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Transitions of the Heart
Cleis Press 2012; US$ 16.95Transitions of the Heart is the first collection to ever invite mothers of transgender and gender variant children of all ages to tell their own stories about their child?s gender transition. Often ?transitioning? socially and emotionally alongside their child but rarely given a voice in the experience, mothers hold the key to familial and societal... more...
It's a Boy
Seal Press 2009; US$ 16.00The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked ? aside from "When are you due?" ? has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?" When author Andrea Buchanan, already a mom to a little girl, was pregnant with her second child, she marveled at the response of friends and total strangers alike: "Boys are wonderful," "Boys are so much better than... more...
Politics and Neo-Darwinism
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 10.99This collection of essays is eclectic, covering certain political, ethical, cultural, and philosophical topics. But running through all the material is the evolutionary-naturalistic perspective stated in the opening essay, which gives the book its title. Another emphatic feature is a focus on the Western cultural outlook, as the context in which the... more...
Women and Socialism
Haymarket Books 2005; US$ 12.00The fight for women's liberation is urgent-- and must be linked to winning broader social change. more...
Pulphead
Random House 2012; US$ 13.34John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's Real World; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina - and back... more...
Thirty-Eight Witnesses
Melville House 2012; US$ 14.95?Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes It remains one of the most notorious deaths in New York City history not because of who was murdered but because of the circumstances: 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered, in an attack that took nearly thirty minutes and had thirty-eight witnesses...not one of whom did a thing to stop the murderer... more...
Studies in the Quality of Life and Human Development in Ireland and Britain Since the Sixteenth Century
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 179.95Opinion Pieces by South African Thought Leaders
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThis timely collection, compiled and edited by veteran journalist and political commentator Max du Preez, contains critical reflections on various aspects of contemporary South Africa. Each contributor is a significant voice in their area of commentary and is well positioned to explore the complexities of the topic under analysis. The resulting pieces... more...
On Intellectual Activism
Temple University Press 2012; US$ 25.95Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins has been called in Contemporary Sociology “one of the defining voices of contemporary feminist and race scholarship.” Well known for her contributions to sociology, social theory, and cultural studies, her numerous publications indicate why she has been a tireless voice for social justice causes such... more...
Best Sex Writing 2013
Cleis Press 2013; US$ 15.95The Best Sex Writing series has has fundamentally changed the way people think?and what they say?about sexuality. Once again, Rachel Kramer Bussel has collected the year?s most challenging and provocative nonfiction articles on this endlessly evocative subject. The essays here comprise a detailed, direct survey of the contemporary American sexual... more...









