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Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention

Freitas, Donna · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A powerful memoir about a young woman's toxic relationship with her mentor, an acclaimed professor, whose dark, stalking obsession altered her future forever.Donna Freitas has lived two lives. In one life, she is a well-published author and respected scholar who has traveled around...
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Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Hankir, Zahra · Penguin Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane AmanpourA growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sahafiyat...
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Outspoken: Why Women's Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Free

Rueckert, Veronica · HarperBusiness
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A big think, conversation-changing book, full of practical advice, about how women can learn to claim the power of their voices in the workplace and at home, and what needs to change so they can finally be heard.From the Supreme Court to the conference room to the classroom, women find...
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On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane

Guendelsberger, Emily · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The bitingly funny, eye-opening story of a college-educated young professional who finds work in the automated and time-starved world of hourly laborAfter the local newspaper where she worked as a reporter closed, Emily Guendelsberger took a pre-Christmas job at an Amazon fulfillment center...
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Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

Bouverie, Tim · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War IIOn a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later...
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram

Sesay, Isha · Dey Street Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The first definitive account of Boko Haram's abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters - by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay. The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in 2014 made global headlines. From poor...
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This Land: America, Lost and Found

Barry, Dan · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer...
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The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz

Jack Fairweather · Custom House
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

"Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us - as if watching a movie - the story of a Polish agent who infiltrated the infamous camp, organized a rebellion, and then snuck back out. We are squarely confronted with the other...
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

O'Neill, Tom · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

What really happened in 1969?Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order-their...
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The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story

Joy-Ann Reid · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMSNBC'S Joy-Ann Reid calculates the true price of the Trump presidency"The host of AM Joy on MSNBC argues that President Trump's administration is characterized by grift and venality that demeans the office and diminishes America." - New York...
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