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Check out our January best selling titles and dive into some amazing reads! From women's studies, philosophy, Buddhism, Asian studies, New York history, and education there's something for everyone. 

This Bridge Called My Back, Fortieth Anniversary Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa

“These essays and poems do more than just revisit the hopes, fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of women of color circa 1981; they also shed light on concerns women continue to face today … There are lines of poetry here sure to stir the imagination and connect with all ages, races, and genders … This Bridge Called My Back deserves to be picked up by a new generation of radical women.” — ForeWord Reviews

Being and Time: A Revised Edition of the Stambaugh Translation, by Martin Heidegger; Translated by Joan Stambaugh; Revised by Dennis J. Schmidt

A revised translation of Heidegger's most important work.

The Sound of Vultures' Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön, by Jeffrey W. Cupchik

"This book is clearly an original contribution to scholarly knowledge in ethnomusicology, anthropology, Buddhist, and Tibetan studies—not just in terms of filling gaps in the individual disciplines, but more importantly in mapping out some of the complex interactions in the vitally productive mindspace that forms the field of interaction of Buddhist ideas, actions, and performances in the context of Tibetan ritual. It has some of the most skillfully drawn and solidly supported analyses of Tibetan ritual since Beyer's classic Cult of Tārā, two generations ago." — Ter Ellingson, author of Mandala of Sound: Sound and Concept in Tibetan Ritual Music

Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability, edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, and Nsenga K. Burton

"By bringing together people in the social sciences, the humanities and policy in the writing of Black Women's Mental Health, the editors help women in the academy begin to forge partnerships that help center and amplify black women's voices. The book provides a bibliography of sources that researchers can utilize to build models for future research and programming." — Women in Higher Education

Vasiṣṭha's Yoga, by Swami Venkatesananda

"For aspirants of the highest beatitude, the Yoga Vasistha is like nectar. It is a storehouse of wisdom." — Swami Muktananda

​Invisible Forces: Motivational Supports and Challenges in High School and College Classes, by Pei Pei Liu

"This book offers an in-depth look at the complexities of supporting students' motivation in the classroom, dispelling any sense that there is a formula for teachers to follow that will magically change students' learning behaviors. Motivational change will require an iterative process of study, meaningful collaboration with peers, enactment of new instructional strategies, and reflection on the outcomes." — Andrea Christensen, University of Notre Dame

Growing Up Roosevelt: A Granddaughter's Memoir of Eleanor Roosevelt, by Nina Roosevelt Gibson

"…an intimate and homespun memoir … Gibson's detailed descriptions have a poetic sensibility, such as her memory of her grandmother coming to bid goodnight in the guest bedroom where she let her granddaughter stay during frequent sleepovers." — Albany Times Union

Confucian Iconoclasm: Textual Authority, Modern Confucianism, and the Politics of Antitradition in Republican China, by Philippe Major

​"Major's work has the capacity to liberate twentieth-century Chinese philosophy as well as history from the interpretative shackles of the tradition/modernity dyad, thereby making possible intellectual life no longer subject to the hegemony of May Fourth ideology." — Lionel M. Jensen, University of Notre Dame

The Chosen We: Black Women's Empowerment in Higher Education, by Rachelle Winkle-Wagner

​"The Chosen We takes care to center Black women's voices in telling their stories. Building on her earlier book, The Unchosen Me, Winkle-Wagner highlights the empowering nature of collectivity, nuances our understanding of Black collegiate women's contexts, and shows how these contexts impact Black women's health." — Felecia Commodore, coauthor of Black Women College Students: A Guide to Student Success in Higher Education

America's Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and Ours, by Michael A. Flannery

"This is a superbly written, quite concise account of a lesser-known, but clearly important American philosopher of the first half of the twentieth century. Boodin's work clearly deserves to be better known, and Flannery does an excellent job in providing a very well-written account of this interesting individual’s contribution." — Patrick H. Armstrong, author of All Things Darwin