Sociology

The definitive book of culture, ideology, and fashion for emo, a popular form of confessional punk rock-filled with…

"Nothing is impossible if you bring mushrooms into your life..." In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible,…

Alternating between personal anecdote, hilarious insight, and smart analysis, Luke Skywalker Can’t Read contends…

Amyra León is an author, musician, playwright, and activist whose work transcends genre and medium and focuses on…

Wisdom, humor, and dark observations by the founder of the Church of Satan. LaVey ponders such topics as nonconformity,…

You'll get the low-down on America's fascination with fake facts and imaginative worlds/narratives from the last 5…

Today the social, environmental, and political stakes are larger than ever, but so is the impact activists can have.…

Amazon’s sprawling network of delivery hubs, data centers, and corporate campuses epitomizes a land where winner and…

The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul. "What happens…

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

From a pro wrestler fans loved to hate to a bona fide Hollywood superstar, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is truly all sorts…

Journalist Jon Ronson investigates the strange things we’re willing to believe in, from robots programmed with our…

An in-depth exploration of racial identity and racism in the US, sparked by the question of the title: Is…

In a time racked with police brutality and institutionalized racism, authors Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin offer a…

In the last 50 years, scientists have discovered how these capacities are shared by other species, which only raises the…

Humans can become so obsessed over the most trivial of things. Take, for instance, the human penis. How did this…

Racism isn't just something done by violent mobs in white pointy hoods or MAGA hats. It's baked into our culture and…

What do you get if you collect the works of political journalist and novelist George Orwell into the ornate…

Christien Storm walks the reader through understanding what boundaries are and how to create, communicate, and uphold…

A guide to healing our fractured discourse on race and racism by having better arguments—as in, actually constructive…

This book is Penny Rimbaud's literary bullet shot into the heart of the state. He details the events leading to the…

This graphic novelette illustrates the early years of C.L.R. James, the son of a family of teachers and in later years…

This is an underdog story about six unassuming college students who worked together to count cards in Las Vegas and win…

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

Janelle Shane is the robot whisperer. She gives various AIs a list of something mundane, like recipes, cat names,…

An ethnographic account of women who choose FGCS (female genital cosmetic surgery) in Australia and the physicians who…

The concept (and cover) may seem goofy, but this is actually a clever and well-written examination of class in the…

In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harlem…