Sociology

Throughout history, many lower-income, right-wing, white Americans appear to habitually vote against their own…

Swept up in the nonstop news cycle of today, it's hard to step back and take the long view on history and current…

In this new evolutionary history, geneticist Adam Rutherford explores the profound paradox of the human animal. Looking…

In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had…

Do you have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts? You might be hooked into a dangerous trap. Many…

In the age of never-ending distractions and shortcuts, how do we build perseverance in the face of long term goals?…

This guide to the work of the great French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009) traces the development and…

Frederick Douglass lived a huge life—abolitionist, newspaper reporter, women's rights activist, diplomat, politician,…

A social critique and self-help guide for women looking for decent men and equality in a relationship. Women are told…

For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first…

A definitive investigation into the history and growing current movement of adults who choose to not have children that…

A sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government disappears into the woods; complete with…

In this culmination of three years of collaboration between seven different Bay Area organizations, you will find an…

In this collection of personal essays, the author explores princessdom, both real and make-believe, and what it means to…

This book of powerful essays present a wide range of complex and divisive topics from the perspective of a Black man…

In this one of a kind book, author Juniper Fitzgerald combines elements of memoir, sociological theory,…

In this remarkable exploration of global customs surrounding death, journalist Erica Buist travels to Mexico, Nepal,…

Popular music has the power to both unite and divide us. Music and the cult tribes it forms, along with the different…

From the sketch comedy duo who created the viral videos “Sh*t Nobody Says” and “Things You Can't Do When You’re…

So yeah, there are tv shows about hoarders, but what's actually going on there? This book is by the first scientists to…

"Men and women are just different!"  NOPE. Not according to science we aren't. This wickedly funny book lays out the…

A sobering tome on the fragmentation of US society. The author traces our shift, over time, and nearly-unnoticed, into a…

One little-known tidbit of historical trivia is briefly and vividly put on display for your pleasure and fascination…

Want to write impactful nonfiction? You could do worse than look to Mary Pipher as a guide. Her books, most…

Since the early 2000s, the alt-right movement has been promoting its racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic,…

Surveying and interviewing thousands of college students, Donna Freitas began to develop this picture of how younger…

Citing fascinating new studies on sports fandom, Larry Olmsted makes the case that the more you identify with a sports…