Social science

Blacklash: How Obama and the Left Are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation

by Deneen Borelli

One of the most visible and outspoken black conservatives in the country stands up against the destructive progressive tyrants whose politics threaten to send America into a nosedive.

This country is at a crossroads....

Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution

by Michael Lind

Are we now, or have we ever been, a nation?

As this century comes to a close, debates over immigration policy, racial preferences, and multiculturalism challenge the consensus that formerly grounded our national...

Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream

by Arianna Huffington

It’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track...

Permanently Blue: How Democrats Can End the Republican Party and Rule the Next Generation

by Dylan Loewe

In 2008 Democrats accomplished the political trifecta that had eluded them for more than 40 years:  get a progressive president elected and win landslide victories in the House and Senate at the same time. ...

Archaeologies of Colonialism: Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France

by Michael Dietler

This book presents a theoretically informed, up-to-date study of interactions between indigenous peoples of Mediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, and Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. Analyzing...

Glitch: The Hidden Impact of Faulty Software

by Jeff Ph.D. Papows

Don’t Let Software Failures Destroy Your Business

• The growing impact of software failures on brands, customers, and business performance

Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement

by Michael Patrick Leahy

Today's Tea Party activists are motivated by the same ideological desires as our nation's Founding Fathers, argues Michael Patrick Leahy in this illuminating work of political history.

Today's political class—in...

Bewitching Women, Pious Men: Gender and Body Politics in Southeast Asia

by Aihwa Ong & Michael G Peletz

This impressive array of essays considers the contingent and shifting meanings of gender and the body in contemporary Southeast Asia. By analyzing femininity and masculinity as fluid processes rather than social...

In Fashion: From Runway to Retail, Everything You Need to Know to Break Into the Fashion Industry

by Annemarie Iverson

If you've ever dreamed of working at Vogue, photographing supermodels, or outfitting celebrities, In Fashion will equip you with everything you need to know to get an “in” into fashion. Former beauty and...

Live By the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK

by Gus Russo

Humiliated at the Bay of Pigs, John and Robert Kennedy sought desperately to eliminate Castro. Their strategies for overthrowing the Cuban leader were so elaborate and bizarre, they could only engender paranoia....

Australian Politics For Dummies

by Nick Economou & Zareh Ghazarian

Created especially for the Australian customer!

Understand the Australian political system and make your vote count

Get to grips with the good, the bad and the ugly of Australian politics! Whether you're a seasoned...

Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore

by Benjamin Radford

Combining five years of careful investigation (including information from eyewitness accounts, field research, and forensic analysis) with a close study of the creature's cultural and folkloric significance,...

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

by Leonard Shlain

his groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections...

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image

by Leonard Shlain

This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections...

The Mama's Boy Myth: Why Keeping Our Sons Close Makes Them Stronger

by Kate Stone Lombardi

A New York Times contributor offers a radical reexamination of a hot-button issue of the mother and son relationship and advocates the end of the "mama's boy" taboo.

New York Times contributor Kate Stone Lombardi...

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America

by Juan Gonzalez

A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated.

The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans...

What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Stru

by James F. Simon

The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the executive and judicial branches of...

The Rent Is Too Damn High

by Matthew Yglesias

From prominent political thinker and widely followed Slate columnist, a polemic on high rents and housing costs-and how these costs are hollowing out communities, thwarting economic development, and rendering...

Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World

by Robert Thurman

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an extraordinary example of a life dedicated to peace, communication, and unity. What he represents, and what he has accomplished, heals and transcends the current tensions between...

Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism

by Alfred S. Regnery

Alfred S. Regnery, the publisher of The American Spectator, has been a part of the American conservative movement since childhood, when his father founded The Henry Regnery Company, which subsequently became...