Books like 'Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect'
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![Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini]()
Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart"Winner of the first Renato Poggioli/William Weaver Award of PEN American CenterPier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), who is best known in this country as an inspired filmmaker, was also the most outspoken and original Italian writer of his generation, the author of distinguished and controversial novels and... -
![Nosotras vinimos tarde by Elisa Coll, Elisa Coll Blanco]()
Nosotras vinimos tarde by Elisa Coll, Elisa Coll Blanco
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTras su reconocido ensayo Resistencia bisexual, Elisa Coll debuta en el campo de lo narrativo con Nosotras vinimos tarde, una novela valiente y rompedora en la que, a través de distintos géneros, híbrida ficción y memoria histórica, creando un caleidoscopio literario cargado de belleza, inteligencia y humor... -
![A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee]()
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEdwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of suburbia and the psychological terror of empty lives. First produced in 1966, this dark drawing room comedy may be Albee's masterpiece, as powerful in its 1996 revival as it was thirty years before... -
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![This is Vegan Propaganda and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You by Ed Winters]()
This is Vegan Propaganda and Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You by Ed Winters
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvery time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in.Our choices can help alleviate the most pressing issues we face today: the climate crisis, infectious and chronic diseases, human exploitation and, of course, non-human exploitation. Undeniably, these issues can be uncomfortable to learn about but the benefits of doing so cannot be overstated... -
![Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway]()
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future by Ed Conway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'A compelling narrative of the human story' TIM MARSHALL, author of Prisoners of Geography'Lively, rich and exciting... full of surprises' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads_____________Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future.These are the six most crucial substances in human history... -
![What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation by Matt Walsh]()
What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation by Matt Walsh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs this even a question?What is a woman? For months, Matt Walsh devoted nearly every waking hour to answering this simple question. Honestly, it’s a question he never thought he’d have to ask.But all of a sudden, way too many people don’t seem to know the answer... -
![The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler, Dan Kois]()
The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America by Isaac Butler, Dan Kois
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe oral history of Angels in America , as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it--a moving account of the AIDS era, essential queer history, and pure "theater magic" (NPR)... -
![Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb]()
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Staff Favorite of 2023 • A New Yorker Best Book of 2023An eye-opening account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from the award-winning author of Eager... -
![Le Génie lesbien by Alice Coffin]()
Le Génie lesbien by Alice Coffin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings« Enfant, je m’imaginais en garçon. J’ai depuis réalisé un rêve bien plus grand : je suis lesbienne. Faute de modèles auxquels m’identifier, il m’a fallu beaucoup de temps pour le comprendre. Puis j’ai découvert une histoire, une culture que j’ai embrassées et dans lesquelles j’ai trouvé la force de bouleverser mon quotidien, et le monde... -
![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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![Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis]()
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim SpectorYou may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there.The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance... -
![Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy]()
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDouglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being. In Nature's Best Hope, he takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots, home-grown approach to conservation... -
![The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber]()
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBarber explores the evolution of American food from the 'first plate,' or industrially-produced, meat-heavy dishes, to the 'second plate' of grass-fed meat and organic greens, and says that both of these approaches are ultimately neither sustainable nor healthy... -
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![Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson]()
Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsInsects are essential for life as we know it. As they become more scarce, our world will slowly grind to a halt; we simply cannot function without them. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research and a lifetime's study, Dave Goulson reveals the shocking decline of insect populations that has taken place in recent decades, with potentially catastrophic consequences...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... -
![Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters by Steven E. Koonin]()
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters by Steven E. Koonin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.”“Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.”“Climate change will be an economic disaster.”You’ve heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading... -
![The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle]()
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“The Great Displacement is closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Under a White Sky The untold story of climate migration in the United States—the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities being torn apart by disaster, and the implications for all of us as we confront a changing future...Categorized as:
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![The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America by Eric Cervini]()
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America by Eric Cervini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall.In 1957, Frank Kameny, a rising astronomer working for the U.S. Defense Department in Hawaii, received a summons to report immediately to Washington, D.C... -
![I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Glezman Buttigieg]()
I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Glezman Buttigieg
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town, his relationship with Pete, and his hope for America’s future... -
![Pizza, Pincushions and Playing it Straight by Rayne Constantine]()
Pizza, Pincushions and Playing it Straight by Rayne Constantine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like as a sex worker, or how the words “dick cheese” can be used in perfect, horrifying context, then this is a book for you. Surprising. Insightful. Don't drink liquids while reading. This is not a “Happy Hooker” story. This is a “Hooker who is sick of your bullshit” story... -
![Contrapaso, Vol 1. The Children of Others by Teresa Valero]()
Contrapaso, Vol 1. The Children of Others by Teresa Valero
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMadrid, winter of 1956. Franco’s fascist dictatorship controls the press and maintains the fiction of an idyllic nation. Faced with the Regime’s attempts to cover up the country’s most sordid crimes, two journalists from the crime beat, the jaded veteran Emilio Sanz and the young and intrepid Léon Lenoir, seek to reveal the truth... -
![Dramaqueen: Frauen zwischen Beurteilung und Verurteilung by Tara-Louise Wittwer]()
Dramaqueen: Frauen zwischen Beurteilung und Verurteilung by Tara-Louise Wittwer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLaut zu sein ist immer auch ein bisschen unangenehm, vor allem als Frau. Da wird man schnell mal als »hysterisch« oder »dramatisch« abgestempelt... -
![The Bible by Laura Clay, A.J. Clay]()
The Bible by Laura Clay, A.J. Clay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBisexuals inhabit a liminal space between cultures, often misunderstood or dismissed by the straight and LGBTQ+ communities alike. We are the sexual identity most likely to be closeted, most at risk of mental illness, domestic abuse, and even heart disease -- but also the least visible... -
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![Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson]()
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else.As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of the world around her... -
![Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie]()
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOODFeeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems – and how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change... -
![Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam]()
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives... -
![Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays by Paul Kingsnorth]()
Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays by Paul Kingsnorth
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in “an age of ecocide” Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist—an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit...Categorized as:
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![The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser]()
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of the Financial Times and Guardian Books to Look Forward to in 2020A groundbreaking look at how the issues of sexuality and gender identity divide and unite the world todayMore than five years in the making, Mark Gevisser’s The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers is a globetrotting exploration of how the human rights frontier around sexual orientation and gender identity... -
![World Without End: An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Christophe Blain]()
World Without End: An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Christophe Blain
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA rich and colorful French graphic novel that has become a word-of-mouth sensation and transformed the way hundreds of thousands of people think about climate change.There is no green energy. Nor pink, nor black. Nor clean nor dirty, for that matter...Categorized as:
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