National Identity: Confessions of an Outsider by Simon BridgesRequirements: .ePUB reader, 24 MBOverview: An open, honest and at times intensely personal memoir about race, fatherhood, marriage, masculinity, fitting in, and the things that shape our national character. Simon Bridges grew up as the son of a working-class Baptist preacher in Te Atatu, as the youngest […]
Weimar Culture: The Outsider As Insider by Peter GayRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2 MBOverview: A seminal work as melodious and haunting as the era it chronicles, now reissued with a new introduction.First published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay’s distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, […]
Outsiders at Home: The Politics of American Islamophobia by Nazita LajevardiRequirements: .PDF reader, 6mbOverview: Discrimination against Muslim Americans has soared over the last two decades with hostility growing especially acute since 2016 – in no small part due to targeted attacks by policymakers and media. Outsiders at Home offers the first systematic, empirically driven examination […]
Bloomsbury’s Outsider: A Life of David Garnett by Sarah KnightsRequirements: .ePUB reader, 5 MBOverview: Literary Sensation, Lover, Libertine, Family Man Award-winning novelist and towering figure of the 20th century British literary landscape, David Garnett was a Bloomsbury insider ultimately pushed to the margins. In this, the first biography of Garnett, (known as Bunny), author Sarah […]
Outsiders: Studies In The Sociology Of Deviance by Howard S. BeckerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.81mbOverview: One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the mid-20th century, Howard S. Becker’s Outsiders is a thorough exploration of social deviance and how it can be addressed in an understanding and helpful manner. A compulsively readable and thoroughly researched exploration […]