Taking Children: A History of American Terror
By: Laura Briggs
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"You have to take the children away."—Donald Trump Taking Children argues that for four hundred ye…
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1. My Name is Leon
By: Kit de Waal
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
It's 1981, a year of riots and royal weddings. The Dukes of Hazzard is on TV and Curly Wurlys are i… read more
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"When people fuck with you, you gotta choice. You can fuck back or swallow down. Swallow down enough times and you start to choke. Or you can learn to accept. Let go. Breathe easy."-Kit de Waal, My Name is Leon
2. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None
4.30
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more
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- history
- politics
- academic
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
3. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
4. Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America
By: Leon Dash
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
Based on a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles, this harrowing account of life in the urban u… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- social work
5. Shattered Bonds: The Color Of Child Welfare
By: Dorothy Roberts
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Shattered Bondsis a stirring account of a worsening American social crisis--the disproportionate re… read more
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6. Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism
By: Greg Grandin
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Grandin has always been a brilliant historian; now he uses his detective skills in a book that is … read more
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7. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
8. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
By: Roxanna Asgarian
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
- social justice
9. American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
By: Gabrielle Glaser
4.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- social justice
10. A Council of Dolls
By: Mona Susan Power
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more
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"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
11. Notes from a Young Black Chef
By: Kwame Onwuachi
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A memoir from “the most important chef in America” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) and chef of Tatiana,… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
"Like stolen labor, this stew became part of a Southern culture whose origins rest on the corrupt scaffolding of slavery."-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
"Nothing is a turnoff like a New York City housing authority kitchen. People want to hear about that once you're successful, not when you're living in it."-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
"Sometimes racism takes the form of ugly words and actions. Other times it remains unspoken, communicated by hostile looks and secret snickers. But the most corrosive form, and often the hardest to ad…"-Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef
12. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
4.39
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"[Trump] and his ideas are not exceptional. He and the people who support him are just the latest examples of the country's ongoing betrayal. . .When we make Trump exceptional, we let ourselves off th…"-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
"Baldwin's words can sound harsh, as if he's throwing away millions of Americans and declaring them irrelevant to the life and future of our democracy. It's easy to read him that way, and sometimes, w…"-Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
13. Sabrina & Corina
By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A haunting debut story collection on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths … read more
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"Age has nothing to do with sadness."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
"And that is our story of everything."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
"That poor girl. How the world just ate her up."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
"Thanks, but we'll try some home remedies first."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
14. Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew
By: Michael W. Twitty
4.10
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossr… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. The Ungrateful Refugee
By: Dina Nayeri
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction "Nayeri combines her own experience with thos… read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Unlike economic migrants, refugees have no agency; they are no threat. Often, they are so broken, they beg to be remade into the image of the native. As recipients of magnanimity, they can be pitied.…"-Dina Nayeri, The Ungrateful Refugee
16. The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice
By: Staci Haines
4.24
Format: 449 pages, Kindle Edition
A restorative justice approach to somatic therapy, integrating mind-body healing with social activi… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- social work
- nonfiction
17. Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession With Locking Up Immigrants
By: César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A leading scholar’s powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants addressing the inters… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"If nightmares can become reality, why can't dreams?...I imagine a future where immigration prisons do not exist."-César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession With Locking Up Immigrants
18. Housemates
By: Emma Copley Eisenberg
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more
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"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates
19. Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
By: Renee Linklater
4.46
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In Decolonizing Trauma Work, Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in Indigenous communitie… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- social work
- social justice
"Implying that realities are merely psychotic experiences or that they exist in a realm that is not legitimate disregards Indigenous belief systems, which value spiritual experiences and recognize the…"-Renee Linklater, Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
"Duran argues for the need for healing institutions to retain culturally competent staff and that the adherence to strictly Western models of treatment maintains the colonization process. Hodge, Limb,…"-Renee Linklater, Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
"It is widely recognized that Indigenous peoples are often not well served by Western treatment styles and those seeking help are often confronted with more alienation and traumatization. Sones et al.…"-Renee Linklater, Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
20. Taking Children: A History of American Terror
By: Laura Briggs
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
"You have to take the children away."—Donald Trump Taking Children argues that for four hundred ye… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- social work
- academic
- nonfiction
- social justice
21. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
By: Prentis Hemphill
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more
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- politics
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
