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27 śmierci Toby'ego Obeda by Joanna Gierak-Onoszko
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTo też jest Kanada: siedem zapałek w słoiku, sny o czubkach drzew, powiewające na wietrze czerwone suknie, dzieci odbierane rodzicom o świcie. I ludzie, którzy nie mówią, że są absolwentami szkół z internatem. Mówią: jesteśmy ocaleńcami. Przetrwaliśmy.– Zniszczono cały nasz naród. Nigdyśmy się nie podnieśli... -
![Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair]()
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion by Gabrielle Stanley Blair
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women’s bodies and instead directs the focus on men’s lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies...Categorized as:
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![Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny, Алексей Навальный]()
Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny, Алексей Навальный
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020... -
![Nicht gemeldete Wahrheiten über COVID-19 und Lockdowns: Teil 2: Update und Untersuchung von Lockdowns als Strategie by Alex Berenson]()
Nicht gemeldete Wahrheiten über COVID-19 und Lockdowns: Teil 2: Update und Untersuchung von Lockdowns als Strategie by Alex Berenson
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![The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion by Diana Greene Foster]()
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having--Or Being Denied--An Abortion by Diana Greene Foster
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“If you read only one book about democracy, The Turnaway Study should be it. Why? Because without the power to make decisions about our own bodies, there is no democracy." —Gloria Steinem“Dr...Categorized as:
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![Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban]()
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMany have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas...Categorized as:
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![Lockdown by Drauzio Varella]()
Lockdown by Drauzio Varella
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne doctor's account of 10 years spent treating inmates in the Casa de Detenção, Brazil's largest and harshest prison.The Carandiru House of Detention, in the teeming city of São Paulo, was the largest and most crowded prison in Latin America. Known as the "Old House," it was also highly unusual in the way it was governed... -
![How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France]()
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic from the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary How to Survive a Plague...Categorized as:
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![Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox]()
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLonglisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionWinner of the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice*A Newsweek Favorite Book of 2021 *An NPR 2021 Books We Love selection *A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction *A Kirkus 2021's Best, Most Urgent Books of Current Affairs selectionBased on the acclaimed series--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--an...Categorized as:
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![The Children by David Halberstam]()
The Children by David Halberstam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Children is Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen thru the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 60s & went on to lead the revolution... -
![The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike]()
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixteen female scientists who forced MIT to publicly admit it had been discriminating against its female faculty for years—sparking a nationwide reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science... -
![Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corban Addison, John Grisham]()
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corban Addison, John Grisham
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written. --From the Foreword by John GrishamThe once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking place in its own backyard...Categorized as:
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![Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation by Sunaura Taylor]()
Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation by Sunaura Taylor
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation—and the debut of an important new social criticHow much of what we understand of ourselves as “human” depends on our physical and mental abilities—how we move (or cannot move) in and interact with the world? And how much of our definition of “human” depends on its difference from...Categorized as:
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![Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein]()
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees, and more than half are under eighteen years of age. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating “operations” against Gaza’s largely defenseless population. Thousands have perished, and tens of thousands have been left homeless... -
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![An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal]()
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America...Categorized as:
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![Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti]()
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA clear and concise guide to the politics of post-Roe America, for readers eager to understand the attacks on our bodies and freedom—and to do something about itIn this, her most urgent book yet, New York Times–bestselling author Jessica Valenti dispels misinformation and cuts through the headline overwhelm to illuminate the full-scale assault conservative lawmakers have launched on women’s...Categorized as:
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![Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot]()
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"This remarkable book, staring curiously down at the soil beneath our feet, points us convincingly in one of the directions we must travel. I learned something on every page." --Bill McKibbenFor the first time since the Neolithic, we have the opportunity to transform not only our food system but our entire relationship to the living world...Categorized as:
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![Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes]()
Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors. In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world... -
![Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang]()
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at Kmart, too good a deal to pass up. But when she opened the box, something shocking fell out: an SOS letter, handwritten in broken English. “Sir: If you occassionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization...Categorized as:
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![Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps]()
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe truth about Grenfell at long last. It is hardly possible to admit it. That the biggest tower block fire in UK history was preventable. The government had been warned for years that the building materials were not fire safe. Up until 14 June 2017, ministers' response had always ‘Show me the bodies...Categorized as:
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![The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell]()
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting less and less snow each winter, and the ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctica are melting fast. Heat is the first order threat that drives all other impacts of the climate crisis... -
![Shelter Dogs by Traer Scott]()
Shelter Dogs by Traer Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPhotographer Traer Scott's endearing portraits of dogs living in American shelters are irresistable and heart-rending - and make a passionate appeal to dog lovers everywhere. The fifty portraits featured are a poignant and loving tribute to all dogs... -
![How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach by Tobias Leenaert]()
How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach by Tobias Leenaert
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this thought-provoking book, Tobias Leenaert leaves well-trodden animal advocacy paths and takes a fresh look at the strategies, objectives, and communication of the vegan and animal rights movement. He argues that, given our present situation, with entire societies dependent on using animals, we need a very pragmatic approach...Categorized as:
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![Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew]()
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described “hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn’s disease and tinnitus,” there was no returning to “normal...Categorized as:
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![Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease by Jason Dearen]()
Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease by Jason Dearen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow in paperback. An award-winning investigative journalist's horrifying true crime story of America's deadliest drug contamination outbreak and the greed and deception that fueled it.Two pharmacists sit in a Boston courtroom accused of murder. The the fungus Exserohilum rostratum . The death 100 and rising... -
![A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century by Jason DeParle]()
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century by Jason DeParle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of The Washington Post 's 10 Best Books of the Year"A remarkable book...indispensable."-- The Boston Globe"A sweeping, deeply reported tale of international migration...DeParle's understanding of migration is refreshingly clear-eyed and nuanced." --The New York Times"This is epic reporting, nonfiction on a whole other level...One of the best books on immigration written in a generation...Categorized as:
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![Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis]()
Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis comes a candid and life-affirming true story of identity, lies, family secrets, and the healing power of truth.Pidgeon Pagonis always felt like their life was a constant attempt to fit in with other girls—a feeling that was only exacerbated when puberty failed to hit. They never understood why…until they uncovered the secret that had haunted their childhood... -
![The President's Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and Out of Prison by Jacques Pauw]()
The President's Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and Out of Prison by Jacques Pauw
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInvestigative journalist Jacques Pauw exposes the darkest secret at the heart of Jacob Zuma’s compromised a cancerous cabal that eliminates the president’s enemies and purges the law-enforcement agencies of good men and women... -
![This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund, Alan Kesselheim]()
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund, Alan Kesselheim
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brave account of the social and political forces that threaten a woman's right to choose, this emotionally affecting memoir from a doctor on the front lines of the abortion debate reveals what's really at stake in the Supreme CourtIn America the reproductive justice debate is reaching a new pitch, with the Supreme Court weighted against women's choice and state legislatures passing bills to... -
![An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century by James Orbinski]()
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century by James Orbinski
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNational Bestseller“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness–to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction. . . . The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting...
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