The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
By: Jason Hardy
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system throu…
Want to Read $ 13.29"People who got the least respect in this world felt the greatest need to demand it of bosses, friends, even strangers on the street. They felt slights more acutely than the rest of us. And the impulse to right the wrong frequently cost them what little opportunity they got."-Jason Hardy, The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
"People who got the least respect in this world felt the greatest need to demand it of bosses, friends, even strangers on the street. They felt slights more acutely than the rest of us. And the impulse to right the wrong frequently cost them what little opportunity they got."-Jason Hardy, The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
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1. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By: Bryan Stevenson
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our bro… read more
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- politics
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2. The Line Becomes A River
By: Francisco Cantú
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Every day, a ceaseless flow of men, women and children push their way north, in scorched summer hea… read more
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- politics
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3. Alaska Traveler: Dispatches from America's Last Frontier
By: Dana Stabenow
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Dana Stabenow was born in Alaska when it was a territory, grew up on and around fishing boats, work… read more
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4. Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
By: Jill Leovy
3.50
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man was shot and killed on a sidewalk minute… read more
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5. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
By: Ted Conover
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-han… read more
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6. The Story of Human Language
By: None
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Audiobook
"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more
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7. Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
By: Gary Younge
3.96
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Dea… read more
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8. Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
By: Sharon Moalem , None
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Read it. You're already living it. Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a dea… read more
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9. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- sociology
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
10. The Talk
By: Darrin Bell
4.65
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more
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11. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
By: Annabelle Tometich
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Rows of orange people sit handcuffed in a beige room. One of them is my mother. When journalist … read more
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12. Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.60
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller outlines the reasons why forgiveness ha… read more
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- audiobook
13. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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14. My Side of the River
By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more
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- nonfiction
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- contemporary
15. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
By: Erin Kimmerle
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more
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- crime
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- true crime
- audiobook
16. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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- politics
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- crime
- audiobook
17. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By: Thomas F. Schaller
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more
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- sociology
- audiobook
18. The End of Policing
By: Alex S. Vitale
4.19
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself Recent years have seen an explosion of pr… read more
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- social issues
- sociology
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"Our standard of living is not declining because of migrants but because of unregulated neoliberal capitalism, which has allowed corporations and the rich to avoid paying taxes or decent wages. It is …"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"There is no question that American police use their weapons more than police in any other developed democracy. Unfortunately, we don’t have fully accurate information about the number or nature of ho…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"As Jeffrey Reiman points out in the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, the criminal justice system excuses and ignores crimes of the rich that produce profound social harms while intensely crim…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"Heavy-handed immigration policing will not build a worker’s movement, it will shatter it. One of the mistakes that Trump supporters make is imagining that their own economic conditions will be improv…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
19. Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
By: Kate Manne
4.21
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
An urgent exploration of men’s entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the a… read more
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"by] torture for the rest of their slutty lives."-Kate Manne, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
"厌女症不应该被理解为一种对女性根深蒂固的强烈仇恨心理，而应该理解成父权制（patriarchy）在“执法"-Kate Manne, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
"function. In my previous book, Down Girl, I argued that misogyny should not be understood as a monolithic, deep-seated psychological hatred of girls and women. Instead, it’s best conceptualized as th…"-Kate Manne, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
"Studies show there is but one circumstance in which men’s and women’s household work will tend to approach parity: when she works full-time and he is unemployed. And even then, the operative word is …"-Kate Manne, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
20. The Trail of Lost Hearts
By: Tracey Garvis Graves
3.98
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves takes readers on a life affirming journey, w… read more
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- contemporary
21. A Very Private School: A Memoir
By: Charles Spencer
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more
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22. The Manicurist's Daughter
By: Susan Lieu
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more
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23. Everything/Nothing/Someone
By: Alice Carrière
4.02
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A powerful literary debut that tells of a young woman’s coming-of-age in the bohemian ’90s, as her … read more
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24. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
By: Gretchen McCulloch
4.05
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language. … read more
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"Irony is a linguistic trust fall."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"Language is humanity's most spectacular open source project."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"The appeal of having friends in your pocket is unlikely to go away."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"We've had the right to adapt longer than we've had the right to prevent copying."-Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
25. The Great Mrs. Elias
By: Barbara Chase-Riboud
3.80
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest b… read more
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26. Sea State: A Memoir
By: Tabitha Lasley
3.22
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire confli… read more
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27. Consent: A Memoir
By: Jill Ciment
3.96
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more
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28. Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
By: Preet Bharara
4.27
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
By the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, an important overview of … read more
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- memoir
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- crime
- audiobook
"You can’t ever really know someone else’s mind or someone else’s heart, what someone else is capable of."-Preet Bharara, Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
"Go out there and try to be good. If you go out there and try to be good, you've got a chance to be great."-Preet Bharara, Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
"You will not find God or grace in legal concepts, in formal notions of criminal justice. Certain values and ideals are beyond justice. These include mercy, forgiveness, redemption, dignity. Also love."-Preet Bharara, Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
"One's understanding of the truth—whether that's the correctness of a fact or the guilt of a person—should never be unalterable. Think of a strongly held, defensible point of view as a block of ice, f…"-Preet Bharara, Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
29. The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan: Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously
By: Liesl Clark
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the spirit of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning and The Joy of Less, experience the benef… read more
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30. The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
By: Jason Hardy
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system throu… read more
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- contemporary
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- audiobook
"People who got the least respect in this world felt the greatest need to demand it of bosses, friends, even strangers on the street. They felt slights more acutely than the rest of us. And the impuls…"-Jason Hardy, The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
31. Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
By: Amy Attas
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hilarious, jaw-dropping, and heartfelt stories from New York City’s premier “house-call veterinaria… read more
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