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Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It

Jessie Daniels - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

In a nation deeply divided by race, the "Karens" of the world are easy to villainize. But in Nice White Ladies, Jessie Daniels addresses the unintended complicity of even well-meaning white women. She reveals how their everyday choices harm communities of color. White mothers,...
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The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

Michio Kaku - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

When Newton discovered the laws of motion and gravity, he unified the rules of heaven and earth. From then on, physicists have been discovering new forces and incorporating them into ever-greater theories. But the major breakthroughs of the twentieth century--relativity and quantum mechanics--are...
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Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet

Mckay Jenkins - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. In the past two decades, GMOs have come to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an enhanced method of crop breeding...
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Freedom

Sebastian Junger - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don&;t coexist easily: we value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking...
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Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

Steve Magness - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

"In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges."     -  Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking...
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How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11

Janet Napolitano - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano offers an insightful analysis of American security at home and a prescription for the future.Created in the wake of the greatest tragedy to occur on U.S. soil, the Department of Homeland Security was handed a sweeping...
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Elements of the Theory of Functions

Frederick Bagemihl - Dover Publications
Format: eBook

This well-knownbook provides a clear and concise review of general function theory via complex variables. Suitable for undergraduate math majors, the treatment explores only those topics that are simplest but are also most important for the development of the theory. Prerequisites include...
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

Steven Novella - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular The Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style, which Professor Richard Wiseman calls the "the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction."It's intimidating...
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Modern Algebra

Seth Warner - Dover Publications
Format: eBook

This standard text, written for junior and senior undergraduates, is unusual in that its presentation is accessible enough for the beginner, yet its thoroughness and mathematical rigor provide the more advanced student with an exceptionally comprehensive treatment of every aspect of modern...
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