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Torben M Andersen

Pension Economics

With the design of the pension system critically dependent on objectives and context, and many objectives and trade-offs to consider, real-world pension schemes are complex and rich in institutional detai…

Robert G Hasson

Unaccompanied Children in America

How many unaccompanied children enter US territory every year? What challenges, dangers, and risk factors are they most likely to face on their migration journeys?What immigration policies and laws determ…

Torben M Andersen

Pension Economics

With the design of the pension system critically dependent on objectives and context, and many objectives and trade-offs to consider, real-world pension schemes are complex and rich in institutional detai…

Haley Cohen Gilliland

A Flower Traveled in My Blood

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 • THE WASHINGTON POST 'S 5 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2025 • THE ATLANTIC 'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2…

Benjamin Selwyn, Christin Bernhold

Capitalist Value Chains

Is it true that Global Value Chains (GVCs) 'boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty', as commonly claimed? In this compelling book, Selwyn and Bernhold show how the mainstream notion of GVCs…

Sarah Weinman

Without Consent

From Sarah Weinman, author of Scoundrel and The Real Lolita, comes an eye-opening story about the first major spousal rape trial in America and urgent questions it raised about women's rights that would r…

Elliot Haspel

Raising a Nation

Raising a Nation offers a new framework for thinking about a comprehensive, inclusive child care system: one that supports families in all their diversity, whether they want to utilize a licensed child ca…

Steve Vai

Passion And Warfare

Tyler B Evans

Pandemics, Poverty, and Politics

A compelling exploration of how socio-political factors like inequality and poverty exacerbate pandemics.In a world where millions perish from preventable diseases amid unprecedented wealth and technologi…

Ryane McAuliffe Straus

Divided by Choice

How race and capitalism shape education School choice programs---such as vouchers, education savings accounts, and tax credit scholarships---are surrounded by controversy, raising questions about their im…

Tracy Youngblom

Because We Must

On March 16th, 2015, Tracy Youngblom was rushing to finish last-minute preparations for a class she would teach the next day when there was an unexpected knock at her door. Grudgingly, she answered it to …

Sally C Pipes

The World's Medicine Chest

The World's Medicine Chest details how America became the world's leader in biopharmaceutical innovation and reveals how new threats to this industry will have disastrous consequences for patients and the…

Allison J Applebaum

Stand by Me

"Compassionate, groundbreaking, and urgently needed, Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of caregiving. As the founder of the only…

Robert Sarver, Alex Gendzier

Warrior to Civilian

"It's clear that we have not honored the promise we make to veterans: that we as a country will help them after they've served and sacrificed. And while there are many books written by and for vetera…

Jennifer Randles

Living Diaper to Diaper

A revealing account of parenting in a country that neglects the needs of poor families--through the humble diaper.Many of us take diapers for granted. Yet diaper insecurity is a common, often hidden conse…

Elizabeth Suhay

Debating the American Dream

Faith in the American Dream--the idea that anyone who works hard can achieve success--has waned in the 21st century. Decreases in economic mobility, increases in the wealth gap, and other economic shifts …

Chantelle Jessica Lewis, Jason Arday

We See Things They'll Never See

How neurotypical hegemony reproduces a culture of exclusion---and how to overcome this with love, hope, and solidarityAbleism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially,…

Tony Addison, Alan Roe

Resources Matter

This book explores a central issue of our time: our materials world is simultaneously both part of the problem (especially fossil fuels) as well as part of its solution (the materials necessary for the te…

Christina Couch,

Innovative Octopuses, Half-Brained Birds, and More Animals with Magnificent Minds

"An inviting and accessible introduction to neuroscience and brain function." ---Booklist(starred review) This third book in the Extraordinary Animals series delves into the mind-bending world o…