Never used! This is a great notebook of fun writing prompts. From a smoke-free, dog-friendly home. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

400 Writing Prompts

Annette Markham

Great condition with some notes and underlining throughout. Nothing egregious though. See photos. From a smoke-free, dog-friendly home. 

Conversations about Method

This collection of dialogues is the only textbook of its kind. Internet Inquiry: Conversations About Method takes students into the minds of top internet researchers as they discuss how they have worked through critical challenges as they research online social environments. Editors Annette N. Markham and Nancy K. Baym illustrate that good research choices are not random but are deliberate, studied, and internally consistent. Rather than providing single "how to" answers, this book presents distinctive and divergent viewpoints on how to think about and conduct qualitative internet studies.

Internet Inquiry

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Jose van Dijck

In great condition, spine in tact. Some notes and underlining throughout but nothing egregious. See photos. From a smoke-free, dog-friendly home. 

Computer Science

A Critical History of Social Media

Social media has come to deeply penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define many of our daily habits of communication and creative production. The Culture of Connectivity studies the rise of social media in the first decade of the twenty-first century upuntil 2012, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Such history is needed to understand how these media have come to profoundly affect our experience of online sociality. The firststage of their development shows a fundamental shift. While most sites started out as amateur-driven community platforms, half a decade later they have turned into large corporations that do not just facilitate user connectedness, but have become global information and data mining companiesextracting and exploiting user connectivity.Author and media scholar Jose van Dijck offers an analytical prism to examine techno-cultural as well as socio-economic aspects of this transformation. She dissects five major platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Wikipedia. Each of these microsystems occupies a distinct position in thelarger ecology of connective media, and yet, their underlying mechanisms for coding interfaces, steering users, and filtering content rely on shared ideological principles. At the level of management and organization, we can also observe striking similarities between these platforms' shiftingownership status, governance strategies, and business models.Reconstructing the premises on which these platforms are built, this study highlights how norms for online interaction and communication gradually changed. "Sharing," "friending," "liking," "following," "trending," and "favoriting" have come to denote online practices imbued with specifictechnological and economic meanings. This process of normalization, the author argues, is part of a larger political and ideological battle over information control in an online world where everything is bound to become social. Crossing lines of technological, historical, sociological, and culturalinquiry, The Culture of Connectivity will reshape the way we think about interpersonal connection in the digital age.

The Culture of Connectivity

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Judy Wajcman

A well loved and classic text for anyone interested in gender and tech. Some outlining in a couple of chapters but nothing egregious. Structurally in great shape. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

In the first major study of its kind, Judy Wajcman challenges the common assumption that technology is gender neutral and analyzes its influence on the lives of women. Does technology liberate women and encourage equality, or are the new technologies reinforcing sexual divisions in society? Does the problem lie in men's monopoly of technology, or is technology itself in some sense inherently patriarchal? To answer these questions, Judy Wajcman explores what the impact of technology is on the lives of women today. Popular stereotypes depict women as technologically incompetent or invisible in technical spheres. Wajcman argues that the identification between men and machines is not immutable but is the result of ideological and cultural processes. She surveys sociological and feminist literature on technology, highlighting the male bias in the way technology is defined as well as developed. Over the last two decades feminists have identified men's monopoly on technology as an important source of their power, women's lack of technological skills as an important element in their dependence on men. During this period, women's efforts to control their fertility have extended from abortion and contraception to mobilizing around the new reproductive technologies. At the same time there has been a proliferation of new technologies in the home and in the workplace. The political struggles emerging around reproductive technology, as well as the technologies affecting domestic work, paid labor, and the built environment, are the focus of this book.

Feminism Confronts Technology

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Geneva Bowers

Gently read once! Spine is in excellent condition. No markings or dogears in the pages. There is a small tear on the dust cover - see photos. From a dog-friendly and smoke-free home!

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

This YA graphic novel by acclaimed illustrator Geneva Bowers is about family, following your dreams, and fighting monsters, perfect for fans of HEARTSTOPPER and CHECK, PLEASE.

HoverGirls

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Susan Bordo

Leslie Heywood

Ex-library copy. Some water damage. Very few, if any, markings or highlights. Otherwise it’s functional and structurally sound. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body

In this Tenth Anniversary Edition, Susan Bordo examines how women's fantasies of transcending their material existence have led to narcissistic efforts to reinvent themselves. Infatuated with youth, surrounded by homogenous representations of beauty, they surrender themselves to plastic surgeons in ever greater numbers for larger breasts, smaller noses, collagen-plumped lips and wrinkle-free faces. The author's preface brings the book up to date in 2003 and Leslie Heywood's foreword places Susan Bordo's work in the front ranks of the research on women and their bodies.

Unbearable Weight

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Patricia Meyer Spacks

Ex library copy but in fantastic condition! See photos for library stickers and stamps. No markings or folds on the pages. Structurally sound. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home

Gossip

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Edwidge Danticat

Very gently read. Some dents on cover. Otherwise no markings or damage. See photos. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home

Krik? Krak!, originally released in 1996 following the publication of Edwidge Danticat's extraordinary Breath, Eyes, Memory (abacus, 1996) confirms her as a remarkably gifted writer. Examining the lives of ordinary Haitians, particularly those struggling to survive under the brutal Duvalier regime, Danticat illuminates the distance between people's desires and the stifling reality of their lives. These short stories inform and enrich one another, as the female characters reveal a common ancestry and ties to the fictional Ville Rose.

Krik? Krak!

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Tabitha Carvan

Some dings and dents, see photos. No markings or dogears. Otherwise very gently read. I loved this book! From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends on It

Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age, whatever they may be. 

Tabitha Carvan was a new mother, at home with two young children, when she fell for the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. You know the guy: strange name, alien face, made Sherlock so sexy that it became one of the most streamed shows in the world? The force of her fixation took everyone--especially Carvan herself--by surprise. But what she slowly realized was that her preoccupation was not about Benedict Cumberbatch at all, as dashing as he might be. It was about finally feeling passionate about something, anything, again at a point in her life when she had lost touch with her own identity and sense of self.
 
In This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, Carvan explores what happens to women's desires after we leave adolescence...and why the space in our lives for pure, unadulterated joy is squeezed ever smaller as we age. She shines a light onto the hidden corners of fandom, from the passion of the online communities to the profound real-world connections forged between Cumberbatch devotees. But more importantly, she asks: what happens if we simply decide to follow our interests like we used to--unabashedly, audaciously, shamelessly? After all, Carvan realizes, there's true, untapped power in finding your "thing" (even if that thing happens to be a  British-born Marvel superhero) and loving it like your life depends on it.


This Is Not a Book about Benedict Cumberbatch

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Ariella Elovic

Such a great graphic memoir! Gently read once. Some dings on the cover - see photos. From a non-smoking, dog-friendly home. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Head-To-Toe Memoir

A Beat Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020

The funny, exuberant, inspiring antidote to body shame--a full-color graphic memoir celebrating the imperfections of the author's female body in all its glory.

Too tall. Too short. Too fat. Too thin. The message is everywhere--we need to pluck, wax, shrink, and hide ourselves, to not take up space, emotionally or literally; women are never "just right." Well, Ariella Elovic, feminist and illustrator extraordinaire, has had enough. In her full-color graphic memoir Cheeky, she takes an inspiring and exuberant head-to-toe look at her own body self-consciousness, and body part by body part, finds her way back to herself.

How does Ariella learn not to see herself as a never-finished DIY project, but to accept and even love the physical attributes society taught her to hide? How does a mirror go from a "black hole of critique" to a "who's that girl" moment? Essential to her journey is her posse of girlfriends, her "yentas." Together, they discover that sharing "imperfections" and some of the gross and "unsightly" things our bodies produce can be a source of endless laughs and deep bonding. It helps to have a team with some outside perspectives to keep our inner bullies in check.

Charming and hilarious, full of empathy and candor, and gorgeously illustrated, Cheeky aims to inspire all of us to embrace our bodies, flaws and all, as well as our bodies' needs, desires, and inherent power.

Cheeky

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Summer Pierre

Unused journal style book with excellent art and journal prompts! Just some shelfwear. See photos. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

Inspired Ideas for Living a Kick-Ass Life

Covering Great Gals of the past and present as well as quotes, prompts, and ideas to help women create their own great life, "Great Gals" is a daily planner, a diary, a depository for goals, dreams, experiments, and ideas.

Great Gals

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Sharon Salzberg

Only one dog eared page, no other markings inside. Small spot of nail polish on back cover - see photo! From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

In this inspiring book, Salzberg, one of America's leading meditation teachers, shows how the Buddhist practice of lovingkindness (known as metta) can help readers discover the radiant, joyful heart within each of them.

Lovingkindness

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Well loved but no markings or writings on the inside! See wear and tear in the photos. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

Completely Revised and Updated

The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World

H. Ramsey Fowler

Jane E. Aaron

An excellent reference manual for college! No notes or markings but the pages are starting to yellow. Some shelfwear on the corners. See photos. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

English

A handbook and classroom text covering essay development and writing arguments, grammar, sentences, punctuation, choosing words, research writing, and business writing. This sixth edition includes additional material on thinking critically and writing about literature, and guidance for students using English as a second language.

The Little, Brown Handbook

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Maxine Baca Zinn

Great condition despite its use. About 25% of the chapters have some underlining or highlighting. Pages and spine are intact. Back cover has a bend in it. See photos. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

Social Studies

The third edition of Gender Through the Prism of Difference adopts a global, transnational perspective on how race, class, and sexual diversity are central to the study of sex and gender. In contrast with other books in this area--which tend to focus on U.S. or European viewpoints--this book features many articles based on research done elsewhere throughout the world. The editors open this wide-ranging collection with a provocative analytical introduction that sets the stage for understanding gender as a socially constructed experience. Featuring mostly new readings, the book covers timely subjects--such as gender and popular culture, Islam, and men and war--to help students make a connection between the issues raised in the book and current events. It also addresses a number of compelling topics, including the effects of globalization on notions of masculinity, the difficulties faced by Muslim women living in post-9/11 America, and the perceptions of "blackness" worldwide. Guiding students through the complex realities of today's gender relationships, Gender Through the Prism of Difference is ideal for undergraduate or graduate courses in the sociology of gender; women's studies; gender roles; the sociology of women; women in society; race, class, and gender; feminist theory; and social inequality.

Gender Through the Prism of Difference

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Lee Livingood

This is such a great resource for new greyhound owners! We referenced it quite a bit in our pup’s first year with us. No markings or dogears. Just some standard shelfwear. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

“The next best thing to having an experienced Greyhound owner living with you.” —Joan Belle Isle, President, Greyhound Project “Anyone who reads this book and follows its guidance will have a happier, healthier dog and be a happier, more relaxed dog owner.” —Hal and Karen Hawley, Greyhound Friends Northwest The Greyhound has been celebrated in song and legend for thousands of years. Nowadays, Greyhounds are bred almost exclusively for racing. In the bad old days, prior to the 1980s, dogs that didn’t make the grade at the track, and those past their primes, were destroyed. According to official estimates, 60,000 of these noble, mild-mannered dogs were destroyed each year! Fortunately, a number of organizations now exist devoted to rescuing these unwanted dogs and placing them in good homes. Thinking about adopting a retired racing Greyhound? Or maybe you’re already sharing your life with one of these charming animals. Either way, this friendly guide tells you everything you need to know to: Understand the Greyhound personality Find a retired racing Greyhound to adopt Choose the right ex-racer for you and your family Educate yourself and your retired racer Give your new pal the diet and exercise it needs Keep your dog healthy and happy for years to come With plenty of good humor and straight-talk, Lee Livingood drawing on her forty-years of experience training adult rescue dogs to cover all the pros and cons of being a retired racing Greyhound owner, and she fills you in on: The amazing 8000-year history of the Greyhound Deciding whether an ex-racer is the right do for you and your family Physical and behavioral characteristics How to get a retired racer used to living in a home and be a companion Dealing with common behavioral and health problems Feeding, grooming, and exercising a Greyhound Fun things to do with your hound Bursting with expert advice on all aspects of living with an ex-racer, Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies is must reading for anyone considering adoption or who’s already taken the leap.

Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies

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Margrit Eichler

Used in grad school so there’s some underlining and notes throughout. Cover is starting to lift. See photos. From a smoke-free, dog-friendly home. 

A Practical Guide

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Nonsexist Research Methods

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Rebecca Walker

This has been on my bookshelf for a number of years but is in good shape. No markings or dogears. Spine intact. Gently read. See photos. From a dog friendly, smoke-free home. 

Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image

Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who haven't been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you'll see no body outlaws. The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue on body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality, and power?issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. Body Outlaws offers stories by those who have chosen to ignore, subvert, or redefine the dominant beauty standard in order to feel at home in their bodies. In a culture where plastic surgery has become nearly as routine as a root canal, this expanded and updated edition of fresh and incisive commentary challenges the media's standard notions of beauty with honesty and humor. Included are several new essays outlining the latest trends in the beauty industry such as botox, plastic surgery, and exercise bulimia, as well as a fascinating analysis of how men are affected by these same rigors, a thorough resource section, and a curriculum guide.

Body Outlaws

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Blythe Roberson

Comes with signed book plate! Some minor dents and scuffs but otherwise fantastic condition. See photos. No markings. From a smoke-free and dog friendly home. 

One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled

The author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men examines Americans' obsession with freedom, travel, and the open road in this funny, entertaining travelogue that blends the humorous observations of Bill Bryson with the piercing cultural commentary of Jia Tolentino.

For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read about being free, and only so many times you can listen to Joni Mitchell's travel album Hejira, before you too, are itching to take off. Canonical American travel writers have long celebrated the road trip as the epitome of freedom. But why does it seem like all those canonical travel narratives are written by white men who have no problems, who only decide to go the desert to see what having problems feels like?

To fill in the literary gaps and quench her own sense of adventure, Roberson quits her day job and sets off on a Great American Road Trip to visit America's national parks.

America the Beautiful? is a hilarious trip into the mind of one of the Millennial generation's funniest writers. Borrowing her Midwestern stepfather's Prius, she heads west to the Loop of mega-popular parks, over to the ocean and down the Pacific Coast Highway, and, in a feat of spectacularly bad timing, through the southwestern desert in the middle of July. Along the way she meets new friends on their own personal quests, learns to cope with abstinence while missing the comforts of home, and comes to understand the limits--and possibilities--of going to nature to prove to yourself and your Instagram followers that you are, in fact, free.

The result is a laugh-out-loud-while-occasionally-raging-inside travelogue, filled with meditations and many, many jokes on ecotourism, conservation, freedom, traffic, climate change, and the structural and financial inequalities that limit so many Americans' movement. Ultimately, Roberson ponders the question: Is quitting society and going on the road about enlightenment and liberty--or is it just selfish escapism?

America the Beautiful?

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Rosalind Gill

Never read but some shelfwear. See photos. From a smoke-free and dog friendly home. 

Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity

This collection of original essays looks at the way in which experiences and representations of femininity are changing, and explores the possibilities for producing 'new' femininities in the twenty-first century. The volume includes a Preface by leading feminist scholar Angela McRobbie.

New Femininities

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Nancy K. Baym

Some markings, dog ears, and minimal marginalia. See photos. In excellent condition otherwise. From a smoke-free and dog friendly home. 

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of our selves and our relationships, raising anxieties and hopes about their effects on our lives. This timely and vibrant book provides frameworks for thinking critically about the roles of digital media in personal relationships. Rather than providing exuberant accounts or cautionary tales, it offers a data-grounded primer on how to make sense of these important changes in relational life. The book identifies the core relational issues these media disturb and shows how the ways we talk about them echo historical discussions about earlier communication technologies. Chapters explore how we use mediated language and nonverbal behavior to develop and maintain communities, social networks, new relationships, and to maintain relationships in our everyday lives. It combines research findings with lively examples to address questions such as whether mediated interaction can be warm and personal, whether people are honest about themselves online, whether relationships that start online can work, and whether using these media damages the other relationships in our lives. Throughout, the book argues for approaching these questions with firm understandings of the qualities of media as well as the social and personal contexts in which they are developed and used. Personal Connections in the Digital Age will be required reading for all students and scholars of media, communication studies, and sociology, as well as all those who want a firmer understanding of digital media and everyday life.

Personal Connections in the Digital Age

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Julia Young

Matt Harkins

Reading is resistance. 
Read once or twice. In excellent condition. From a smoke-free and dog friendly home. 

A Presidential Guide

This great gift book, both timely and humorous is a rhyming picture book decidedly for adults with a good sense of humor!

Please Don't Grab My P#$$y

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Stephanie Coontz

Sure this book has seen better days, but if you’re a college student on a budget and just need a chapter or two, snag this for cheap! Pages are in tact and very minimal underlining in one chapter. From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home!

American Families and the Nostalgia Trap

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Way We Never Were

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Alice E. Marwick

Cover is torn at the top - see photo. Some underlining in a couple of chapters. Otherwise, it’s held up well! From a dog-friendly, smoke-free home!

Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age

Presents an analysis of social media, discussing how a technology which was once heralded as democratic, has evolved into one which promotes elitism and inequality and provides companies with the means of invading privacy in search of profits.

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