CUNY SLU - Murphy Institute Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Heather McGhee
* ICYMI: Full video of incredible convo feat. National Book Award nominee & @CunySLU professor @hmcghee on her new @penguinrandom book THE SUM OF US: What Racism Costs Everyone & How We Can Prosper Together w/ @dbhargava68 of #CUNYSLU & @rooseveltinst. https://youtu.be/f8nQizKQz1Q
Paperback, 2022
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sunbelt Blues
Andrew Ross
* TOMORROW 12pm ET via Zoom SUNBELT BLUES: The Failure of American Housing Join us as Andrew Ross speaks w/@CunySLU Prof. James Rodriguez about his new book from @MacmillanUSA, an investigation of America’s rural & suburban housing crisis. REGISTER: http://slucuny.swoogo.com/9June2022 https://t.co/EvcaR2WVaz
Paperback, 2022
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century
Erica Smiley
* NEXT WEEK @CunySLU: THE FUTURE WE NEED: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century @SmileyJWJ of @jwjnational & @saritasgupta of @FordFoundation discuss their new book w/ @GRITlaura of @theLFshow. #1u #NewLaborForum Join us live! http://slucuny.swoogo.com/5May2022 https://t.co/mBjuNTRaLe
Paperback, 2022
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Organizing: Simple And Fast Ways To Clean And Organize Your Home And Maintain A
Krisitna Dawn
* TODAY 6:30pm ET @CunySLU: THE FUTURE WE NEED: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century @SmileyJWJ of @jwjnational & @saritasgupta of @FordFoundation discuss their new book w/@GRITlaura of @theLFshow. #1u #NewLaborForum Join us! http://slucuny.swoogo.com/5May2022 https://t.co/mnSUKEBtDh
Paperback, 2016
$5.38$2.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives
Adolph L. Reed
* TUE. FEBRUARY 7: *THE SOUTH: Jim Crow & its Afterlives* Join us for this #NewLaborForum talk w/ author Adolph Reed on his new book from @VersoBooks & the impact of the #JimCrow era on today's society. Moderated by @CunySLU's @sontisamir. #BHM RSVP: https://t.co/AxAjFGqbSC https://t.co/2lDkuQ6QOP
Paperback, 2025
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism
Heather Berg
* THIS THURSDAY 12pm ET @CunySLU: PORN WORK: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism Join us for this virtual #NewLaborForum book talk w/ author @DrHeatherBerg on her new book, in conversation w/ @whitstrub of @RutgersU #ReinventingSolidarity #1u RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/porn-work-book-talk-w-heather-berg-tickets-205109186097
Paperback, 2021
$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Labor in the Age of Finance: Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank
Sanford M. Jacoby
* This Thursday at Noon ET: LABOR IN THE AGE OF FINANCE: Pensions, Politics and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank Feat. SANDY JACOBY of @UCLA @uclaanderson discussing his new book from @PrincetonUPress w/ @CunySLU's Samir Sonti RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/labor-in-the-age-of-finance-tickets-170290789335
Hardcover, 2021
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Still Broke: Walmart's Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism
Rick Wartzman
* TONIGHT 6:30pm ET: Learn from author @RWartzman & his latest book, *STILL BROKE: #Walmart's Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism* - w/ @CunySLU Prof. Ruth Milkman. #ReinventingSolidarity #1u REGISTER for Zoom Link: https://t.co/qYWT3du0VV https://t.co/wJCpp70Pt2
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History
Brian Jones
* THU. FEBRUARY 16: *The Tuskegee Student Uprising* Learn from Brian Jones @brainyandbrawny & his story of the dynamic movement led by @TuskegeeUniv students & the fight for civil rights in the 1960s. Moderated by @CunySLU Prof. @AttohKafui. #BHM RSVP: https://t.co/Dm700BMaOY https://t.co/CBF4svfFTn
Hardcover, 2022
$99.00$74.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Join Us: Reader
Math
* TODAY Noon ET: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society Join us for this #NewLaborForum book talk w/ author Jack Metzgar on his new @CornellPress book w/ @CunySLU's Josh Freeman. #1u JOIN US on Zoom: http://us02web.zoom.us/j/82729495354 Zoom ID: 827 2949 5354 https://t.co/REZFd0Hcip
Paperback, 2008
$39.20$19.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book