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Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

Jenn M. Jackson - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like - from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.. This is my offering. My love letter to them, and to us.. Jenn M. Jackson, PhD,...
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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Jonathan Blitzer - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

"Extraordinary... 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." - Jill Lepore. An epic,...
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One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

Dominic Erdozain - Crown
Format: Hardcover

This "brilliant and gut-wrenching" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation's founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms - and that this distortion of the record...
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If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America

Vicki Sokolik - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth - told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends'...
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Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

Allen C. Guelzo - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln's powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today - by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize. "It is altogether fitting and proper that, with this meditation on democracy...
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The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice

Elizabeth Flock - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Arresting, deeply reported. . . . a patient reporter who embeds with her subjects long enough to write about their inner worlds with authority and nuance. . . . The Furies is deeply respectful of its subjects' autonomy, including their self-justifications and mistakes. Flock largely...
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Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women

Pashtana Durrani - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

From young Afghani activist and Amnesty International Global Youth Ambassador Pashtana Durrani, a deeply inspiring memoir about the power of learning and the value of educators in their many forms - from teachers, mentors, and role models, to fathers, mothers, and any one of us with the drive...
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I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters

Terry Golway - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians - a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times.... Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians - on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially...
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Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change

Ben Austen - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy"Correction...
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Cashing Out: The Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945–1948

Neill Lochery - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art, gems, and gold in tow, certain "neutral" countries were all too willing to assist them.. By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those...
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