Society & culture: general books

This monograph examines Chosŏn Dynasty's Zun Zhou Si Ming (Revering the Zhou and Longing for the Ming) during the...  Read More >>

This book responds to the growing presence of “middle elements”—intermediaries and migration agents—in the facilitation...  Read More >>

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This book offers a new vision on urban gun violence that focuses on public space-centered concepts, events, and...  Read More >>

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One summer, one terrible secret, a past that burns bright and a present filled with shame. A dark and twisting original...  Read More >>

How Kindness Culture Punishes Women.  Read More >>

Langston Hughes's debut novel, a moving portrait of African American family life in 1930s Kansas, newly reissued...  Read More >>

The eminent classicist and historian delves into Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to tell for the first time the previously...  Read More >>

The ""engaging"" (New Yorker), New York Times best-selling story of how coyotes took over North America-and are...  Read More >>

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An rallying call for - and compelling defence of - women's freedom.  Read More >>

The extraordinarily moving, inspiring and singularly unforgettable memoir of a stranger-than-fiction life lived...  Read More >>

A prescient, thoughtful and chilling examination of the current state of the world If there are lessons from history,...  Read More >>

A unique insight into the past, present, and future of Chinese influence operations in African media drawing on...  Read More >>

An introduction to key facets of American culture through the lens of religion and sport  Read More >>

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Eight Septembers: a Woman on Wall Street From 9/11 to Lehman is a gripping memoir that captures the tumultuous landscape...  Read More >>

Fredricka R. Maister calls herself ""a lifelong mourner."" At twelve, she lost her father suddenly-and coped...  Read More >>

A Powerful Memoir of Survival, Sisterhood, and HopeAfter losing everything she loved, Mia Godfrey faced a choice:...  Read More >>

Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural...  Read More >>

Bridgerton meets Wicked in this breathtaking reimagining of one of the world's most iconic fairytales, Cinderella,...  Read More >>

Policing the beats exposes the long history of policing Black music from the era of colonial slavery to the present...  Read More >>

""Mormon Barrio centers the rise and struggles of Latino Latter-day Saints as they navigate their unique place in...  Read More >>

Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural...  Read More >>