Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Stephanie Coontz, a left-leaning academic and veteran of Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement, would seem an unlikely defender of the institution of marriage. Marriage, A History sees a largely positive direction in the evolution of marriage. “Marriage has...
Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century
Alexander Sanger is the grandson of renowned reproductive rights activist Margaret Sanger. He has carried on her tradition by serving as President of Planned Parenthood of New York. In Beyond Choice he bravely forges a new set of principles…capable of breaking...
Sex, Murder and the Meaning of Life
This book will take you on a different kind of ride to what it means to be fully human. Psychologist Douglas Kenrick makes the case for how evolutionary psychology and cognitive science fuse to tell us what makes humans tick, but does so by coming in through our dark,...
The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America
In this book, historian Ruth Rosen gives us a comprehensive survey of recent struggles for women’s rights that…
