The Fire Next Time
Written by James Baldwin
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1992
Price: $13.00
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is...
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Memoir in Books
Written by Azar Nafisi
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $11.99
We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true.
For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to...
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Assholes
A Theory
Written by Aaron James
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $23.95
In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people...
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Savage Spawn
Reflections on Violent Children
Written by Jonathan Kellerman
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 1, 2003
Price: $2.99
This thought-provoking and timely book from a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and noted child psychologist reveals the factors that often lead to explosive and shocking juvenile violence. “Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you’ve got a soul that will never be complete.” ...
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The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
Written by Adrian Raine
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $35.00
With a 4-page full-color insert, and black-and-white illustrations throughout
Why do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing neurocriminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques...
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Written by Jared Diamond
Read by Doug Ordunio
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 7, 2011
Price: $25.00
Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns.
The story begins 13,000 years ago, when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the...
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Nobody Turn Me Around
A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington
Written by Charles Euchner
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 25, 2010
Price: $23.95
On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people—about two-thirds black and one-third white—held the greatest civil rights demonstration ever. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” oration. And just blocks away, President Kennedy and Congress skirmished over landmark civil rights legislation. As Charles Euchner reveals, the importance...
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
Written by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $9.99
“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.” Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from...
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The Happy Atheist
Written by PZ Myers
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: August 13, 2013
Price: $24.00
“I’m an atheist swimming in a sea of superstition, surrounded by well-meaning, good people with whom I share a culture and similar concerns, and there’s only one thing I can do. I have to laugh.” —PZ Myers
On his popular science blog, Pharyngula, PZ Myers has entertained millions of readers with his infectious...
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