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So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color

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Report copyright infringementby Caro de Robertis (Author)From the acclaimed novelist, a first-of-its-kind, deeply personal, and moving oral history of a generation of trans and gender nonconforming elders of color--from leading activists to artists to ordinary citizens--who tell their own stories of breathtaking courage, cultural innovations, and acts of resistance. So Many Stars knits together the voices of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit elders of color as they share authentic...

We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today

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Report copyright infringementby Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (Author)A sweeping look back at the protest movements that changed America from activist and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with personal and historical insights into lessons they can teach us today "A compelling case for standing up for justice at a time when everything, it seems, is on the line."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr. For many, it can feel like change takes too long, and it might seem that we have not moved ve...

Detained: A Boy's Journal of Survival and Resilience

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Report copyright infringementby D. Esperanza (Author), Gerardo Iv?n Morales (Author)The first-ever memoir of a child's experience in detention on the US/Mexico border under President Trump's infamous family separation policy. D Esperanza was just thirteen years old when he lost his caregivers, his beloved grandmother and uncle. Since both of his parents were working and living in the United States, D was left on his own in a small town in Honduras. He quickly realized he simply could not make...

The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Brook (Author)More than a century ago, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, dubbed the "Einstein of Sex," grew famous (and infamous) for his liberating theory of sexual relativity. Today, he's been largely forgotten.Journalist Daniel Brook retraces Hirschfeld's rollicking life and reinvigorates his legacy, recovering one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In an era when gay sex was a crime and gender roles rigid, Hirschfeld taught that each of us is th...

Tits Up: The Top Half of Women's Liberation

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Thornton (Author)After years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the social and cultural significance of breasts.Riotous and galvanizing, Tits Up excavates the diverse truths of mammary glands from the strip club to the opera...

The Vinyl Diaries: Sex, Deep Cuts, and My Soundtrack to Queer Joy

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Report copyright infringementby Pete Crighton (Author)A poignant, funny, and lively memoir of sexual awakening, music, and discovering one's true self. Pete Crighton came of age in the early/mid 1980s in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Growing up in Toronto, he was terrified that his friends and schoolmates would find out that he was "different" at a time when being gay felt like a death sentence. His only comfort was music, the songs a balm to his painful adolescence. Struggling to make sense of hi...

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Report copyright infringementby Noga Arikha (Author)A thought-provoking account of the life and work of Franz Boas and his influential role in shaping modern anthropology Franz Boas (1858-1942) is widely acknowledged for his pioneering work in the field of cultural anthropology. His rigorous studies of variations across societies were aimed at demonstrating that cultures and peoples were not shaped by biological predispositions. This book traces Boas's life and intellectual passions from his...

Second Chances: The Transformative Relationship Between Incarcerated Youth and Shelter Dogs

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Report copyright infringementby Joan K. Dalton (Author)Second Chances: The Transformative Relationship Between Incarcerated Youth and Shelter Dogs recounts the story of Project POOCH (Positive Opportunities--Obvious Change with Hounds), a program that united incarcerated boys with unwanted dogs from animal shelters. Both the boys and the dogs were considered undesirable, and few had found love in their lives. As a result of the project, the lives of many youths and dogs changed forever.The pr...

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Galloway (Author)"Terry Galloway is resilient ... caustic, depraved, utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs you with her fork." --Alison Bechdel An anniversary edition of the laugh out loud memoir, with a new epilogue, from a self-proclaimed "child freak" about family, transformation, identity, and the messiness of living "Told with understandable rage, quirky humor, ...

No Race, No Country: The Politics and Poetics of Richard Wright

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Report copyright infringementby Deborah Mutnick (Author)No Race, No Country presents a major reconsideration of the breakthrough African American author Richard Wright's work and life. It challenges standard evaluations of his reputation as an autodidact, his late novels, his travel books, and his political commitments after he left the Communist Party USA. Deborah Mutnick engages a wide range of Wright's work throughout his career, providing a nuanced perspective on his complicated gender po...

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Jaymes Purdy (Author)Shooting Stars and Origami SwansIn this raw and powerful collection of poetry, Jessica Jaymes Purdy takes readers on an intimate journey through the depths of gender identity, self-discovery, and transformation. From the depths of the closet to the light of self-acceptance, these verses chronicle the author's path to embracing her true self."Shooting Stars and Origami Swans" is a testament to resilience, exploring Jessica's experien...

The Medicine of Memory: A Mexica Clan in California

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Report copyright infringementby Alejandro Murguía (Author)"People who live in California deny the past," asserts Alejandro Murgu?a. In a state where "what matters is keeping up with the current trends, fads, or latest computer gizmo," no one has "the time, energy, or desire to reflect on what happened last week, much less what happened ten years ago, or a hundred." From this oblivion of memory, he continues, comes a false sense of history, a deluded belief that the way things are now is the w...

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Fredrik Barth: An Intellectual Biography

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Author)Fredrik Barth is one of the towering figures of twentieth-century anthropology. This intellectual history traces the development of Barth's ideas and explores the substance of his contributions. In an accessible style, Thomas Hylland Eriksen's biographical study reveals the magic of ethnography to professional anthropologists and non-practitioners alike. Exploring his six decade career, it follows Barth from early ecological studi...

My Son Wears Heels: One Mom's Journey from Clueless to Kickass

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Report copyright infringementby Julie Tarney (Author)In 1992, Julie Tarney's only child, Harry, told her, "Inside my head I'm a girl." He was two years old. Julie had no idea what that meant. She felt disoriented. Wasn't it her role to encourage and support her child? Surely she had to set some limits to his self-expression-or did she? Would he be bullied? Could she do the right thing? What was the right thing? The internet was no help, because there was no internet. And there were zero boo...

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Skinner (Author)Jesus said, "I will build my church." He did not guarantee that it would be easy. But, He did promise to be with us until the end of the age. The Church will prevail!Where Faith Lit the Way is a compelling chronicle of the miraculous faithfulness of God in the lives of Gary and Marilyn Skinner who served as visionary leaders at Watoto Church in Uganda and around the world.Complete with a study guide for individuals or small groups, this boo...

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Report copyright infringementby Damien Thompson (Author)As a child in the 1980s, Damien lived an idyllic life as the only son to two highly creative parents. He idolized his larger-than-life father, the unemployed musician. His mother, the artist, painted the neighbor children's portraits and sometimes worked two jobs to pay the mortgage and put food on the table.When Damien's mother asked for a divorce, his father initiated a long journey of vengeance with Damien at the center, weaponizing t...

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Report copyright infringementby John Loughery (Author)For a generation that has seen the legalization of gay marriage, increasing numbers of families with two mothers or two fathers, and the respected presidential candidacy of an openly gay man like Pete Buttigieg, the 1960s - 1990s can seem a time remote in every regard. Yet the present grows out of the past, and understanding the ways in which life was different in another era deepens our thinking about the present and the future.Where the ...

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Report copyright infringementby Tafari Curtis Spruill (Author)Discover an African American man's journey: Rising from the inner city's challenges to the ranks of the U.S Army. A testament of resilience, inspiring people of color and veterans to overcome adversity.In the book From Army St. Projects to the US Army, the author candidly shares his life story, providing readers with a raw and honest look into the experiences of an African American male navigating life. Born and raised in the inner...

Seat 1C: A Survivor's Tale of Hope, Resilience and Renewal

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Report copyright infringementby Zafar Masud (Author)On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in a suburb of Karachi, Pakistan, and burst into flames, claiming the lives of 98 people. A mind-bending series of fortunate incidents allowed Zafar Masud to emerge as one of just two survivors. Seat 1C is his raw and gripping account of that fatal day, interwoven with testimonies from the only other survivor, Masud's heroic rescuers, and key eyewitnesses. In the months foll...

A Stinky History of Toilets: Flush with Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries - Hardcover

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by Olivia Meikle (Author), Katie Nelson (Author), Ella Kasperowicz (Illustrator)You sit on it every day, but how much do you really know about your toilet? Discover the history of pooping and peeing in this frankly disgusting nonfiction book. Authors Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle have scoured the toilet bowls and sewers of the world to find out how humans have done their business throughout history. It's time to get to the bottom of toilets! Prepare to be revolted by: - A fossilized Viking t...

The Devil's Highway: A True Story - Paperback

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by Luis Alberto Urrea (Author)This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wro...

Am I Literate?: Redefining Literacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Kate Arthur (Author), Sophia Marshment (Illustrator)Kate grew up in a home where words mattered. Inspired by her family's love of reading, she pursued a degree in English Literature and began a career as a publicist. Confident in her mastery of language, Kate believed she was literate-until her husband, a technologist, introduced her to computing.A moment that redefined literacy for Kate. With three young daughters starting school, she recognised the need to pr...

Bringing Hope to Life: (A memoir) Creating pathways out of poverty for youth through the beloved YouthBuild community

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Report copyright infringementby Dorothy Stoneman (Author)In Bringing Hope to Life, Stoneman beautifully weaves together the story of YouthBuild's growth and success over 45 years and her own story of moving from Harvard to Harlem as a young woman in the Civil Rights movement, being schooled and broadened through deep cross-racial relationships, learning to navigate government to obtain lasting funding, building a dynamic national movement, and enlisting the help of thousands of allies in all ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Winterhalder (Author)In Real Bikers Of North America: Men Who Rode With An Outlaw Motorcycle Club, author Edward Winterhalder captures a realistic snapshot of the outlaw biker lifestyle to preserve the culture accurately for generations to come. For nearly a decade, his interns conducted in-depth interviews of former and active members of outlaw motorcycle clubs, and in this resulting anthology of mini-biographies you'll explore the life stories of real ...

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by Vandana Shiva (Author), Maria Mies (Author), Ariel Salleh (Foreword by)In this groundbreaking work, two world-renowned scholars argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women. In both industrialized societies and the developing countries, the new wars the world is experiencing, violent ethnic chauvinisms and the malfunctioning of the economy also pose ur...

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by John Fletcher (Author)The Island Princess is a tragicomic romance set in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Fletcher rewrites Shakespeare's The Tempest through the encounter of Islam and Christianity and the fierce European competition for wealth at the farthest reaches of empire. The play also stages the degeneration of religious tolerance into fanaticism. This ground-breaking edition explores the play in its gendered, political, social and religious contexts whilst also finding its resonanc...

The Tragedy of Mariam: The Fair Queen of Jewry - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Cary (Author)Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in 1613, it was the first work by a woman to be published under her real name. Never performed during Cary's lifetime, and apparently never intended for performance, the Senecan revenge tragedy tells the story of Mariam, the second wife of Herod. The play exposes and explores the themes of sex, divorce, betrayal, murder, and Jewish society under Herod's t...

Shared Grace: Making Meaning at End of Life. A Hospice Chaplain's Memoir.

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Report copyright infringementby Sue Bonner (Author)Sue Bonner (Subhana) experienced many deaths in her younger years-parents, friends and a baby son. These life events led her to being trained by and working for Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD in her Life Death and Transition workshops. Later in life these experiences led her to become an Interfaith Hospice Chaplain.Shared Grace is more than a memoir. It is a tribute to the lives of many individuals with whom Subhana interacted.It also includes man...

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Miller (Author)When Helen Miller was asked why she never joined her family in the water, she found herself contemplating the reasons she didn't swim. Most significant were opportunity and accessibility. Although her parents were part of the Great Migration of Black families to the North to escape racism and poverty, they did not have access to public or private pools or beaches. Helen considered that her parents' and her inability to swim was related to s...

Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family

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Report copyright infringementby Jill Damatac (Author)In the style of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings, filmmaker Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native-born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America. Jill Damatac left the United States in 2015 after living there as an undocumented immigrant with her family for twenty-two years. America was the only home she knew, where invisibility had b...