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Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

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Report copyright infringementby Nicola Twilley (Author)"Engrossing...hard to put down." -- The New York Times Book Review "Frostbite is a perfectly executed cold fusion of science, history, and literary verve . . . as a fellow nonfiction writer, I bow down. This is how it's done." -- Mary Roach, author of Fuzz and Stiff An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into ...

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-Of-The-Century America

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Report copyright infringementby David Baron (Author)This New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed we had discovered intelligent life on Mars, as best-selling science writer David Baron chronicles in The Martians, his truly bizarre tale of a nation swept up in Mars mania. At the center of Baron's historical drama is Percival Lowell, the Boston Brahmin and Harvard scion, who observed "canals" etched into the surface of Mars. Lowell devised a gran...

Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us - Paperback

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by Paul Koudounaris (Author)A macabre, spectacular, and thought-provoking survey of death in life, this book collects the many ways human remains are used in decorative, commemorative, and devotional contexts around the world today.This compact edition of Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with...

The Farther Reaches of Human Nature - Paperback

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by Abraham H. Maslow (Author), Bretha G. Maslow (Preface by), Henry Geiger (Introduction by)Abraham H. Maslow was one of the foremost spokespersons of humanistic psychology. In The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature, an extension of his classic Toward a Psychology of Being, Maslow explores the complexities of human nature by using both the empirical methods of science and the aesthetics of philosophical inquiry. With essays on biology, synergy, creativity, cognition, self-actualization, and the...

We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals from the Freedom Church of the Poor

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Report copyright infringementby Liz Theoharis (Editor), Charon Hribar (Editor)A book of prayers, rituals, and liturgies that grows out of communities committed to abolishing poverty. Prayer has long sustained movements for social change. Ritual gives shape to our desire for justice, and liturgy lends power to our work. In We Pray Freedom, we learn from activists and movement builders the songs, stories, and ritual practices that keep them going for the long haul. The Freedom Church of the Poo...

A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19

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Report copyright infringementby Edna Bonhomme (Author)A deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines--in the vein of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that through...

Undercover Kindness: Saying Yes to Love, No to Fear, and Embracing the Life-Changing Power of Ordinary Generosity

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Report copyright infringementby Jimmy Darts (Author)One spark of love can change everything. The social media sensation known for his viral "random acts of kindness" videos invites you to discover a bigger, more meaningful existence, one act of generosity at a time."This book will leave your heart a little lighter and your eyes a little wider to the needs of those around you."--Bob Goff, New York Times bestselling author and Sweet Maria's husband Jimmy Darts is convinced that the most fun we ...

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph P. Laycock (Editor)A chilling documentary history of the most notorious cults of the past two thousand years, from the Celtic druids whose ritual sacrifices inspired the folk horror film The Wicker Man all the way up to the Peoples Temple and Heaven's Gate A Penguin Classic The word "cult" conjures images of people in thrall to a charismatic leader who extracts obedience through lies and threats, and of apocalyptic prophecies, ritual sacrifices, sexual p...

The Girl Who Baptized Herself: How a Lost Scripture about a Saint Named Thecla Reveals the Power of Knowing Our Worth

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Report copyright infringementby Meggan Watterson (Author)This riveting exploration of a nearly lost first-century scripture tells the story of a courageous saint named Thecla and offers us a road map to knowing our worth. "Meggan Watterson writes with a prophet's vision and a mystic's heart."--Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global A teenage girl named Thecla is sitting at her bedroom window listening to a man share stories nearby. Her mother and fiancé order her to stop. But Thec...

Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice: A History of Christians in Action

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Report copyright infringementby Karen J. Johnson (Author)"Readers will be edified and inspired." - Publishers Weekly Review, June 2025"With its lively narrative and discussions of racial justice, readers interested in church history and civil-rights movements will find this volume appealing." - Booklist Review, July 2025 "Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice is a meticulous history of the roots of racial inequality that highlights little-known Christians who worked for change." - Foreword Review...

Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present

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Report copyright infringementby John Tolan (Author)A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition Today's Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants in the West face prejudice and discrimination, and Muslim feminists advocate new interpretations of the Koran. At the same time, Islam is mischaracterize...

Just Making: A Guide for Compassionate Creatives

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Report copyright infringementby Mitali Perkins (Author)From award-winning author Mitali Perkins comes an essential companion for writers, artists, and other creatives who long for a more just world. Why should we make art while injustice and suffering wreak havoc? How can we justify making beautiful things? Author Mitali Perkins isn't afraid of hard questions about justice and art. She knows that the creative life can seem selfish. As the daughter of immigrants, she studied toward a career of...

In Pursuit of a More Superb Mission: Exploring a Framework for the Elimination of Racial Prejudice in America

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Lample (Author), Michael Sabet (Editor)Each stage of the Bah?'? Faith's development has unfolded according to the needs of the time, building upon what has come before and laying the groundwork for the next phase of its evolution. Each has challenged the Bah?'?s to attain a more profound understanding of Bah?'u'll?h's Revelation and the practical steps required for the eventual transformation of the world. And each has yielded a more united community, poss...

Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Sack (Author)A sweeping history of one of the nation's most important African American churches and a profound story of courage and grace amid the fight for racial justice--from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kevin Sack "A masterpiece . . . a dense, rich, captivating narrative, featuring vivid prose . . . expansive, inspiring and hugely important."--The New York Times "Race, religion, and terror combine for an extraordinary story of America."--Eddie S....

God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships (Revised and Expanded) - Paperback

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by Matthew Vines (Author)2025 REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION - The landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says--and doesn't say--about same-sex relationships As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of many young people: to one day share his life with someone, to build a family of his own, to give and receive love. But when Vines realized he was gay, those hopes were called into question. The Bible, he'd been taught, condemned gay relationships. Feeling the...

Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization - Hardcover

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by Richard Seymour (Author)Liberal civilisation is in crisis - now is a time of monsters. The rise of the new far right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the spotlight often shines on the actions of charismatic leaders such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, the true peril lies elsewhere. Defeating these people will not stem the tide driving them forward. They are merely the embodiment of profound forces that are rarely understood. Propelled through the vas...

Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community - Paperback

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by Camille Sapara Barton (Author)"Camille Sapara Barton is a gift to all of us. ... This is what emergent strategy looks like at the precipice." --adrienne maree brown, author of Pleasure Activism An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community--practical exercises, decolonized rituals, and Earth-based medicines for healing and processing loss We live in a culture that suppresses our ability to truly feel our grief--deeply, safely, and on our own terms. But each person's e...

No One Left Alone: A Story of How Community Helps Us Heal

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Report copyright infringementby Liz Walker (Author), Gregory Boyle (Foreword by)"Inspiring, thoughtful, and beautiful." --BRYAN STEVENSON "A tender reminder and spacious invitation." -- FATHER GREGORY BOYLE "Liz Walker accomplishes a difficult literary and theological balance with stunning clarity." --OTIS MOSS III An extraordinary account of a Black church that decided to give neighbors a space to share their grief, No One Left Alone provides a blueprint premised on a simple truth: the w...

You Only Get What You're Organized to Take: Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty

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Report copyright infringementby Liz Theoharis (Author), Noam Sandweiss-Back (Author)One of the nation's leading anti-poverty organizers and moral voices shares the largely untold story of the movement to end poverty, open to all, and led by the poor themselves As one of the nation's leading anti-poverty organizers and moral voices, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis explores the largely untold history of poor people's movements in the United States and traces her own journey through some of the most sign...

A Lamp Unto Yourself: A Beginner's Guide to Asian Spiritual Practices, from Advaita and Buddhism to Yoga and Zen

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Report copyright infringementby C. Pierce Salguero (Author)For "spiritual explorers" ready to travel beyond Western bounds, a beginner's guide to Asian spiritual traditions spanning regions, cultures, and history Asian spiritual practices, from yoga and tai chi to qigong and mindfulness meditations, permeate our culture. But these practices are often casually used in the West, and sometimes little understood. As informative as it is inviting, A Lamp unto Yourself introduces "spiritual explore...

Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America

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Report copyright infringementby Christian Smith (Author)Author BiographyChristian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. Smith is well known for his research focused on religion, adolescents and emerging adults, and social theory. He has written many books, including Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (with Michael O. Emerson), as...

Flip the Tables: The Everyday Disruptor's Guide to Finding Courage and Making Change

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Report copyright infringementby Alencia Johnson (Author)From cultural critic and social impact leader Alencia Johnson comes Flip the Tables--a guide for everyday disruptors ready to find their courage, shake up the status quo, and create a better world from exactly where they are. We all crave lives of meaning and purpose but figuring out how to start can feel overwhelming. The truth? Your unique gifts and perspectives are needed--right now. It just takes a little courage to tap into them. ...

The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings - Paperback

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by James Baldwin (Author), Randall Kenan (Editor)From one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century--a collection of essays, articles, reviews, and interviews that have never before been gathered in a single volume. "An absorbing portrait of Baldwin's time--and of him." --New York Review of BooksJames Baldwin was an American literary master, renowned for his fierce engagement with issues haunting our common history. In The Cross of Redemption we have Baldwin d...

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by David Brooks (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success--"r sum virtues"--and our core principles. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The...

One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society - Paperback

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by Herbert Marcuse (Author)Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events.Author BiographyHerbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was born in Berlin and educated at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg. He fled Germany in 1...

Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies: Banshees, Boggarts and Other Folklore Creatures

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Report copyright infringementby Katharine Briggs (Author), Fee Greening (Artist)A beautiful, new edition of the illustrated A-Z of Folklore from seminal figure Katharine Mary Briggs. "Katharine M. Briggs should have a statue in every town square in Britain." - Philip Pullman "The finest guide ever written." - Philip Pullman A beautifully illustrated A-Z of British folklore - in all its beauty, wonder and eccentricity. Katharine Mary Briggs (1898-1980) was a British folklorist, scholar and...

Chase's Calendar of Events 2026: The Ultimate Go-To Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months

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Report copyright infringementby Editors Of Chase's (Author)Since 1957, the most comprehensive and authoritative reference available on special days, weeks, and months; special events; national and international holidays; federal and state observances; religious observances; celebrity birthdays; astronomical phenomena; major sporting events and more.Author BiographyChase's Calendar of Events is produced by an in-house team of editors and researchers based in Chicago, IL. Chase's was first publ...

Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls

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Report copyright infringementby Gina Rippon (Author)A cognitive neuroscientist reveals how autistic women have been overlooked by biased research--and makes a passionate case for their inclusion Who comes to mind when you think about an autistic person? It might be yourself, a relative or friend, a public figure, a fictional character, or a stereotyped image. Regardless, for most of us, it's likely to be someone male. Autistic women are systematically underdiagnosed, under-researched, and un...

Forgotten: Searching for Palestine's Hidden Places and Lost Memorials

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Report copyright infringementby Raja Shehadeh (Author), Penny Johnson (Author)A profound meditation on memory and the preservation of Palestinian heritage, from the award-winning author of We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I. Forgotten uncovers the hidden or neglected memorials and places in historic Palestine--now Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories--and what they might tell us about the land and the people who live on the small slip of earth between the Mediterranean Sea...

Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Goodyear (Author), Doug Gordon (Author), Aaron Naparstek (Author)From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything--and what we can do to fight back When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for all Americans; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty. Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending proliferation ...

Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically

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Report copyright infringementby Devon Price (Author)Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism. "Unmasking for Life should be read by not only autistic people but their loved ones, to ensure they facilitate a truly fulfilling life."--Eric Garcia, author of We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation Most masked Autistics have spent a lifetime bei...

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Report copyright infringementby Bernie Sanders (Author)"Oligarchy is a system in which a small number of extremely wealthy individuals control the economic, political, and media life of a nation. It is a system in which ordinary people have very little power to determine the future of their country. If you're an American, it is the system in which you're living. That must change. In the wealthiest nation on earth we must build a political movement that creates a government that represents all...