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Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence

Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers,...

Author: Shirley L. Green
ISBN: 9781594164699
Format: Paperback
$49.95

William and Benjamin Frank joined the Second Rhode Island Regiment in the spring of 1777, following the tradition...  Read More >>

The Search for World Democracy: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Politics of Space

The Search for World Democracy: W. E. B. Du Bois and...

Author: Adam Dahl
ISBN: 9780226846774
Format: Paperback
$53.95

An incisive conceptual history of global democracy in the transnational political thought of W.E.B. Du Bois. The...  Read More >>

The Global Awareness and Academic Consciousness of Anthropology

The Global Awareness and Academic Consciousness of Anthropology...

Author: Guoqing Ma ,  Xiulu Wang
ISBN: 9789819631162
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book is based on the author's work concerning the academic mission of anthropology, the discipline's way of...  Read More >>

HOW TO KILL A WITCH: A Guide For The Patriarchy

HOW TO KILL A WITCH: A Guide For The Patriarchy

Author: Claire Mitchell ,  Zoe Venditozzi
ISBN: 9781800961906
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A compelling and detailed investigation into the historic persecution of women as witches from the 1500s to the...  Read More >>

Open, Heaven

Open, Heaven

Author: Seán Hewitt
ISBN: 9781529935240
Format: Paperback
$24.99

When James meets Luke, everything changes- an exhilarating tale of hidden desire and sudden freedom in the wild...  Read More >>

Don't Let it Break You, Honey: Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

Don't Let it Break You, Honey: Longlisted for the 2026...

Author: Jenny Evans
ISBN: 9781472149008
Format: Paperback
$26.99

DON'T LET IT BREAK YOU, HONEY is an empowering and moving memoir - for readers of NOBODY'S GIRL and A HYMN TO LIFE...  Read More >>

Above Ground

Above Ground

Author: Clint Smith
ISBN: 9780316702577
Format: Paperback
$29.99

An accessible and moving second book of poems from Clint Smith, the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author...  Read More >>

Waters of Life: Fighting for Scotland’s Beavers

Waters of Life: Fighting for Scotland’s Beavers

Author: Tom Bowser
ISBN: 9781780279763
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Once common across most of the country, beavers were hunted to extinction in the sixteenth century, but have gradually...  Read More >>

The Trial and Retrial of Joan of Arc: A Judicial Review

The Trial and Retrial of Joan of Arc: A Judicial Review...

Author: Henry Ansgar Kelly
ISBN: 9783032078865
Format: Hardback
$248.40

This book provides a thorough reconsideration of Joan of Arc’s 1431 trial, detailing the canon law of inquisitorial...  Read More >>

Blurred Boundaries: Feminist Essays on Twenty-First-Century Academic Labor

Blurred Boundaries: Feminist Essays on Twenty-First-Century...

Author: Jessica Edens McCrary ,  Lynée Lewis Gaillet
ISBN: 9781643366494
Format: Paperback
$69.99

How the COVID-19 pandemic revealed gendered inequities in academic labor—and how to overcome them Although the...  Read More >>

Matrescence and Performance: Becoming/Unbecoming

Matrescence and Performance: Becoming/Unbecoming

Author: Laura Bissell
ISBN: 9781835952269
Format: Hardback
$165.95

Asks what performance can do to expand representations of becoming a mother. Using mimesis, liveness, and digital...  Read More >>

Financial Therapy for Men: Navigating the Intersection of Masculinity and Financial Behavior in a Modern World

Financial Therapy for Men: Navigating the Intersection...

Author: Prince Sarpong
ISBN: 9783032112750
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book touches on the complex relationship between masculinity and financial behaviour, and explores the psychological,...  Read More >>

Identity Development and Maintenance in Context: Cases from Higher Education, Health Care, and Other Settings

Identity Development and Maintenance in Context: Cases...

Author: Kelly L. Markowski ,  Michael M. Harrod
ISBN: 9783032120816
Format: Hardback
$362.22

This volume celebrates identity theory as a leading framework that organizes research on identities across a wide...  Read More >>

Religious Green Innovations: Technologies, Communities and Sustainability

Religious Green Innovations: Technologies, Communities...

Author: Alessandra Vitullo ,  Alessandro Saggioro
ISBN: 9783032121929
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book explores how religious traditions can play a decisive role in addressing the complexity of the current...  Read More >>

The Keeper

The Keeper

Author: Tana French
ISBN: 9780241823774
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From the bestselling writer who has been called 'incandescent' by Stephen King and 'absolutely mesmerizing' by Gillian...  Read More >>

Resilience in the Shadows: Mental Health of Vulnerable Refugees and Displaced Communities in Africa

Resilience in the Shadows: Mental Health of Vulnerable...

Author: Shahla Eltayeb ,  Unni Marie Heltne
ISBN: 9789819558704
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This volume offers a comprehensive exploration of the mental health challenges faced by vulnerable refugees and...  Read More >>

A Neighbourhood Perspective to Migrant Integration in Peri-Urban China

A Neighbourhood Perspective to Migrant Integration in...

Author: Siyao Liu
ISBN: 9783032170866
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Major cities in China have witnessed unprecedented expansion towards outer suburban areas through various forms...  Read More >>

Six Conversations We're Scared to Have: How to change minds, including your own - 'The book we need right now' (David Tennant)

Six Conversations We're Scared to Have: How to change...

Author: Deborah Frances-White
ISBN: 9780349015842
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The new book by the bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist: smart and essential thinking about how to change...  Read More >>

Disney Princess: The Official Funko POP! Coloring Book

Disney Princess: The Official Funko POP! Coloring Book...

Author: Austin Baechle
ISBN: 9798337402314
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Don't Forget We're Here Forever: A New Generation's Search for Religion

Don't Forget We're Here Forever: A New Generation's...

Author: Lamorna Ash
ISBN: 9781526663122
Format: Paperback
$26.99

With glowing compassion and luminous prose, Lamorna Ash (‘a new star of non-fiction’ William Dalrymple) explores...  Read More >>

Heartman: Dad's Love Can Save the Day

Heartman: Dad's Love Can Save the Day

Author: Stephen Hogtun
ISBN: 9780241661901
Format: Paperback
$16.99

A heroic story about the greatest superpower of all- Love From the author of The Station Cat, discover the heart-warming...  Read More >>

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Immigration and Borders in Ancient Egypt

Author: Danielle Candelora (College of the Holy Cross)
ISBN: 9781009500135
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This Element aims to explore borders in ancient Egypt, both the territorial and ideological boundaries of the state....  Read More >>

Towards Tolerance and Acceptance: Public Opinion and LGBTQ+ Politics in Latin America

Towards Tolerance and Acceptance: Public Opinion and...

Author: Mariela Daby (Reed College) ,  Eli G. Rau (Tecnologico de Monterrey)
ISBN: 9781009537391
Format: Paperback
$46.58

Latin America has experienced an unprecedented expansion of LGBTQ+ rights in recent years. Argentina and Uruguay...  Read More >>

Concubines in Public: The Rise of the Social Wife in Republican China

Concubines in Public: The Rise of the Social Wife in...

Author: Xia Shi (New College of Florida)
ISBN: 9781009724296
Format: Paperback
$64.69

Moving beyond familiar narratives of abolition, Xia Shi introduces the contentious public presence of concubines...  Read More >>

Food Taboos in Archaeology

Food Taboos in Archaeology

Author: Max Price (Durham University)
ISBN: 9781009663618
Format: Paperback
$46.58

Anthropologists and archaeologists have struggled with the concept of the food taboo for over a century. This Element...  Read More >>

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