FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Paul Hawken’s Carbon

Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow

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Congratulations to the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners!

Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English. Here the titles published by Penguin Random House that are among the NBCC Award winners:   Fiction category: My Friends by Hisham Matar (Random House)   Autobiography category: Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny, translation by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel

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A letter from Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of The Black Box

Dear fellow educator, I’m delighted to share with you the paperback edition of my latest book, The Black Box: Writing the Race, which grew out of the Introduction to African American Studies course I’ve taught at Harvard for the last many years. It was exciting to transpose the magic that takes place in the classroom

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Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Every May we celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Browse a curated selection of fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators that we think your students will love. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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A Letter from Lara Marlowe, author of How Good It Is I Have No Fear OF Dying

I spent the last two weeks of August 2023 in Ukraine for The Irish Times, my third trip since February 2022. In the course of my reporting, I interviewed Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko for an article about women in the Ukrainian military. She is one of the most extraordinary people I have interviewed in 42 years of journalism.

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Simran Jeet Singh, author of The Light We Give, unlocks a life goal at Otterbein University

When I was in college, and first set a goal for myself to one day publish a book, I had a few ideas of what success would look like. I wanted the book to be available in bookstores, like Barnes & Noble and Borders (remember those?). I wanted it to be published by one of

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Do You Teach Sociology?

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which include Aging & Death, Criminal Justice, Race / Class / Gender, Social Change, Social Institutions, Social Problems, and Sociological Theory.   Aging & Death Criminal Justice Race / Class / Gender Social Change Social Institutions Social Problems Sociological Theory    

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Books for International Transgender Day of Visibility

In celebration of International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, we are sharing books that give insight on the lives of transgender people, their journeys through social and medical transition, and their individual perspectives and personal experiences as they live as their authentic selves.

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