The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA—the “eyes on the prize” moment for disability rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most compr
Blends memoir and legal cases to show how contracts can create family relationships Most people think of love and contracts as strange bedfellows, or even opposites. InLove’s Promises, however, l
A moving and surprisingly funny memoir about finding the right balance between anger and compassion“Why aren’t you angry?” people often asked Martin Moran after he told his story of how he came to for
LGBTQ people are a gift to the Church and have the potential to revitalize Christianity.Frustrated by the notion that “Christian love = tolerance,” Edman argues that Christianity, at its scriptural co
Between the ages of twelve and fifteen, Martin Moran had a sexual relationship with an older man, a counselor he'd met at a Catholic boys' camp. Almost thirty years later, at the age of forty-two, he
A scientist and former evangelical argues that holding onto a belief in a literal, historical Adam has forced many Christians to reject science and become intellectually isolated from the mo
Tracing his story of becoming a US citizen, Jose Orduna’s memoir explores the complex issues of immigration and assimilation.In July of 2011 Jose Orduna was naturalized as an American citizen, a decis
Boston Firsts is about everything (well, almost!) that happened first in Boston and changed life elsewhere: from the first lighthouse and public library to the first madam and ready-made suit. Boston-
Like the typewriter and the light bulb, the heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly transformed Western culture. The idea of “the heterosexual” was unprecedented. After all, men and women h
Winner of the 2011 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and DelinquencyA groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system, Queer (In)
Why are adults in their twenties and thirties stuck in their parents’ homes in the world’s wealthiest countries? There’s no question that globalization has drastically changed the cultural landscape
An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice Covering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, an
A complex web of factors has created the phenomenon of overdiagnosis: the popular media promotes fear of disease and perpetuates the myth that early, aggressive treatment is always best; in an attempt
A new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential workWritten during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Nati
Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis from an insulated New England town into one of the world’s great metropolises—one that achieved worldwide prominence in politics, medic
Honor Book for the 2012 Stonewall Book Awards in non-fiction? The next-generation Stone Butch Blues--a contemporary memoir of gender awakening and a classic tale of first love and self-discovery.Ambit
Engaging and largely untold, From the Closet to the Courtroom explores how five pivotal lawsuits have altered LGBT history. Beginning each case narrative at the center—with the litigants and their law
Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfictionThe first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present.In the 1620s, Thomas Morton bro
A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The civil rights era is largely remembered as a time of sit-ins, boycotts, and riots. But a very diffe
A midwife’s memoir of living free and naturally against all odds ?In her first, highly praised memoir, The Blue Cotton Gown, Patricia Harman recounted the stories that patients brought into her exam r
A leading environmental writer looks at the unexpected effects—and possible benefits—of a shrinking, graying population ? Is overpopulation the most important environmental issue of our time? Already
A veteran journalist and levelheaded mom tackles the ethics of everyday life ? We live in a society that is at once the most politically aware and the most consumer oriented in human history. Twenty-f
A powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, and environmental sense—and requires our urgent attention In the Pacific Northwest, the Snake River and its wilderness tributa
My Sister’s Keeper in nonfiction: a family’s real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match ? Marshaling the most cutting-edge reproductive technologies, Stacy and Steve Trebi
The colliding histories of black and Latin ballplayers in the major leagues have traditionally been told as a story of their shameful segregation and redemptive integration. Jackie Robinson jumped bas
A complete and revealing history of the Peace Corps—in time for its fiftieth anniversary ? On October 14, 1960, at an impromptu speech at the University of Michigan, John F. Kennedy presented an idea
A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system, and winner of the?2011 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency?Drawi
From a leading writer of the Black Arts Movement, poems of commemoration and loss for readers of all ages ? This new volume is music to the ears: a collection of haiku that celebrates the lives and m
Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 ?On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the ci
The first-ever narrative history of African Americans told through their own letters ?Letters from Black America fills a literary and historical void by presenting the spectrum of African American exp
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
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
A chronicle of life on the resplendent island, combining the immediacy of memoir with the vividness of travelogue and reportage ? Missing neither the nuances of the peaceful Buddhist pace of life nor
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
Over the last decade, there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs. In this pr
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
