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Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

James B Stewart - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

"Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing." - The Hollywood ReporterThe shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct,...
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Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

Sarah Jaffe
Format: Hardcover

You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make...
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The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democr acy

Thom Hartmann - ?Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Paperback

America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how the government and corporate America misuse our personal data and shows how we can reclaim our privacy.Most Americans are worried about how companies like Facebook invade their...
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The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

Alexandra Robbins - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins. Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true,...
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Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

KOHEI SAITO - Astra House
Format: Hardcover

"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary proposal." - Publishers Weekly, (starred review) . "Saito's clarity of thought, plethora of evidence, and conversational, gentle, yet urgent tone . . . are sure to win over...
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Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit

Eliese Colette Goldbach - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A debut memoir of grit and tenacity, as one young woman returns to the conservative hometown she always longed to escape to earn a living in the steel mill that casts a shadow over Cleveland.Steel is the only thing that shines in the belly of the mill...To ArcelorMittal Steel Eliese...
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Privacy in the New Media Age

Jon L. Mills - University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover

"An essential book for anyone concerned with the increasingly ubiquitous clashes between a technologically borderless world, free press, safety and personal privacy." - Charlotte Laws, board member, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative "Elucidates a path that both enhances dignity...
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The Defense Lawyer: The Barry Slotnick Story

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Paperback

For more than a decade, criminal lawyer Barry Slotnick never lost a case, no matter how notorious or dangerous his clients - because everyone deserves the best defense. Known for his sharp mind, sharp suits, and bold courtroom strategies, Bronx-native Barry Slotnick is known as the best...
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The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read...and How They Can Learn, Revised and Expanded Edition

Ronald D. Davis - Perigee Trade; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The revised, updated, and expanded edition of the classic in the category. This book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded...
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson - One World
Format: Paperback

There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection, creativity, and collaboration. While it's clear that women and girls are vital voices and agents of change for this...
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