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Updated July 21, 2023
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Black boy smile : a memoir in moments
Watkins, D.
Paper Book
A New York Times bestselling and award-winning author presents a complex story about his coming-of-age journey as a Black boy, from the societal roots of trauma to finding joy. "If I had two wishes, it would be that D. Watkins spend an entire book...
Brilliance beyond borders : remarkable women leaders share the power of immigrace
Esimai, Chinwe
Paper Book
What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie   Of the 73 million women in the US workforce, 11.5 million are foreign...
The Trayvon generation
Alexander, Elizabeth
Paper Book
*Named a Most Anticipated Title of 2022 by TIME magazine, New York Times, Bustle, and more* In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 and following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Elizabeth Alexander-one of the...
A deeper sickness : journal of America in the pandemic year
Peacock, Margaret
Paper Book
A harrowing chronicle by two leading historians, capturing in real time the events of a year marked by multiple devastations. When we look back at the year 2020, how can we describe what really happened? In A Deeper Sickness, award-winning historians Margaret Peacock and...
The capitalist and the activist : corporate social activism and the new business of change
Lin, Tom C. W.
Paper Book
2023 Axiom Business Books Award Silver Medalist (Business Commentary) 2023 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medalist (Social Change & Social Justice) This is the first in-depth examination of the important ongoing fusion of activism, capitalism, and social change masterfully told...
The fight to vote
Waldman, Michael
Paper Book
Praised by the late John Lewis, this is the seminal book about the long and ongoing struggle to win voting rights for all citizens by the president of The Brennan Center, the leading organization on voter rights and election security, now newly revised to describe today's intense fights over...
Somewhere we are human : authentic voices on migration, survival, and new beginnings
Grande, Reyna
Paper Book
""Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America."" -Publishers Weekly "[These contributions] touch on so many different facets of the immigrant experience that readers will find much to ponder....
The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking
Ammous, Saifedean
Paper Book
A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced "a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party" to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid...
The worth of water : our story of chasing solutions to the world's greatest challenge
White, Gary (Founder of Water.org)
Paper Book
When Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon visited rural Zambia in 2006, the last thing he expected was to become a life-long champion for the battle to end the global water and sanitation crisis. Enter civil and environmental engineer Gary White, internationally recognised water and sanitation expert. A...
System error : where big tech went wrong and how we can reboot
Reich, Rob
Paper Book
"System Error is a triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors--experts who have worked at ground...
100% democracy : the case for universal voting
Dionne, E. J., Jr.
Paper Book
A timely and paradigm-shifting argument that all members of a democracy must participate in elections, by a leading political expert and Washington Post journalist Americans are required to pay taxes, serve on juries, get their kids vaccinated, get driver's licenses, and sometimes go to...
Pandemic, Inc. : chasing the capitalists and thieves who got rich while we got sick
McSwane, J. David
Paper Book
"This startling, vital book deserves our attention." --San Francisco Chronicle For readers of War Dogs and Bad Blood, an explosive look inside the rush to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic, from the award-winning ProPublica reporter who saw it firsthand.<...
Blank canvas : the amazing story of a woman who awoke from a coma to a life she couldn't remember
Gregg, Marcy
Paper Book
When Marcy Gregg awoke from a coma, 13 years had vanished from her memory.She was 30 years old; she thought she was still 17. She didn't recognize the man who introduced himself as her husband. She stared at pictures of the three children they said were hers, trying desperately to remember...
It was vulgar & it was beautiful : how AIDS activists used art to fight a pandemic
Lowery, Jack (Writer)
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize The story of art collective Gran Fury--which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda--offers lessons in love and grief.
The greatest polar expedition of all time : the Arctic mission to the epicenter of climate change
Rex, Markus
Paper Book
​​For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission. " A contemporary classic!"--Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage ...
The forever prisoner : the full and searing account of the CIA's most controversial covert program
Scott-Clark, Cathy
Paper Book
Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA's enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex...
A redemptive path forward : from incarceration to a life of activism
Lucky, Antong
Paper Book
Antong Lucy formed the Dallas Bloods gang, and in the 1990s was involved in escalating gun violence and a drug enterprise until he was sentenced to seven years in prison. Antong denounced his gang affiliation and began working to unite rival gangs, quickly rising to become one of the most respected...
Speaking of race : why everybody needs to talk about racism--and how to do it
Headlee, Celeste Anne
Paper Book
"Simply the best book I've read on how to have those conversations. Unflinchingly honest, exceptionally well-reasoned and researched, there is so much to admire about Speaking of Race."--Angela Duckworth, founder and CEO of Character Lab and New York Times bestselling author of Grit A...
Killer looks : the forgotten history of plastic surgery in prisons
Stone, Zara
Paper Book
Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and other physical alterations to prisoners, the idea being that by remodeling the face you remake the man. From the 1920s up to the mid-1990s, half a million prison...

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