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An electrifying novel-in-stories that follows a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.

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In 2024, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.

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"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Veneti…

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A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism.

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire

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An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.

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Erasure

Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and an African American, he is offended and angered by the success of We's Lives in Da Ghetto, the exploit…

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Afterparties

Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth, Afterparties offers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans. As…

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities came to be racially divided through …

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For readers of Kolbert's Under a White Sky and Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life , to all those who love science books about the brain

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