Social science

Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories

by Esmeralda Santiago & Joie Davidow

Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza.

From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from...

The Heart of Social Change: How to Make a Difference in Your World

by Marshall B. B. Rosenberg

The tenets of Nonviolent Communication are applied to a variety of settings, including the classroom and the home, in these booklets on how to resolve conflict peacefully. Illustrative exercises, sample stories,...

Women Reinvented: True Stories of Empowerment and Change

by The Healing Healing Project

Offering personal recollections from dozens of women with diverse backgrounds, this guide offers advice and inspiration to women struggling to redefine their lives by revealing how others achieved inner peace...

Adam! Where Are You?: Why Most Black Men Don't Go to Church

by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu & Jr., Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright

Addresses the question of why the church is 75 percent female and offers ways to bring black men back to God.

Restoring the Mind of Black America

by Dr. Eddie Taylor

With a premise that the African American mind continues to deal with the impact of slavery on many levels, this proactive discussion analyzes the effect of such mental strain on black culture and proposes a...

Understanding Black Male Learning Styles

by Jawanza Kunjufu

Offering information for use inside and outside of the classroom, this educational resource delineates how black males learn differently from other students and what can be done to most effectively reach them....

The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible

by Joan Chittister

Looking deeply into biblical stories of female friendships in order to extract greater truths, this compelling work explores the sacred dimension of friendship through the lenses of faith, tradition, and scripture,...

Beyond Capitalism & Socialism: A New Statement of an Old Ideal

by Tobias J. J. Lanz, Kirkpatrick Sale & John Sharpe

Explaining the socio-economic theory of distributism, this anthology argues that political, economic, and social liberties and freedom are penalized under both socialism and capitalism. With distributism—and...

Red Sky at Night: Superstitions and Wives' Tales Compiled by Atlantic Canada's Most Eclectic Collector

by Vernon Oickle

The folklore of Canada’s oldest region is explored in this intriguing and entertaining collection. While some of these beliefs are specific to Atlantic Canada, others are known the world over. The book also...

An Independent Quebec: The Past, the Present and the Future

by Jacques Parizeau & Robin Philpot

Drawing on his rich experience in public service and teaching, Jacques Parizeau, former premier of Quebec, explains in these pages how the idea of an independent Quebec first took root and evolved. This is the...

The Riot that Never Was: The Military Shooting of Three Montrealers in 1832 and the Official Cover-up

by James Jackson

Combining the moral indignation of Émile Zola and the writing talent and historical perspective of Pierre Berton, this detailed inquiry claims that an 1832 Montreal riot—which allegedly caused British troops...

Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes: Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84)

by William Barr, Ludguer Muller-Wille & Bernd Gieseking

Told from an ordinary man’s perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas—the father of modern anthropology—on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884....

Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: The Return of the Nigger Breakers

by Ishmael Reed

Angry and hilarious, this collection of satirical essays about Barack Obama confronts the racial tensions that have dogged the president during his campaign and first year in office. Some of the pieces include...

Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball: The Best of Joe Bageant

by Joe Bageant & Ken Smith

The only collection of Joe Bageant’s essays available in book form, this compilation features 25 essays by the self-proclaimed redneck socialist. Exploring the plight of America’s white, “redneck” underclass—a...

Rudd's Way: November 2007-June 2010

by Nicholas Stuart

Based on an extensive series of detailed and off-the-record interviews, this first in-depth analysis provides a critical examination of Australia’s Labor Party in office and of the key events and crucial moments...

The Longest Decade

by George Megalogenis

Arguing that Paul Keating and John Howard are the twin architects of a political, economic, and social revolution, this investigation tells the story of how these two politicians carried Australia through a...

Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action

by David Spratt & Philip Sutton

Revealing extensive scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is far worse than officially indicated, this meticulously documented call-to-action argues that the planet is almost at the point of no...

The Roma Struggle for Compensation in Post-War Germany

by Julia von dem von dem Knesebeck

Thirty years passed before it was accepted—in West Germany and elsewhere—that the Roma (Gypsies) of Germany had been Holocaust victims. Drawing upon a substantial body of previously unseen sources, this record...

Danger! Educated Gypsy: Selected Essays

by Ian Hancock & Dileep Karanth

Penned by a noted Gypsy scholar, this collection of writings examines Romani history, culture, language, and politics and covers topics that range from responses to the Romani Holocaust and Romani religion to...

Gibran, Rihani & Naimy: East��West Interactions in Early Twentieth-Century Arab Literature

by Aida Imangulieva

Originally published in Russian during the final years of the Soviet Union, this volume examines the influences of foreign literary movements, specifically Romanticism and Realism, on the three authors examined...