Featured Books

Founders

The People Who Brought You a Nation

Ray Raphael

An immensely readable major new history of America’s founding, with unprecedented breadth and inclusiveness, from a master storyteller

Italian Shoes

A Novel

Henning Mankell

From the bestselling creator of Kurt Wallander, the intimate, involving story of an aging man’s unexpected redemption after years of isolation

Let's Get Free

A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice

Paul Butler

NOW IN PAPERBACK: In a book Library Journal calls “required reading for all concerned about their neighborhoods and our criminal justice system,” a former federal prosecutor’s radical argument for reform

Sacred Matters

Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, the Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States

Gary Laderman

A fascinating look at the ways religion is ubiquitous even in the most unlikely (and secular) institutions, from the Super Bowl to pornography, by one of our nation’s leading religious scholars

Secret Identities

The Asian American Superhero Anthology

Edited by Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, and Jerry Ma

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A groundbreaking graphic collection that explores Asian American culture, identity, and history through all-new superhero comics

Studs Terkel's Working

A Graphic Adaptation

Harvey Pekar

Edited by Paul Buhle

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Comics impresario Harvey Pekar brings to vivid life Terkel’s bestselling masterpiece, with comics by America’s leading illustrators

Waiting to Land

A (Mostly) Political Memoir, 1985-2008

Martin Duberman

From the celebrated activist, radical thinker, and historian, a fascinating political history of the mid-1980s to the present—part personal memoir, part social analysis

New This Month

Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Comics impresario Harvey Pekar brings to vivid life Terkel’s bestselling masterpiece, with comics by America’s leading illustrators

Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation

An immensely readable major new history of America’s founding, with unprecedented breadth and inclusiveness, from a master storyteller

Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice

NOW IN PAPERBACK: In a book Library Journal calls “required reading for all concerned about their neighborhoods and our criminal justice system,” a former federal prosecutor’s radical argument for reform

Fuller's Earth: A Day with Buckminster Fuller and the Kids

Perhaps the most lovable and personal portrait ever produced of visionary Buckminster Fuller--the man who has been called "the planet's friendly genius."

The Use of Explosive Ideas in Education: Culture, Class, and Evolution

Using three "explosive ideas" of the past century--culture, class, and evolution, Brameld brings both philosophy and the liberal arts to bear upon the myriad activities of classrooms, playgrounds, and administrative offices.

Sacred Matters: Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, the Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States

A fascinating look at the ways religion is ubiquitous even in the most unlikely (and secular) institutions, from the Super Bowl to pornography, by one of our nation’s leading religious scholars

Waiting to Land: A (Mostly) Political Memoir, 1985-2008

From the celebrated activist, radical thinker, and historian, a fascinating political history of the mid-1980s to the present—part personal memoir, part social analysis

Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

NOW IN PAPERBACK From the internationally acclaimed environmentalist, an “engaging, eye-opening account” (The Indypendent) of the global movement for water justice, in the tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring