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Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers : Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power
Doyle, SadyMelville House 2019Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage...
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Our Women on the Ground : Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
Penguin Publishing Group 2019Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief intern...
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Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature
Breyer, Daniel; The Great CoursesThe Great Courses 2019 UnabridgedHardly a day goes by that we don't hear about someone committing a violent, reprehensible, even evil, act. And each time it happens, before we know anything about the circumstances...
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Transgressive : A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics
Williams, Rachel AnneJessica Kingsley Publishers 2019How do I know I am trans? Is trans feminism real feminism? What is there to say about trans women's male privilege? This collection of insightful, pithy and passionately argued th...
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Life Isn't Binary : On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
Iantaffi, Alex; Barker, Meg-JohnJessica Kingsley Publishers 2019'The book we all need for this moment in time.' CN LESTER 'An absolute must read' FOX FISHER'A genius book' LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW Much of society's thinking operates in a highly r...
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Trump
Badiou, AlainJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2019 1. painosThe election of Donald Trump as president of the United States sent shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible? In two lectures given at American universiti...
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Sugar Daddy Capitalism: The Dark Side of the New Economy
Fleming, PeterJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2018 1. painosWhat is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein’s ‘business meetings’ and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics? In this witty and incisive examinati...
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Zucked : Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
McNamee, RogerPenguin Publishing Group 2019One of the Financial Times' Best Business Books of 2019 The New York Times bestseller about a noted tech venture capitalist, early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook investor,...
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The Little Book of Stoicism : Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness
Salzgeber, JonasJonas Salzgeber 2019"How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?" – Epictetus, Stoic philosopherWhere can you find joy? Gain strength? How should we face our fears? Deal wi...
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The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture
Coccia, EmanueleJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2019 1. painosWe barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants giv...
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The Lonesome Bodybuilder : Stories
Motoya, YukikoCatapult 2018Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, these eleven surreal tales, set in the offices, zoos, bus stops, boutiques, and homes of contemporary Japan "are reminisce...
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Beautiful Country Burn Again : Trump's Rise to Power, and the State of the Country that Voted for Him
Fountain, BenCanongate Books 2018As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the Great D...
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Wild Milk
Mark, Sabrina OrahNew York Review Books 2018A genre-expanding collection of stories that Publishers Weekly calls “perplexingly captivating” and “astonishing.” Wild Milk is like Borscht Belt meets Leonora Carrington; it’s l...
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How to Be Less Stupid About Race : On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Fleming, Crystal M.Beacon Press 2018A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our “national conversation about race”—and what to do about it How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide...
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Resistance Is Futile! : How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind
Coulter, AnnPenguin Publishing Group 2018Since the day Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign, the left has waged a demented war against him. Liberals used to pride themselves on their ultra-hipness, but Trump...
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Conspiracy : Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Holiday, RyanPenguin Publishing Group 2018An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018! A stunning story about how power works in the modern age—the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times...
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Enlightenment Now : The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Pinker, StevenPenguin Publishing Group 2018INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR "My new favorite book of all time." —Bill Gates If you think the w...
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12 Rules for Life : An Antidote to Chaos
Peterson, Jordan B.Random House of Canada 2018#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of...
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Flat Broke with Two Goats : A Memoir
McGaha, JenniferSourcebooks 2018When life gets your goat, bring in the herdJennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn't e...
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A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty
Schweiger, Gottfried; Graf, GunterSpringer 2015 1. painosTable of contents 1. Introduction: Philosophy and Child Poverty Gottfried Schweiger, Gunter Graf 2. Social Justice for Children — A Capability ApproachGottfried Schweiger, Gunter G...