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Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform

Debbie Hines - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

A deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial inequities - and how we can transform the system to one of fairness and justice.. In Get Off My Neck, Debbie Hinesdraws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor,...
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An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America

Matthew Stewart - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War.This is a story about a dangerous idea -- one which ignited revolutions in America, France, and Haiti; burst across...
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

Tom Schaller - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A searing portrait and damning takedown of America's proudest citizens - who are also the least likely to defend its core principles. "This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump."...
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We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity

Phillip C. McGraw Ph.D. - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and beloved television host comes We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity, a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.....
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Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

Picking up where the New York Times bestseller Betrayal left off, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image - and the wreckage he's left in his wake.Packed with new reporting, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party...
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Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability

Michael Kimmage - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

One war: three collisions--in this vividly written, narrative history of the war in Ukraine, Michael Kimmage puts together the pieces of a complicated international puzzle to understand the origins of the current conflict that has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War.. In Collisions,...
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If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

Geraldine DeRuiter - Crown
Format: Hardcover

From the James Beard Award-winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism.. "With charm and humor, Geraldine DeRuiter welcomes us into her personal history and thus reconnects us with ourselves."...
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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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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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This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz - Crown
Format: Hardcover

A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot - from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz. "This American Ex-Wife is a bomb, a bouquet (but not a wedding...
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