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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...
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...
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.<...
The Trayvon generation
Alexander, Elizabeth
Paper Book
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing meditation on the power of art and culture to illuminate America's unresolved problem with race. *Named a Most Anticipated Title of 2022 by TIME <...
The worth of water : our story of chasing solutions to the world's greatest challenge
White, Gary (Founder of Water.org)
Paper Book
From the founders of nonprofits Water.org & WaterEquity Gary White and Matt Damon, the incredible true story of two unlikely allies on a mission to end the global water crisis for good On any given morning, you might wake up and shower with water, make your coffee with water,...

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