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The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice
Fredrik deBoer - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover
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Named one of Vultures Top 10 Best Books of 2020!Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform.Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing.... |
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This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality
Peter Pomerantsev - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning author takes us on a journey to the center of the information war, where unseen armies and authoritarians seek to define and reshape the truth.Perhaps the most important global trend of the last few years has been the rise--and transformation--of information warfare. In the digital... |
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The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters
Eric J. Johnson - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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Plenty of books dwell on the faults in our decision-making or offer advice on how to make better choices. The Elements of Choice goes one step further and explains how we can design better end-to-end decision-making processes. Going well beyond the familiar concepts of nudges and defaults,... |
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Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It
Paul Thagard - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Misinformation is one of the twenty-first century's greatest challenges, a peril to democracy, peace, science, and public health. Yet we lack a clear understanding of what makes misinformation so potent and why it can spread so rapidly. In Falsehoods Fly, a leading cognitive scientist... |
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The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope
José Andrés - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating collection of stories and recipes from renowned chefs, local cooks, and celebrity friends of José Andrés's beloved nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK) , which feeds communities impacted by natural disasters and humanitarian crises; with a foreword from Stephen Colbert..... |
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From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth
Darren Walker - Disruption Books
Format: Hardcover
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Andrew Carnegie wrote his original "Gospel of Wealth" in 1889, during the height of the gilded age, when the country's 4,000 richest families held almost as much wealth as the other 11.6 million American families combined. His essay laid the foundation for modern philanthropy..... |
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Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It
Paul Conti MD - Sounds True
Format: Paperback
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Imagine, if you will, a disease -- one that has only subtle outward symptoms but can hijack your entire body without notice, one that transfers easily between parent and child, one that can last a lifetime if untreated. According to Dr. Paul Conti, this is exactly how society should conceptualize... |
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