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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Amanda Jones - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards. "Amanda Jones... |
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What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World's Ocean
Helen Scales - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world's ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of the abundant life within inNo matter where we live, "we are all ocean people," Helen... |
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To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
Benjamin Nathans - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR - and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's Russia. Beginning in the 1960s, the Soviet Union was unexpectedly confronted by a dissident movement that captured the world's imagination.... |
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On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Nate Silver - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Instant New York Times Bestseller. "Engaging and entertaining ... a glimpse of the economy of the future." - Tim Wu, New York Times Book Review. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise,the definitive guide to our era of risk - and the players... |
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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In John Grisham's first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, "the master of the legal thriller" (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, "the godfather of the innocence movement" (Texas Monthly) , to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.... |
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