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Best Man by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome are brothers. Some are friends. All are the best. As our couples turn to the special people in their lives who were there for them during the worst of the worst, and extend their honored requests, the Phoenix family begin to make room for a new member who may be holding back the truth of how badly he was abused. Note: This is an M/M romance and should be read by readers 18yo and above only... -
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Correspondents by Tim Murphy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world is Rita Khoury's oyster. The bright and driven daughter of a Boston-area Irish-Arab family that has risen over the generations from poor immigrants to part of the coastal elite, Rita grows up in a 1980s cultural mishmash...Categorized as:
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![Division Bells by Iona Datt Sharma]()
Division Bells by Iona Datt Sharma
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn politics, love is a stranger…It’s a bitterly cold winter in London and Jules Elwin has no idea what he’s doing. As the newest special adviser to a government minister, he’s drowning in arcane procedures and party politics, and the civil servant who’s supposed to be helping him is doing nothing of the sort... -
![The Paper Boys by D.P. Clarence]()
The Paper Boys by D.P. Clarence
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDon’t hold the front page. Hold the guy who wrote it.Sunny Miller’s dream job on London’s Fleet Street has become a nightmare.His boss at the Bulletin hates him, the sub-editors keep putting comedy headlines on his attempts at serious journalism, and he’s just been scooped by that posh bellend from the Sentinel, Ludo Boche... -
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![Pursuit of Happiness by Carsen Taite]()
Pursuit of Happiness by Carsen Taite
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSenator Meredith Mitchell has been groomed from young adulthood for a future run for president, and as scion of a political dynasty, every public and private move she makes is carefully calculated. But Meredith’s focus on the right causes, the right people, and the right timing evaporates when she meets Stevie Palmer, a dashing public defender with a hard knock past... -
![Exposé by Paul Ilett]()
Exposé by Paul Ilett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSleazy journalists. Breaking news. When skeletons come out of the closet, will someone end up in the ground?Amazon Bestseller (July 2020) Adam Jaymes owns the public eye. Riding an incredibly successful career and married to a totally loaded husband, the powerful actor never forgave the gossip columns for their role in his dear friend’s suicide... -
![Atusparia by Gabriela Wiener]()
Atusparia by Gabriela Wiener
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUna política de izquierda víctima del lawfare se encuentra prisionera en una cárcel de alta seguridad en las entrañas de la selva amazónica.Se hace llamar Atusparia, como el líder de la resistencia indígena peruana del siglo XIX y como el delirante colegio comunista donde estudió en los estertores de la guerra fría... -
![The Romance Vote by Ali Vali]()
The Romance Vote by Ali Vali
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristian “Chili” Alexander is the most sought after campaign consultant at the Pellegrin Morris Firm in New Orleans. Chili’s success has given her the freedom to choose her clients carefully, but she hasn’t had the same good fortune in love. Recent Tulane graduate Samantha Pellegrin wants the opportunity to work with the star of her father’s firm in the off-year election... -
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Finally by Lynn Galli
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom author Lynn Galli comes two original short stories. See how the Virginia clan series started with "Finally" and enjoy a new stand-alone tale in "Objection." Epilogues to all the Virginia friends' books are included. Finally - Willa Lacey is confident, smart, and ambitious... -
![One True Thing by Nicole Hayes]()
One True Thing by Nicole Hayes
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen is a secret not a secret? When your whole life is public. Frankie is used to being a politician's daughter, but it's election time, so life's crazier than usual. Add a best friend who's being weirdly distant, a brother to worry about, and the fact that Frankie's just humiliated herself in front of a hot guy - who later turns up at band practice to interview her about her music... -
![The Incredible Events in Women's Cell Number Three by Kira Yarmysh, Кира Ярмыш]()
The Incredible Events in Women's Cell Number Three by Kira Yarmysh, Кира Ярмыш
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe startling, vivid debut novel by Alexey Navalny’s press secretary, currently living abroad in exile, following a woman who is arrested at an anti-corruption rally in Moscow and sentenced to ten days in a special detention center, where she shares a cell with five other women from all walks of lifeThe Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3 is the debut novel by Kira Yarmysh that follows a... -
![Love in the Rain by Naguib Mahfouz, Naguib Mahfouz]()
Love in the Rain by Naguib Mahfouz, Naguib Mahfouz
Rated: 3.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA vibrant novel of memorable characters who search for happiness and true love, cope with the bitterness that results from love's betrayal, and embrace new beginnings. Set in Cairo in the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967, Love in the Rain introduces us to an assortment of characters who, each in his or her own way, experience the effects of this calamitous event... -
![Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton]()
Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe #1 New York Times Bestseller!With over 500 vibrant, full-color photos, Humans of New York: Stories is an insightful and inspiring collection of portraits of the lives of New Yorkers. Humans of New York: Stories is the culmination of five years of innovative storytelling on the streets of New York City... -
![The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye]()
The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTrans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarised 'debate', which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows...Categorized as:
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![Untenrum frei by Margarete Stokowski]()
Untenrum frei by Margarete Stokowski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWar es das jetzt mit der sexuellen Revolution? Sind wir unendlich liberal, weil mit nackten Brüsten für Tierfutter und Baumärkte geworben wird? Mitnichten, sagt Margarete Stokowski. Es gilt auch noch im 21. Jahrhundert, Machtstrukturen aufzusprengen, über Sexualität zu sprechen und über Geschlechterrollen, die wir mit riesigem Aufwand spielen... -
![What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon]()
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice.Anti-fatness is everywhere...Categorized as:
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![The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits by Mihaela Noroc]()
The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits by Mihaela Noroc
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBased on the author's online photography project, this stunning collection features portraits of 500 women from more than 55 countries, all accompanied by revelatory captions that capture each woman's personal story. Since 2013 photographer Mihaela Noroc has traveled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of everyday women to showcase the diversity of beauty all around us... -
![We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction by Joan Didion]()
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction by Joan Didion
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Joan Didion’s incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection...Categorized as:
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![One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad]()
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFrom award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human...Categorized as:
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![Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer]()
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“[A] profound reflection on one of the great paradoxes of American life—and a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.” — Patrick Radden Keefe “[A] searing, gut-wrenching, and masterfully reported account...Categorized as:
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![My Shadow Is Purple by Scott Stuart]()
My Shadow Is Purple by Scott Stuart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy Dad has a shadow that’s blue as a berry, and my Mom's is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There’s only those choices, a 2 or a 1. But mine is quite different, it’s both and it’s none. A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself and moving beyond the gender binary, by best-selling children's book creator Scott Stuart... -
![Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman]()
Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring four years of war in Bosnia, over 100,000 people lost their lives. But it was months, even years, before the mass graves started to yield up their dead and the process of identification, burial, and mourning could begin... -
![The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich]()
The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman's heart and mind in language for everybody--language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more needed verse than this... -
![Why We Matter: Das Ende der Unterdrückung by Emilia Roig]()
Why We Matter: Das Ende der Unterdrückung by Emilia Roig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWie erkennen wir unsere Privilegien? Wie können Weiße die Realität von Schwarzen sehen? Männliche Muslime die von weißen Frauen? Und weiße Frauen die von männlichen Muslimen? Die Aktivistin und Politologin Emilia Roig zeigt – auch anhand der Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie, in der wie unter einem Brennglas Rassismus und Black Pride, Antisemitismus und Auschwitz, Homophobie und Queerness,... -
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![Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos]()
Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn award-winning journalist's deeply reported exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politicsDemocrats have historically assumed they can rely on the Latino vote, but recent elections have called that loyalty into question...Categorized as:
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![What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather]()
What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.” —Dan Rather At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on—and writing passionately about—what it means to be an American...Categorized as:
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![Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn]()
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith stark poignancy and political dispassion, Tightrope draws us deep into an "other America." The authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Yamhill, Oregon, an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared...Categorized as:
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![How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa]()
How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA global publishing moment, with rights sold in 15 territories: USA (HarperCollins), Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish, Swedish...Categorized as:
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![The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley]()
The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEurope is facing a wave of migration unmatched since the end of World War II - and no one has reported on this crisis in more depth or breadth than the Guardian's migration correspondent, Patrick Kingsley...Categorized as:
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![The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook]()
The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how we might set ourselves free from a crisis that could haunt American life for generations.“SHED MY DNA”: three excruciating words uttered by a QAnon-obsessed mother, once a highly respected lawyer, to her only son, once the closest person in her life...Categorized as:
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