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  • KINDRED -15%
    KINDRED
    BUTLER, OCTAVIA E.
    “As you turn the pages of this novel and get lost in Dana’s story, allow yourself to relive the horrors of slavery. . . . Allow yourself to know the pain of our nation’s past.”—Tomi Adeyemi, New York Times bestseller and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author, from the new forewordThis brand new package for young adults includes a redesigned interior for better readability, speci...
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    Q. 160Q. 136

  • EMBRACING HOPE -15%
    EMBRACING HOPE
    VIKTOR EMIL FRANKL
    "A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our lives"-...
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    Q. 160Q. 136

  • CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM -15%
    CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM
    REBECCA GIBLIN / CORY DOCTOROW
    A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both.In ...
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    Q. 200Q. 170

  • CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM -15%
    CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM
    REBECCA GIBLIN / CORY DOCTOROW
    u003cbu003eA call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Mediau003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buye...
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    Q. 280Q. 238

  • PLAGUES IN THE NATION -15%
    PLAGUES IN THE NATION
    POLLY J. PRICE
    u003cbu003eu003cbu003eSheds light on the US government’s response to epidemics through history—with larger conclusions about COVID-19 and reforms needed before the next plague.u003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, from yellow fever to the Spanish flu, from HIV/AIDS to Ebola, Polly J. Pr...
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    Q. 300Q. 255

  • ACE -15%
    ACE
    ANGELA CHEN
    An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society? ...
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    Q. 170Q. 145

  • MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING -15%
    MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING
    VIKTOR EMIL FRANKL
    Frankls memoir describes life in Nazi death camps and offers lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, he argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasu...
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    Q. 130Q. 111

  • HOUSE OF LIGHT -15%
    HOUSE OF LIGHT
    OLIVER, MARY
    This collection of poems by Mary Oliver once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity.Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life?—Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day" (one of the poems in this volume)Winner of a 1991 Christopher AwardWinner of the 1991 Boston Globe Lawrence L. Wi...
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    Q. 180Q. 153

  • EMBRACING HOPE -15%
    EMBRACING HOPE
    VIKTOR E. FRANKL
    A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our livesFrom the bestselling author of Man's Search for Meaning, which has sold over 18 million copiesThe Library of Congress lists Man’s Search for Meaning as one of the...
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    Q. 230Q. 196

  • FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE THE BIG BOOK OF PIZZA -15%
    FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE THE BIG BOOK OF PIZZA
    FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE
    Make 75 amazing pizzas at home with foolproof dough recipes, super-fun topping combos, and tips and tricks and shortcuts from the pros in the Food Network Kitchen.Pizza night just got even more exciting! This cookbook from the editors of Food Network Magazine is packed with recipes for every kind of pizza lover including different styles of pies and tons of new topping combos.Y...
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    Q. 260Q. 221

  • CENTRAL AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN HISTORY -15%
    CENTRAL AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN HISTORY
    AVIVA CHOMSKY
    Restores the region’s fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and connects the United States’ interventions and influence to the influx of refugees seeking asylum today.At the center of the current immigration debate are migrants from Central America fleeing poverty, corruption, and violence in search of refuge in the United States. In Central Amer...
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    Q. 275Q. 234

  • THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS -15%
    THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS
    NHAT HANH, THICH
    A new gift edition of the classic guide to meditation and mindfulness, featuring archival photography and beautiful calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh The Miracle of Mindfulness is a classic guide to meditation that has introduced generations of readers to the life-changing beauty of mindful awareness. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a m...
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    Q. 200Q. 170

  • MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING -15%
    MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING
    VIKTOR E. FRANKL
    This seminal book, which has been called “one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought” by Carl Rogers and “one of the great books of our time” by Harold Kushner, has been translated into more than fifty languages and sold over sixteen million copies. “An enduring work of survival literature,” according to the New York Times, Viktor Frankl’s riveting account of...
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    Q. 170Q. 145

  • NOTES OF A NATIVE SON -15%
    NOTES OF A NATIVE SON
    BALDWIN, JAMES
    #26 on The Guardian's list of 100 best nonfiction books of all time, the essays explore what it means to be Black in AmericaIn an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. With films like I Am Not Your Negro and the forthcoming If Beale Stree...
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    Q. 170Q. 145

  • BETWEEN VENGEANCE & FORGIVENESS -15%
    BETWEEN VENGEANCE & FORGIVENESS
    MARTHA MINOW
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    Q. 240Q. 204

  • THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS -15%
    THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS
    NHAT HANH, THICH
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    Q. 150Q. 128

  • THE REAL COST OF FRACKING -15%
    THE REAL COST OF FRACKING
    A pharmacologist and a veterinarian pull back the curtain on the human and animal health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" Across the country, fracking--the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing--is being touted as the nation's answer to energy independence and a fix for a flagging economy. Drilling companies assure us that the process is safe, politici...
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    Q. 270Q. 230

  • OUTLAWS OF THE ATLANTIC -15%
    OUTLAWS OF THE ATLANTIC
    REDIKER, MARCUS
    This maritime history "from below" exposes the history-making power of common sailors, slaves, pirates, and other outlaws at sea in the era of the tall ship. In "Outlaws of the Atlantic," award-winning historian Marcus Rediker turns maritime history upside down. He explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants, and nation-sta...
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    Q. 270Q. 230

  • AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES -15%
    AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
    DUNBAR ORTIZ, ROXANNE
    The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen h...
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    Q. 280Q. 238

  • PROJECT FATHERHOOD -15%
    PROJECT FATHERHOOD
    JORJA LEAP
    A group of former gang members come together to help one another answer the question “How can I be a good father when I’ve never had one?” In 2010, former gang leader turned community activist Big Mike Cummings asked UCLA gang expert Jorja Leap to co-lead a group of men struggling to be better fathers in Watts, South Los Angeles, a neighborhood long burdened with a legacy of ra...
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    Q. 357Q. 304

  • KNOWLEDGE & HUMAN INTERESTS -15%
    KNOWLEDGE & HUMAN INTERESTS
    JURGEN HABERMAS
    "For those concerned with the relationships between thought and action, Knowledge and Human Interests will quickly be recognized as a brilliant book --and a bold outline for a new social theory." -Times Literary Supplement ...
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    Q. 495Q. 421

  • THEORY AND PRACTICE -15%
    THEORY AND PRACTICE
    JURGEN HABERMAS
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    Q. 465Q. 395

  • TOWARD A RATIONAL SOCIETY: STUDENT PROTEST, SCIENCE, AND POLITICS -15%
    TOWARD A RATIONAL SOCIETY: STUDENT PROTEST, SCIENCE, AND POLITICS
    JUERGEN HABERMAS
    Knowledge, communication, action - these are the concepts central to all of Habermas's thought. As a philosopher, he is concerned with the rational connection of these concepts. As a sociologist, he is prepared to analyze with care the distortion of human ... ...
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    Q. 370Q. 315

  • HOW TO BE LESS STUPID ABOUT RACE: ON RACISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE -15%
    HOW TO BE LESS STUPID ABOUT RACE: ON RACISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE
    CRYSTAL M. FLEMING
    A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our "national conversation about race"--and what to do about itHow to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. Centuries after our na...
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    Q. 155Q. 132

  • FINDING FERNANDA -15%
    FINDING FERNANDA
    ERIN SIEGAL
    The dramatic story of how an American housewife discovered that the Guatemalan child she was about to adopt had been stolen from her birth mother Over the last decade, nearly 200,000 children have been adopted into the United States, 25,000 of whom came from Guatemala. Finding Fernanda, a dramatic true story paired with investigative reporting, tells the side-by-side tales of a...
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    Q. 155Q. 132