Michael J Katz: 7 books

LAST DANCE IN REDONDO BEACH is the second in the acclaimed Andy Sussman/Murray Glick comic mystery trilogy from Michael J. Katz. "What a lot of raffish, rowdy, reprehensible people Michael Katz has assembled on Redondo Beach. I loved hanging out with them, and I was sorry when the party...

THE BIG FREEZE is the third in the acclaimed Andy Sussman/Murray Glick comic mystery trilogy from Michael J. Katz"Spirited prose, refreshing surroundings, deftly delineated characters and engaging protagonists."Library JournalTHE STORY: Sportscaster Andy Sussman is presented with a mysterious...

These twelve original essays by geographers and anthropologists offer a deep critical understanding of Allan Pred’s pathbreaking and eclectic cultural Marxist approach, with a focus on his concept of “situated ignorance”: the production and reproduction of power and inequality by regimes of...

Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and...

At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of systems of oppression, and challenged sociologists to be responsible critics and constructive commentators. These giants...

A collection of short stories about creatures which will warm the heart.

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...