Browsing: Sociology

An award-winning author looks back across generations at the stories of her family’s indomitable women, who confronted abusive relationships, slavery, and racism. “Certain books give off the sense that you won’t want them to end, so splendid the writing, so lyrical the stories” (Los Angeles Times).

A US senator examines the history of gun violence in the United States in this “nuanced exploration” (Time) that seeks to understand the issue and find a way forward. “An engrossing, moving, and utterly motivating account of the human stakes of gun violence in America” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Samantha Power).

When an investigative journalist’s bold and infamous undercover sting laid bare graft-ridden 1970s Chicago from inside a dummy pub, she…

In this “transformative” novel (The Washington Post), an award-winning journalist chronicles her cross-country journey to visit the strangers whose letters gave her strength as she battled leukemia. “I will remember these stories for years to come, because Suleika Jaouad has imprinted them on my heart” (Elizabeth Gilbert).

Almost everyone with a pulse fears death, but not everyone fears life. With crippling social anxiety, I feared both. But…

A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia — and the…

A Serial Killer —Your Neighbor, Friend, Even Your Spouse?Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often…

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions…

For anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of…

David Crow’s father was a violent ex-con who would stop at nothing — including murder — to get what he wanted. In this gripping account, David recalls the tense 24-hour showdown that changed both their lives. “You’ve never read a book quite like this one” (New York Times bestselling author Jeff Guinn).