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Erasure by Percival Everett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and an African American, he is offended and angered by the success of We's Lives in Da Ghetto, the exploitative debut novel of a young, middle-class black woman who once visited "some relatives in Harlem for a couple of days... -
![The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill]()
The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOh, would that all bullying problems could be solved so easily! Mean Jean is the reigning Recess Queen, pushing and smooshing, hammering and slammering the other kids whenever they cross her. And then one day a puny new girl shows up on the playground and catches Mean Jean completely off-guard...Categorized as:
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![Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris]()
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation--in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in the crack of the whip. It's an antebellum fever-dream, where fear and desire entwine in the looming shadow of the Master's House... -
![A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen]()
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA New York Times Editors' Choice Named a Best Book of 2018 by Bookforum, Nylon, Esquire, and Vulture"This artful and autumnal novel, published in high summer, is a gift to those who wish to receive it."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times"Hilarious, heartbreaking . . . A Terrible Country may be one of the best books you'll read this year... -
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![The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine]()
The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman, Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound political and social upheaval... -
![The Lighter Side of Large by Becky Siame]()
The Lighter Side of Large by Becky Siame
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when an overweight single mother finds out her ex-husband is getting married to her gorgeous sister in nine months? She orders a double mocacchino and plots her revenge. Isabella "Bella" White plans to lose weight, get a career, and find the perfect man in time for the wedding, but proving there's more to her than fat is a heavyweight task... -
![So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo]()
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divideIn So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a...Categorized as:
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![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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![How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi]()
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsAntiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other...Categorized as:
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![Hood feminism: notes from the women that a movement forgot by Mikki Kendall]()
Hood feminism: notes from the women that a movement forgot by Mikki Kendall
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsToday's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon]()
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination...Categorized as:
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![Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister]()
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the year 2018, it seems as if women’s anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women’s March, and before the #MeToo movement, women’s anger was not only politically catalytic—but politically problematic... -
![Le Livre de la joie: Le bonheur durable dans un monde en mouvement (L'art de la vie) by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu]()
Le Livre de la joie: Le bonheur durable dans un monde en mouvement (L'art de la vie) by Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTwo great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy...Categorized as:
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![Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy by Liv Strömquist]()
Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy by Liv Strömquist
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologized, and politicized vulvas, vaginas, clitorises, and menstruation. In this graphic nonfiction book, drawn in chunky, punky pen, Swedish cartoonist Liv Strömquist traces how different cultures and traditions have shaped women’s health and beyond... -
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![Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay]()
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are “routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked,... -
![The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis]()
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading... -
![Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum]()
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups...Categorized as:
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![Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari]()
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOur ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back. In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes...Categorized as:
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![Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa]()
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation... -
![The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella]()
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style.It's intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge...Categorized as:
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![Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo]()
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWinner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year AwardBillions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst...Categorized as:
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![Les Sentiments du prince Charles by Liv Strömquist]()
Les Sentiments du prince Charles by Liv Strömquist
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLors d’une conférence de presse après ses fiançailles avec Diana, le prince Charles dut répondre à la question : « Êtes-vous amoureux ? » Après une petite hésitation, il répondit : « Oui… Quel que soit le sens du mot “amour” »... -
![Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay]()
Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKübra Gümüşay beschreibt wie Sprache unser Denken prägt und unsere Politik bestimmt. „Ein beeindruckendes Buch, poetisch und politisch zugleich.“ Margarete StokowskiDieses Buch folgt einer Sehnsucht: nach einer Sprache, die Menschen nicht auf Kategorien reduziert. Nach einem Sprechen, das sie in ihrem Facettenreichtum existieren lässt...Categorized as:
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![The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future by Andrew Yang]()
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future by Andrew Yang
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a captivating account of how "a skinny Asian kid from upstate" became a successful entrepreneur, only to find a new mission: calling attention to the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy amid rapid technological change and automation... -
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![The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher]()
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein), tracking the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the worldWe all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies...Categorized as:
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![Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock]()
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Those 2300 words were life-altering for the People.com editor, turning her into an influential and outspoken public figure and a desperately needed voice for an often voiceless community...Categorized as:
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![The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray]()
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDouglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality...Categorized as:
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![Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari]()
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager...Categorized as:
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![Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It by Charlamagne Tha God]()
Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It by Charlamagne Tha God
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha God—the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voice in hip-hop”—shares his eight principles for unlocking your God-given privilege... -
![The War on the West by Douglas Murray]()
The War on the West by Douglas Murray
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world...Categorized as:
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