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Cancel Culture Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun

Jimmy Failla - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

You may know Jimmy Failla as the best dressed man in cable news. A force multiplier of positive energy on the radio who sounds like he gets paid in Tequila and Tide Pods. But he's also a former New York City Taxi Driver who's spent countless hours conversing with people from all over...
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The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China

Minxin Pei - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI and GPS tracking than to the human resources of the Leninist surveillance state.. For decades China watchers argued that economic liberalization...
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We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents

Eliza Hull - Scribe US
Format: Paperback

The first major anthology by parents with disabilities.How does a father who is blind take his child to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night?When writer and musician Eliza Hull...
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Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It

Les Leopold - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"This book gave me a new lens to see the world." -- Robert Krulwich, former co-host of WNYC's RadiolabAddressing the pressing issues affecting everyday Americans during an election year is essential -- and one of our nation's most profound challenges is the devastating...
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How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir

Cameron Russell - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A fierce and innovative memoir that explores who holds the power in an image-obsessed culture, from the model and activist who helped organize the movement to bring equity to the fashion industry.. Now I measure the distance from model to president. You can see it in pictures. It's...
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Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on America Reveals about America and Democracy

John Rennie Short - Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback

A profound analysis of the factors underlying the 2021 invasion of the US Capitol, arriving as the nation looks ahead to another tumultuous presidential election in 2024. Insurrection offers a profound and incisive analysis of the underlying factors that culminated in the assault on Washington,...
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Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth

Catherine Pakaluk - Regnery Gateway
Format: Hardcover

A portrait of America's most interesting yet overlooked women.. In the midst of a historic "birth dearth," why do some 5 percent of American women choose to defy the demographic norm by bearing five or more children? Hannah's Children is a compelling portrait of these...
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Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order

Saleha Mohsin - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

From Bloomberg News reporter Saleha Mohsin, the untold story of how one of America's most invincible institutions - the Treasury - has used the U.S. dollar to define America's role in the world, and our economic future.. In 1995, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin re-defined the next...
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How Ableism Fuels Racism: Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church

Lamar Hardwick - Brazos Press
Format: Paperback

Publishers Weekly starred review. "Marshaling fine-grained historical detail and scrupulous analysis, Hardwick persuades."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) As a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar, Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion....
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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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