Nonprofit Quarterly Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up
Sara Horowitz“There’s a different mindset—call it mutualism, #solidarityeconomy, citizen sector, union movement, co-op movement—that when we look at human beings, we look at their power.” —@Sara_Horowitz. https://t.co/H0tUa6ruiu
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Examining Whiteness: Reading Clarice Lispector Through Bessie Head and Toni Morrison
Lucia Villares1/6 In her article "Examining Whiteness", Cyndi Suarez builds on the work of William E. Cross, a key figure in the psychology of becoming Black. Cross identified five stages of becoming Black. 📖 Read the full article here: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/examining-whiteness/ https://t.co/w2OMGK0bW8
Hardcover, 2011
$120.00Member price:$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Black Studies: A Personal, Historical and Sociopolitical Overview of the Developments, Declines and Dynamism of African-American Stud
Matthew C. StellyA surge of African American enrollment and student activism brought Black Studies to many US campuses in the 1960s. Sixty years later, Black Studies programs exist worldwide in universities. Here's the first history of how that happened: https://bit.ly/3MjMiE1 #HigherEd
Paperback, 2018
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education
Joe BerryAn excerpt of “Power Despite Precarity: The Contingent Faculty Movement as a Social Movement” by @hworthen2 and Joe Berry that explores why workers are key to transforming academia: https://t.co/p7Gy6j8uCT #HigherEd
Hardcover, 2021
$115.00Member price:$103.50 + Free shipping10% off
Closing The Racial Wealth Gap: 7 Untold Rules for Black Prosperity and Legacy
Eugene MitchellModerated by @Steve_NPQ & @miriam_mjoy of @Shelterforce, our next webinar, “Remaking the Economy: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap” will explore the economic and social inequalities of our time: https://bit.ly/3rMK1sZ https://t.co/VipnrBDy1N
Paperback, 2019
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
Peter F. Drucker“Management theorist Peter Drucker was concerned when he realized that the CEO-worker pay ratio had climbed from 21:1 in 1965 to 31:1 in 1978 ... Of course, present-day ratios are 10 to 20 times that level.” —@Steve_NPQ. https://t.co/yNTo96wNHF @SPGlobal @JacksonLewisPC #wagegap
Paperback, 1993
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The History of Black Studies
Abdul AlkalimatRead an excerpt from the Introduction and Conclusion of The History of Black Studies, by Abdul Alkalimat of @UofIllinois: https://t.co/3T4go2cjLe #Blackstudies #Blackhistory
Hardcover, 2021
$115.00Member price:$103.50 + Free shipping10% off
It's Ok to Be Angry about Capitalism
Bernie SandersNPQ’s @rithika_ram reviews Senator Bernie Sanders’ new book “It’s OK to Be Angry about Capitalism”: https://t.co/ekfKaekLkz #economicjustice
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blackness: The Life and Times of an Unpopular People
T. Nicole ShockleyDax-Devlon Ross and Cyndi Suarez discuss how we can contest and transform power to empower #liberatory pro-Black methods and structures: https://bit.ly/3kzMoev #racialjustice #Blackness
Paperback, 2016
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic
Jennifer L. MorganNPQ's Top 2021 Racial Justice Articles: “Reckoning with Slavery: Revisiting Management’s Uncomfortable Past” by Caitlin Rosenthal 📖 Read it Here: https://bit.ly/3H3pxBm https://t.co/Up2qFiMAWc
Paperback, 2021
$28.95Member price:$27.50 + Free shipping5% off