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of
Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision [?] reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to accessMore than thirty-five years after women won
From a doctor on the front lines of medicine, portraits of patients living and dying in the foreign country we call home For fifteen years, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue,
In early 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., set out to write about the Montgomery bus boycott. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of
