Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State
By: Claire Dunning
4.29
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
An exploration of how and why American city governments delegated the responsibility for solving ur…
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1. Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)
By: China Miéville
3.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where th… read more
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2. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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3. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
By: Lindsay C. Gibson
4.39
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering… read more
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- nonfiction
"Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person is extinguishing your emotional life force by getting his or her needs met …"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
"If parents don’t label their own behavior as abusive, their child won’t label it that way either. Even as adults, many people have no idea that what happened to them in childhood was abusive. As a re…"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
"How many people get to be awake and aware for the emergence of the person they were always meant to be? How many people get to have two lifetimes in one? So tell me, is it worth the pain to get to li…"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
"No child can be good enough to evoke love from a highly self-involved parent. Nevertheless, these children come to believe that the price of making a connection is to put other people first and treat…"-Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
4. The Hole
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.49
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more
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"I moved out here with my husband."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
5. Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.19
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Colum… read more
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"What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
"There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn't understand. Best get used to it."-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
"We have become a place of long weeping A house of scattered feathers There is no home for us between earth and sky. —From Collected Lamentations from the Night of Knives"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
6. The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide
By: Steven W. Thrasher
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful an… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
7. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
By: Alice Wong
4.47
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, oth… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Just knowing your rights (or your worth or value) will never be enough if you are powerless to force someone else to respect them."-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the …"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"Advocacy is for all of us; advocacy is a way of life. It is a natural response to the injustice and inequality in the world. While you and I may not have sole responsibility for these inequities, tha…"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
"He understood that each individual group’s liberation was inextricably linked to the other—that justice and liberation could only be had if we all stand together and fight for the rights and libertie…"-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
8. Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
By: Malcolm Harris
3.90
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive, global history of Silicon Valley, from railroad capitalists to microchip a… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
9. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By: Amanda Montell
3.85
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultis… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Without language, there are no "cults"."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"Some say people who join cults are “lost."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"With words, we breathe reality into being."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"The nimble direct sales industry always finds a way to reinvent itself - the capitalist cockroach that just won't stop reincarnating."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
10. The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.10
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious t… read more
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"Bel's got a crush on NY1's Pat Kiernan, so he watches news every morning on the TV in the common area."-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"You said it yourself: New York is rude. We'll give you the shirt off our backs and our last subway card swipe if you're lost, but step to us with wild accusations about things that aren't our fault a…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He twitches through Times Square, resisting the urge to gawk like a tourist, groaning in native-New-Yorker frustration when the tourists get in his way—but in an eyeblink he's at Fourteenth Street, h…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He moves to stand on a nearby subway grate, through which he can hear a 1 train idling on the platform below. He spreads his hands to feel the gentle waft of warm, funky-smelling subway air along his…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
11. Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
By: Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
4.00
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to se… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"A philosopher Briana Toole clarifies, by itself, one's social location only puts a person in a position to know; 'epistemic privilege' or advantage, on the other hand, is achieved only through delibe…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"Elites do often make the environment worse and block solutions, but to blame the problem of elite capture entirely on their moral successes and failures is to confuse effect for cause. The true probl…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"To opt for deference, rather than interdependence, may soothe short-term psychological wounds. But it does so at a steep cost: it may undermine the goals that motivated the project--and it entrenches…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"As Carter G. Woodson realized, many of our decisions are shaped by decisions that someone with more power made before us. The whole social structure affects how institutional systems, like schools, f…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
12. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy Bri… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Historians who explore slavery's relationship to capitalism generally focus on the roles that men played in the development of both. But if we considered the very real possibility that some of the en…"-Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
13. Husband Material (London Calling, #2)
By: Alexis Hall
3.56
Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition
Wanted: One (very real) husband Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYF… read more
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14. Laziness Does Not Exist
By: Devon Price
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more
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"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
15. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
16. A Lady for a Duke
By: Alexis Hall
4.07
Format: 460 pages, Paperback
A lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material—perfect… read more
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"I will never forget him. But"-Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke
"Don’t try to tell me that time is a healer because time also kills people."-Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke
17. Like a Sister
By: Kellye Garrett
3.25
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A twisty, voice-driven thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Jessica Knoll, in which no one bats a… read more
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18. The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
By: Walter Johnson
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told thr… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
"One of the things about people who have little left to lose, of course, is that they have everything to gain. On August 9, 2014, the disinherited of St. Louis rose again to take control of their hist…"-Walter Johnson, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
"Viewed from St. Louis, the history of capitalism in the United States seems to have as much to do with eviction and extraction as with exploitation and production. History in St. Louis unfolded at th…"-Walter Johnson, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
19. Against the Loveless World
By: Susan Abulhawa
4.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radical… read more
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"From him I learned who those legislating morality and pretending to be more virtuous than the rest of us really are."-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
"But I know now that going from place to place is just something exiles have to do. Whatever the reason, the earth is never steady beneath our feet."-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
"The continuity of these traditions helped bridge the spaces between dislocation and the home I had forged in my birthright homeland, but I knew I could never again be complete in one place. This was …"-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
"Music is like spoken language, inextricable from its culture. If you don't learn a language early in life, its words will forever come out wrinkled and accented by another world, no matter how well y…"-Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World
20. Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
By: Elizabeth D. Samet
3.60
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet reexamines the literature, art, and culture that em… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Our national problem has not been ignoring the Civil War, but turning it into a kind of theme park in which nostalgia and mendacity have eclipsed the raw and unpleasant truth that one army fought, an…"-Elizabeth D. Samet, Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
21. Grievers (Grievers, #1)
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
4.04
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A tale of what happens when we can no longer ignore what has been lost in this world. Grievers i… read more
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22. Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
By: Alice Robb
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas de… read more
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- nonfiction
"Another study, this one by doctors at Imperial College in London, found a neurological anomaly: the area of the cerebellum that receives signals from the 'balance organs" in the inner ear and convert…"-Alice Robb, Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
23. On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
By: Maggie Nelson
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Named a Most Anticipated/Best Book of the Month NPR * USA Today * Time * Washington Post * Vulture… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Nothing stays avant-garde forever; you have to keep moving."-Maggie Nelson, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
"As we think, we might remember that it matters not only with whom and what we choose to think; it also matters what spirit we choose to think with."-Maggie Nelson, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
"This is one of the things I’ve learned about happiness: when you feel it, it’s good to say so. That way, if and when you say later in depression or despair, “I’ve just never been happy,"-Maggie Nelson, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
"The reparative turn, as applied to art, is in many ways a continuation of the orthopedic aesthetic, with the difference being that the twentieth-century model imagined the audience as numb, constrict…"-Maggie Nelson, On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
24. No More Police: A Case for Abolition
By: Mariame Kaba
4.59
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
An instant national best seller A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizer… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
25. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
- social justice
26. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
By: Maya Wind
4.69
Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition
How Israeli universities collaborate in Israeli state violence against PalestiniansIsraeli universi… read more
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- politics
- race
- history
- nonfiction
27. In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action
By: Vicky Osterweil
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A radical argument for why rioting and looting are our most powerful tools of dismantling white sup… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
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- social justice
"The United States of America is built on African slavery and Indigenous genocide. This simple fact is the premise from which any honest study of American history must begin."-Vicky Osterweil, In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action
"The emergence of reason and the subsequent reification of reason as the fundamental attribute of human nature is therefore completely premised on the creation of hierarchies of reasonable and unreaso…"-Vicky Osterweil, In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action
"Frederick Douglass spent some of his bondage working as a ship caulker in Baltimore and, like many others, deceived his enslaver about how much he was actually making, thus secreting funds for his es…"-Vicky Osterweil, In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action
"In the center of all these transformations is the fugitive slave. Winning her emancipation singly, in groups and en masse, stealing through dark swamps and across busy roads, dodging the slave catche…"-Vicky Osterweil, In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action
28. Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State
By: Claire Dunning
4.29
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
An exploration of how and why American city governments delegated the responsibility for solving ur… read more
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- history
- politics
- urban studies
- nonfiction
- social justice
- cities
- economics
29. Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell
By: Marta Russell
4.44
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
This book comprises a collection of groundbreaking writings by Marta Russell on the nature of disab… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- economics
30. Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
By: Premilla Nadasen
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An eye-opening reckoning with the care economy, from its roots in racial capitalism to its exponent… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
