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With casual hookups and campus rape relentlessly in the news, parents can be forgiven for feeling anxious about their young daughters. They’re also fearful about opening up a dialogue. Not Orenstein. …

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Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court

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May B.

I’ve known it since last night:
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Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want

Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner, you must first become a good partner to yourself. This book offers twenty invaluable lessons that will help you explore and commit to you…

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At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. Th…

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Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus

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The author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter now turns her focus to the sexual lives of young men, once again offering “both an examination of…

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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contempo…

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Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she live…

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An insightful, charming, and absolutely fascinating memoir from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” (one of the top five most popular New York Times…

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In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken debaucheries.

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A stirring meditation on Black performance in America from the New York Times bestselling author of Go Ahead in the Rain

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