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New Titles - Professional & Technical
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The Tenant Class
Ricardo Tranjan - Between the Lines
Format: Paperback
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In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society.What if there is no housing crisis, but instead a housing market working exactly as intended? What if rent hikes and eviction... |
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Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
Rob Henderson - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Other Wes Moore, and Someone Has Led This Child to Believe, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering... |
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America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
Jacob Heilbrunn - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A leading journalist and public intellectual explains the long, disturbing history behind the American Right's embrace of foreign dictators, from Kaiser Wilhelm and Mussolini to Putin and Orban. Why do Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and much of the far Right so explicitly admire the murderous... |
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Beyond February: Teaching Black History Any Day, Every Day, and All Year Long, K–3
Dawnavyn James - Routledge
Format: Paperback
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Dawnavyn James believes Black history shouldn't be relegated to the month of February. In her groundbreaking book, Beyond February: Teaching Black History Any Day, Every Day, and All Year Long, K-3, she provides a practical guide for elementary educators who seek to teach history in truthful... |
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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
Ross Perlin - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planetHalf... |
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2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
Eric Klinenberg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg. "A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through... |
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GRE 5-Hour Quick Prep For Dummies (For Dummies (Career/education))
Ron Woldoff - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Fast, focused test prep to help you score your best on the GRE GRE 5-Hour Quick Prep For Dummies is your ticket to confidence and success on test day. Calm your jitters with an overview of test content, learn what to expect on the day of the exam, and take a short-form practice test with... |
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The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor
Hamilton Nolan - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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A timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in our society and politics, from acclaimed labor reporter Hamilton Nolan. Inequality is America's biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized... |
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