Social Science Books

One Way Back: A Memoir By Christine Blasey Ford Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781250289650
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Published: St. Martin's Press - March 19th, 2024

"A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." —The Washington Post

The compelling true story behind the testimony that awed the nation


The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press By Calvin Trillin Cover Image
$31.00
ISBN: 9780593596449
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Published: Random House - February 13th, 2024

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin


2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed By Eric Klinenberg Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593319482
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Published: Knopf - February 13th, 2024

A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg


There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension By Hanif Abdurraqib Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593448793
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Published: Random House - March 26th, 2024

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America

“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I’ve ever read, period.”—Steve James, director of Hoop Dreams


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Poverty, by America By Matthew Desmond Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593239933
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Published: Crown - March 26th, 2024

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.


The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster By John O’Connor Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781464216633
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Published: Sourcebooks - February 6th, 2024

"A winning portrait of America at its weirdest." — Publishers Weekly STARRED Review

From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, one man searches high and low for the answer to the question: real or not, why do we want to believe?


Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You By A'ja Wilson Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781250290045
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Published: Flatiron Books: A Moment of Lift Book - February 6th, 2024

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.” ―Gabrielle Union

This one is for all the girls with an apostrophe in their names.


Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs By Benjamin Herold Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593298183
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Published: Penguin Press - January 23rd, 2024

"Astonishingly important.” —Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic

Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools


Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture By Kyle Chayka Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385548281
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Published: Doubleday - January 16th, 2024

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself.


Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are By Rebecca Boyle Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780593129722
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Published: Random House - January 16th, 2024

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word.”—Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World


Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading By Chris Anderson Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593727553
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Published: Crown - January 23rd, 2024

The bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED explores one of humankind’s defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future—“an essential read to kick off the new year” (Forbes, “16 Must Have Books and Podcasts for Leaders in 2024”)


Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too By Ijeoma Oluo Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9780063140189
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Published: HarperOne - January 30th, 2024

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.