New This Week: November 19th

Looking for a good read that will both entertain and educate? If so you’ve come to the right place. This week we have a history of the local story behind Brown v. Board and a book challenging one of America’s favorite pastimes: college football. Check out what’s new this week or head to our Hot Off The Press Page to see all of our November releases in one place.

The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game by Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva

“[A] compelling indictment of American collegiate football . . . . a serious examination of a sport that’s long avoided accountability.”—Booklist, Starred review

“A must read . . . . The genuinely critical and radical sociology that oozes throughout The End of College Football is desperately needed to shake up the status-quo of performance focused capitalist sport, and all the grotesqueness that comes with it.”—Critical Sociology

Blacks against Brown: The Intra-racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas by Charise L. Cheney

“Well-researched and accessible, this work is invaluable to expanding our current understanding of this historic decision.”—Ms. Magazine

“Offering a compelling alternative narrative to traditional accounts of racial progress, this book provides deeper nuance to established works like Kluger’s Simple Justice and will reshape how scholars, students, and educators perceive the significance of Topeka. After reading this book, the lens through which this pivotal moment in US history is viewed will likely be changed.”—Jon Hale, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign