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Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Women Writers Reflect on the Candidate and What Her Campaign Meant

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Morrison (Author)No one else in the political arena inspires as wide a range of passionate feelings as Hillary Rodham Clinton. Cold or competent, overachiever or pioneer, too radical or too moderate, she continues to overturn the assumptions we make about her. In Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary, New Yorker editor Susan Morrison has compiled a timely collection of original pieces by America's most notable women writers. The result is a dazzling and revea...

Bad Indians Book Club: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds

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Report copyright infringementby Patty Krawec (Author), Omar El Akkad (Foreword by)In this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the borderlands of history, science, memoir, and fiction to ask: What worlds do books written by marginalized people describe and invite us to inhabit? When a friend asked what books could help them understand Indigenous lives, Patty Krawec, author of Becoming Kin, gave them a list. This list became a book club ...

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Kolb (Author)A deaf writer's exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate--and her journey to reclaim her voiceRachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf people with legal rights to accessibility services. Still, from a young age, she contorted herself to expectations set by a world that prioritizes hearing pe...

House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home

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Report copyright infringementby John T. Edge (Author)The author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South tells his own story this time. Of growing up in a house wrecked by violence and a South haunted by racism. And of how his search for home led him to find escape and belonging through food. Until he realizes that gathering at the table is just one small step toward reckoning. "A story for all Americans on a path to self-awareness, honesty, and love."--Wright Thompson, New...

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Report copyright infringementby Steven E. Mayer (Author) Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 22, 2025

With My People: Life, Justice, and Activism Beyond the University

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Pulphus (Author), Stefan M. Bradley (Foreword by), Osagyefo Sekou (Foreword by)A memoir of hard-fought lessons and the price for justice. When the local government in Ferguson, Missouri, and federal authorities failed in their duty to serve justice in 2014, college sophomore Jonathan Pulphus committed to being in the streets and battling for justice in the wake of Michael Brown Jr.'s murder. This story traces a nine-month journey toward justice. Despit...

The Disappearance: Conspiracy, Revolution, Revelation... the Extraordinary Disappearance of Steven Kubacki (Unexplained Mysteries)

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Kubacki (Author), Dylan James Quarles (With)The Extraordinary True Story Behind a Global MysteryA vanished man. A 15-month mystery. The memoir that defies explanation--and finally speaks.In 1978, Steven Kubacki disappeared without a trace near Lake Michigan. Fifteen months later, he reappeared--disoriented, in unfamiliar clothes, and claiming no memory of what had happened. For over four decades, the mystery of his disappearance gripped armchair detectiv...

House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr.

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Report copyright infringementby Marion Orr (Author)At the height of the civil rights movement, Charles C. Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) was the consummate power broker. In a political career spanning 1951 to 1980, Diggs, Michigan's first Black member of Congress, was the only federal official to attend the trial of Emmett Till's killers, worked behind the scenes with Martin Luther King Jr., and founded the Congressional Black Caucus. He was also the chief architect of legislation that restored home r...

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On Thin Ice: An LAPD Veteran's Journey to Reimagine Policing

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Report copyright infringementby Jeff Wenninger (Author)"POLICING IS ON THIN ICE. It's up to us to reimagine what happens next." -Jeff WenningerOn Thin Ice delivers an unflinching look inside the American law enforcement from a voice who's lived it. With over 30 years in the LAPD and direct oversight of more than 700 use-of-force cases, nationally recognized expert Jeff Wenninger exposes the toxic culture, outdated training, and leadership failures that continue to shape modern policing.Drawin...

Unwed & Unbothered: The Defiant Lives of Single Women Throughout History

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Report copyright infringementby Emma Duval (Author)No partner? No problem! From economic independence to personal passions and everything in between, this beautifully illustrated guide profiles women who have had different reasons why they have chosen to remain single all throughout history that have nothing to do with the tragic trope of "spinsters." What do novelist Jane Austen, suffragist Susan B. Anthony, and Hollywood icon Greta Garbo have in common? They all subverted societal expectati...

Broken Things Still Bloom: Resilience from a West Baltimore Childhood

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Report copyright infringementby Chanel Odaris Robinson (Author)Broken Things Still Bloom is an authentic memoir of resilience, memory, and Black girlhood in West Baltimore during the 1970s and 1980s. Chanel Robinson came of age in the Gilmor Homes, a public housing project where childhood was shaped by both community strength and systemic struggle.Born to a teen mother, Chanel grew up surrounded by the energy of soul music, front-porch friendships, and neighborhood traditions. But she was als...

I'm Not a Bodybuilder: The Consistency Code

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Report copyright infringementby M. Byrd (Author)This book exists for one reason: To show you that the deep-rooted principles of bodybuilding - discipline, structure, sacrifice, consistency, and mental toughness - aren't just for competitors.They apply to everyone: Beginners starting their health journey People trying to lose weight Athletes chasing performance Busy parents juggling life Anyone trying to become a better version of themselves You don't need a stage. You need standards.This is ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jane E. Griffioen (Author)Born and raised in a Dutch enclave of Grand Rapids, Janie now lives with her husband in a suburb outside the same city. It's the 1990s. They have been married for nineteen years when her husband announces he is moving out. Their suburban church is a chip off the old block--the Reformed tradition with which Janie is especially well acquainted. Although some opposition has taken place, patriarchy remains the underlying given. Expectation...

Lessons in Hope: A New Era for Maasai Women in Tanzania

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Report copyright infringementby Juliet Cutler (Author), Lucumay (Contribution by), Mutta (Contribution by)For readers inspired by Margaret Busby's New Daughters of Africa, Juliet Cutler presents a stunning testament to a group of Maasai women who are claiming their voices and shaping a future of lasting change. In this inspiring collection of interviews and portraits, over twenty Maasai women share the ways education has transformed their lives by giving them the tools to overcome poverty and...

Commons Museums: Pedagogies for Taking Ownership of What is Lost

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Report copyright infringementby Nuraini Juliastuti (Author)This chapbook centres pedagogy within a new model of museum practice that prioritizes community. It focuses on two cultural institutions in Indonesia, the Pagesangan School in Yogyakarta and the Lakoat Kujawas in Mollo, East Nusa Tenggara, and uses the concept of the 'commons museums', which encompasses heritage, memory, and knowledge production to shape futures. The historical theft of cultural heritage and the extraction of natural ...

Picturing the (Un)Dead in Beirut: Appropriations of Martyr Posters and Other Images of the Physically Deceased

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Report copyright infringementby Agnes Rameder (Author)Martyr posters are more than obituary images - they can act as visual politics. Focusing on Rabih Mroué's play How Nancy Wished That Everything Was an April Fool's Joke (2007), Agnes Rameder analyses how contemporary artists question and appropriate Lebanese martyr posters. By linking the posters from the Wars in Lebanon (1975-1990) to contemporary posters, she shows that these images continue to the present day, that martyrs are still cre...

Wondrous Mrs. Claus: A Literary and Pictorial Review of the Christmas Character

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Report copyright infringementby Pamela McColl (Author)Brimming with delightful poems, stories and images this publication chronicles Mrs. Claus from 1849 to the present day. The Christmas character was first mentioned by name in the Yale Literary Magazine of New Haven, Connecticut in 1851: "In bounded that jolly, fat and funny old elf, Santa Claus... He seemed to have done his best, and we should think, had Mrs. Santa Claus to help him." Mrs. Claus first appeared in a theatrical production in...

Masquerades in African Society: Gender, Power and Identity

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Report copyright infringementby Walter E. a. Van Beek (Author), Harrie M. Leyten (Author)Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics. What is the meaning of masks and masquerades in African traditions and how can we understand their role in rituals and performances? Why do we find masks in some African regions and not in others, and what does this 'mask habitat' say about the general dynamics...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Savig (Editor), Si American Art Museum (Editor), Amber-Brown Bear Robe (Contribution by)Your ticket to the best state fair crafts--from Choctaw basketry to sculpted butter cows--with more than 100 amazing images of American craft art! A Dolly Parton crop art portrait. Size-96 cowboy boots. A quilt incorporating the jean outfits of a farmer and his son. This book features more than 100 photos of extraordinary and unconventional crafts from state and tribal ...

Concrete Colonialism: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Us Imperial Project in the Philippines

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Report copyright infringementby Diana Jean S. Martinez (Author)During US colonial rule in the Philippines, reinforced concrete was used to the near exclusion of all other building materials. In Concrete Colonialism, Diana Jean S. Martinez examines the motivations for and lasting effects of this forgotten colonial policy. Arguing that the pervasive use of reinforced concrete technologies revolutionized techniques of imperial conquest, Martinez shows how concrete reshaped colonialism as a proje...

Life on the Rocks: One Woman's Adventures in Petroglyph Preservation - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine Wells (Author)Artist Katherine Wells's life story starts with an early interest in Native art and the petroglyphs of the Southwest that drew her to New Mexico and led to a major effort to preserve the iconic images she found on her own land. Number of Pages: 211 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 16, 2009

The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy R. Lippard (Author)In the 1970s, Lucy R. Lippard, author of the highly original and popular Mixed Blessings, merged her art-world concerns with those of the then-fledgling women's movement. In a career that spans sixteen books and scores of articles, catalogs, and essays on art, political activism, feminism, and multiculturalism, her engaging and provocative writings have heralded a new way of thinking about art and its role in the feminist movement.This n...

Dwelling in Resistance: Living with Alternative Technologies in America

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Report copyright infringementby Chelsea Schelly (Author)Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities--"The Farm," "Twin Oaks," "Dancing Rabbit," and "Earthships"--where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans. Schelly portrays a wide range of residential living al...

Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Graham (Author)A powerful expose of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life.Author BiographyStephen Graham is Professor of Cities and Society at Newcastle University. He is the author or editor of Telecommunications and the City and Splintering Urbanism (both with Simon Marvin), Cities, War and Terrorism and Disrupted Cities: When Infrastructures Fail. His most recent book is Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism. ...

From Birdhouses to Tiny Houses: Courage Changes Everything

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Report copyright infringementby Linda C. Pope (Author)Linda Pope is a practical environmentalist with a sense of urgency. Her research has led her to understand that solutions are already abundant. What's needed are doers who can step outside their comfort zones and simply "be the change." From Birdhouses to Tiny Houses describes one of Linda's experiments in environmental courage and her students' willingness to learn hands-on. The book demonstrates the power of community-based learning in a...

Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Solnit (Author)Reporting from the front lines of gentrification in San Francisco, Rebecca Solnit and Susan Schwartzenberg sound a warning bell to all urban residents. Wealth is just as capable of ravaging cities as poverty.Author BiographyRebecca Solnit is author of, among other books, Wanderlust, A Book of Migrations, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the NBCC award-winning River of Shadows and A Paradise Built In Hell. A contributing editor to Harper's, ...

Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture

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Report copyright infringementby Justin McGuirk (Author)Author BiographyJustin McGuirk is a writer and curator, and has worked as the Guardian's design columnist and the editor of Icon magazine. He is also the director of Strelka Press and the design consultant to Domus, and his writing has appeared in the Observer, the Times, Disegno, Art Review, Condé Nast Traveller, Form, the Architects Journal, Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Arc...

My Name is Saffron: Voices Silenced, Stifled, and Taken Away

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Report copyright infringementby Saffron Gustafson (Author)"Prison became a chapter of my life."A thriving entrepreneur in her 30's, managing medical clinics across three states and providing care for patients battling illnesses such as cancer and lymphedema, Saffron's world unraveled when she challenged a delinquent insurance company and prevailed; only to face retaliation with false accusations submitted to the FBI.Over the ensuing years, Saffron became the subject of relentless surveillance...

Uncle Tom's Cabin: An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe having a profound effect on attitudes toward African Am

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Report copyright infringementby Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author)Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War".Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary and an active abolitionist, featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-sufferi...

The Unbroken Generation: Youth Voices of Belarus 2020

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Report copyright infringementby Elena Korosteleva (Editor), Victor Shadurski (Editor)This book is a collection of essays from student participants in Belarus' 2020 protests. Many of them ended up in jail, having experienced first-hand the maltreatment by Lukashenka's regime. All of them had to flee their homeland as a result. Yet, their young voices today - which in this book, we refer to as the UNBROKEN GENERATION - resonate stronger than ever before, giving us HOPE for the future, and BELIE...

Never Let Me Go: A Portrait of Sexual Predation

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Report copyright infringementby Chuck Rosenthal (Author)In 1964, Chuck Rosenthal was a thirteen year old boy whose dream was to make his grade school basketball team. Never Let Me Go tells the true story of how a college professor who coached grade school basketball as a hobby became the man who held that dream in his hands; became Rosenthal's coach and his mentor; how he made Rosenthal his student, his confidant, and eventually his sexual partner, and how that teenager, trapped in the cycle ...