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
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
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
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
Finally in paperback, a collection of forty-six poems that delve into the mysteries of life, love, and death?Never afraid to shed the pretense of academic poetry, never shy of letting the power of 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
"Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and determination. She is among our finest poets, and still growing."-Alicia Ostriker, The Nation"Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessin
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
In The Young and the Digital, S. Craig Watkins skillfully draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in-depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle i
Where do our prejudices come from? Why are some people more biased than others? Is it possible for individuals, and society as a whole, to truly defeat prejudice? Scientists have explored these quest
A passionately argued case for a new civil rights movement—centered on schoolsLegendary civil rights leader and education activist Robert Moses invited one hundred prominent African Ameri
With a new afterword ? Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United St
In 2001, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, sociologists Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas moved to Iowa to understand the rural brain drain and the exodus of young people from America’s c
Expert Gail Dines has been writing about and researching the porn industry for over two decades. She attends porn industry conferences, interviews porn producers and performers, and speaks to hundred
"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
A revealing look at stay-at-home fatherhood—for men, their families, and for American society It’s a growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who cut back on paid work to focus
When an organization committed to free speech succumbs to pressure to suppress internal criticism and disregard or "spin" the truth, it offers important lessons for other associations, corporations,
A hilarious, bittersweet, politically acute survival guide. In collected columns and routines Clinton gleefully details personal coping techniques tested over a lifetime. They're perfectly suited for
Peace activist Sophia Raday never imagined she would fall in love with an Oakland police officer and major in the Army Reserve, much less marry one. Barrett is loving and loyal, but in his world a th
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
Once upon a time, "Boston Town" was a large and insulated New England township. But between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a metamorphosis to become a thriving metropolis, one that achieved national
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
A critical care and emergency flight nurse, Jennifer Culkin is no stranger to death and its dramas, and her memoir plunges the reader into both. Aboard the Agusta A109A helicopter, we see through her
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,
Already widely covered in the New York Times, the Nation, the American Prospect, and on Huffington Post; adapted as a dramatic performance; and discussed on NPR, NBC, and CBS, The Lonely Soldier vivi
Following the success of At Blackwater Pond (Beacon / 0700-6 / $19.95), this second CD from best-selling poet Mary Oliver contains a selection of thirty-seven previously published poems and four as y
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 the third century BC, Afghanistan was part of a peaceful, multi-ethnic and multicultural empire ruled by the Indian emperor Ashoka, who led with the values of tolerance, nonviolence, and respect fo
After many years, historian and Helen Keller expert Kim Nielsen realized that she, along with other biographers, had shortchanged Anne Sullivan Macy, a woman remembered primarily as a miracle worker.
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
Growing up a smarty-pants, fundamentalist, hillbilly girl in the 1970s By the age of twelve, Susan Campbell had been flirting with Jesus for some time, and in her mind, Jesus had been flirting
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
An in-depth look at a beautiful island paradise devastated by a thirty-year war and the tsunami Weaving together reporting, travelogue, and personal narrative, debut author Adele Barker b
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this impor
