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  • Eichmann in Jerusalem

    A Report on the Banality of Evil

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    The controversial journalistic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust, from the author of The Origins of TotalitarianismSparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Just Mercy

    A Story of Justice and Redemption

    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Wager

    A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

    by David Grann ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Disability Intimacy

    Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

    by Alice Wong ...
    The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive ... Read more

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  • We've Been Healing All Along

    Stories of Hope on the Road to Mental Health

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Wasted and Madness, a richly reported dispatch from the frontiers of science and medicine, and from the lives of real people proving that mental illness can be healed ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights

    **“[A] deeply researched and counterintuitive history . . . Penningroth reframes the conventional story of civil rights.” —Matthew F. Delmont, Washington PostA prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement.**The familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America’s legal system ... Read more

    $22.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • There's Always This Year

    On Basketball and Ascension

    A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I’ve ever read, period.”—Steve James, director of Hoop DreamsGrowing up in Columbus, Ohio, in the 1990s, Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Slavery and Abolition in Pennsylvania

    Series series Pennsylvania History
    In her concise history Slavery and Abolition in Pennsylvania, Beverly Tomek corrects the long-held notion that slavery in the North was “not so bad” as, or somehow “more humane” than, in the South due to the presence of abolitionists. While the Quaker presence focused on moral and practical opposition to bondage, slavery was ubiquitous. Nevertheless, Pennsylvania was the first state to pass an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Reading the Constitution

    Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

    A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme Court. Textualists claim that the right way to interpret the Constitution and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Triumph of Christianity

    How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

    New York Times Bestseller: A “marvelous” account of how the tiny sect of Christianity rapidly became the dominant religion in the West (Reza Aslan, New York Times–bestselling author of Zealot).How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire become the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Art Thief

    A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

    **NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. • “The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."—The New YorkerA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub"Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal* ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Unhumans

    The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them)

    If you don’t understand communist revolutions, you aren’t ready for what’s coming.The old rules are over. The old order is over. Accusations are evidence. Activism means bigotry and hate. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Citizens are locked up. An appetite for vengeance is unleashed—to deplatform, debank, destroy. This is the daily news, yet none of it’s new. Patterns from the past make sense ... Read more

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  • America's Great Debate

    Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union

    Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a “gripping, vigorous [history] featuring a large cast of unforgettable characters with fierce beliefs” (Publishers Weekly, starred Review).When gold was discovered in California in the great Gold Rush of 1849, the population swelled, and settlers petitioned for admission to the Union. But the US Senate was precariously balanced with fifteen free states ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • All About Love

    New Visions

    by bell hooks ...
    Series Book 1 - Love Song to the Nation
    A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $11.99 USD

  • This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

    The Cyberweapons Arms Race

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Know My Name

    A Memoir

    by Chanel Miller ...
    **Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap)."I opened Know My Name with the intention to bear ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Poverty, by America

    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Oprah Daily, Time, The Star Tribune, Vulture, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Unmasking Autism

    Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

    A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing AutismFor ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Attention Span

    A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

    by Gloria Mark ...
    **AS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD AND THE EZRA KLEIN SHOW, WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES AND MORE**A "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR****A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR TBR IN 2023****A "NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB" MUST-READ BOOK FOR JANUARY****Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from "the definitive ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Emperor of All Maladies

    A Biography of Cancer

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.Now ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Los mitos que nos dieron traumas

    México en el divan: cinco sesiones para superar el pasado

    Juan Miguel Zunzunegui disecciona múltiples aspectos sociales y políticos de eso que solemos llamar "México"; analiza las condiciones que han evitado su progreso y que lo han configurado como una nación repleta de traumas históricos.Vamos a mandar a México a unas cuantas sesiones de psicoterapia. Lo acostaremos en el diván y lo enfrentaremos contra sí mismo, para ver si la lógica y la razón logran ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Banned Book Club

    Illustrated by Hyung-Ju Ko ...
    A Junior Library Guild Selection"Highly recommended for readers passionate about activism." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review"Sure to inspire today’s youthful generation of tenacious changemakers." — BOOKLIST, Starred Review"The messages of hope are universal." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review"A timely read about friendship amid chaos." — NPR<... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • More than a Glitch

    Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech

    When technology reinforces inequality, it’s not just a glitch—it’s a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world.The word “glitch” implies an incidental error, as easy to patch up as it is to identify. But what if racism, sexism, and ableism aren’t just bugs in mostly functional machinery—what if they’re coded into the system itself? In the vein of heavy hitters ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Riddles of the Sphinx

    Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle

    "A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page."—New York TimesCombining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen’s Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator’s compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women’s work and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD