Leading experts explain our planet in an illustrated companion to the acclaimed American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Planet Earth. Earth is a stunning exploration of how our planet works, of
Like Eric Hobsbawm and E.P. Thompson, Richard Cobb had a gift for understanding great historic events in terms of ordinary human relations. Here for the first time Cobb's widely admired chronicles of
Maxine Greene, one of the leading educational philosophers of the past fifty years, remains “an idol to thousands of educators,” according to the New York Times. In The Public School and the Private V
Bringing together E. P. Thompson's writings and lectures delivered over a number of years, Making History covers the key debates in history and cultural theory that occupied Thompson throughout his c
A political, cultural, and psychological history of America's gun culture addresses key issues in the modern debate on gun ownership and control, profiling today's conservative ideology that places gu
A groundbreaking and controversial two-volume reader on the connections between social structure and public health. In recent years, a whole new field of inquiry on the connections between society an
A no-holds-barred, red-hot discussion of race in America today from some of the leading names in the field, including the bestselling author of Just MercyThis blisteringly candid discussion of the Ame
Thirteen leading experts confront the justice department's assault on civil liberties. To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid
Over eight bloody months in the mid-1970s, a serial rapist and murderer terrorized Columbus, Georgia, killing seven affluent, elderly white women by strangling them in their beds. In 1986, eight year
Four out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. “Muslims,” a blogger wrote on the Web site Free Republic, “don’t belong in America.” In a lively, funny, and revealing r
A controversial look at wartime atrocities, by a group of distinguished historians. Including original contributions from distinguished European and American historians such as Saul FriedlA"nder, Ome
When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential elections, a bewildered nation turned to Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what had happened and what Trump voters were thinking when they cast thei
An original look at urban aging by the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize winner.In a book that Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, called "provocative and insightful .combining revealing deta
One of AFAR magazine’s ?8 New Books You Need to Read Before Flying to France”?It’s the authors’ friendly accessibility that makes these stories so memorable.”?Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book
Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of na
Draws parallels between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War while examining significant changes in the country and military since the Vietnam War, arguing that the first conflict's lessons have been igno
In a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a ?passionate plea for access to water activism,” Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that?together with global warming?poses one of the gravest th
2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Co-Winner2018 John Hope Franklin Prize Finalist2018 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award (Nonfiction) Winner2018 American Book Award Winner2018 Harriet Tub
A myth-challenging history of sports in America offers insight into the role of politics, pop culture, and other influences on the nation's athletics, in a narrative account by the creator of "The Edg
Discussions in Contemporary Culture is an award-winning series copublished with the Dia Center for the Arts in New York City. These volumes offer rich and timely discourses on a broad range of cultur
The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy is the latest version of “the best and . . . least solemn guide to the dismal science you are likely soon to encounter” (John Kenneth Galbraith), revised a
Sacred Matters makes the powerful case that we must take the broad view of religious life in America today. Laderman argues that genuinely religious practices and experiences can be found in the unlik
In what has been described as "the crime wave no one talks about," billions of dollars worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year. The scope of these abuses is
