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Cover art for SEXY FEMINISM
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013

"A sexy heads up for young women who may not grasp how culture and media continually manipulate women into thinking that what they have and how they look are never quite good enough."
A fun and enlightening guide detailing the multifaceted ways women can integrate an inclusive mode of feminism into their lives without compromising their ideals and giving up their lip gloss. Read full book review >
Cover art for INTELLECTUALS AND RACE
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013

"The benefit of slavery is but one of the firebombs lobbed within a book that more are likely to find infuriating than enlightening."
A conservative professor of economics and public policy argues that conventional attitudes about racism and social injustice are not only wrong, but harmful as well, in an analysis that will spark outrage among the liberal intellectuals that he targets. Read full book review >
Cover art for SNAKE OIL
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013

"A simple, comforting reflection on one woman's crusade to make a difference in the world."
A memoir of hands-on healing. Read full book review >
Cover art for GUN GUYS
NONFICTION
Released: March 7, 2013

Engrossing social study from a rara avis: an East Coast progressive who's also a gun enthusiast. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE NEW MIND OF THE SOUTH
NONFICTION
Released: March 5, 2013

"A well-considered, well-written appraisal of a region that is more complicated than many readers realize."
A Georgia-born journalist tries to make sense of today's American South. Read full book review >
Cover art for FRENCH TWIST
NONFICTION
Released: March 5, 2013

"A refreshing approach to raising children."
Chronicle of the author's French take on parenting. Read full book review >
Cover art for FREE TO LEARN
NONFICTION
Released: March 5, 2013

"The author's suggestion of the $600 billion savings to be had by eliminating public education suggests a libertarian political agenda, but it should make his proposals attractive, if not entirely convincing."
Psychology Today blogger Gray (Psychology/Boston Coll.) argues the need for radical reforms in our educational system. Read full book review >
Cover art for MAKING HOPE HAPPEN
NONFICTION
Released: March 5, 2013

"Will not convince the cynical or pessimistic among us, but for those who already engage in hopeful thinking, Lopez offers positive reinforcement."
A leading authority on the psychology of hope shares the secret of how to achieve a happier and more successful future. Read full book review >
Cover art for HARD TO GET
NONFICTION
Released: March 4, 2013

"Insightful case studies that explore how young women are negotiating the pressures of sexual and professional liberation."
Sociologist and psychotherapist Bell investigates the generation of women in their 20s who, despite unprecedented opportunities, are struggling to find balance in their emotional and sexual lives. Read full book review >
Cover art for AMERICAN HONOR KILLINGS
NONFICTION
Released: March 3, 2013

"A shocking look at the subculture of violent crime, not for the fainthearted."
A graphic recounting of a series of gruesome murders involving young males. Read full book review >
Cover art for BODY GEOGRAPHIC
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2013

"Poetic, complex and innovative."
A stunningly original memoir that explores a woman's connection to the real and imagined Midwestern landscapes that have defined her life. Read full book review >
Cover art for A HISTORY OF FUTURE CITIES
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Released: Feb. 25, 2013

"An enormously elucidating and relevant study."
An intimate, canny comparative study of four of the great world cities--St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai and Dubai--in terms of the imposition of Western influence and onslaught of modern currents. Read full book review >