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An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy A gripping oral history of the white nationalist riots that shook the nation and signaled the ...

Notes in Praise of Black Performance NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE. FINALIST FOR THE...

PORCHLIGHT BESTSELLER - Zibby Owens 2022 Book of the Year A galvanizing, stirring memoir about growing up homeless and in foster care and rising to...

What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obs...

An Irreverent History of Travel This witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Air...

From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work A deeply compelling exploration of the death ind...

An Oral History of Rupaul's Drag Race (the First Ten Years) A definitive history and celebration of the groundbreaking show RuPaul's Drag Race in i...

Notes from a Trap Feminist From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory...

A Landless Indian's Journey Home A People Magazine "Best New Book of the Month" - Finalist for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award - A Kirkus Rev...

On the Female of the Species A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like...

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature ...

Notes of a Former Caseworker Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker's searing, clear-eyed investigation of the chil...

A Backstory A fascinating journey into the scientific and cultural history of the female butt, for fans of Mary Roach and Leslie Jamison. Whether w...

The Origins of Our Discontents The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that h...

Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion "Terrifically exciting and fun" (Publishers Weekly), Champagne...

A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggl...

Overcoming Fear and Certainty to Find Faith Through Doubt and Questioning The fastest growing religious group in America are the "Nones". They expe...

The Language of Fanaticism The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonesto...

The Fear of Fantasy and the Invention of Reality In a cultural moment when panics over the stories we tell are at their peak, Dangerous Fictions sh...

First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, ...

A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion ABORTION IS A MEN'S ISSUE. By making the case that men are responsible for all unintended pregnancies, Ejac...

America's Vanishing Foods A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A Food & Wine Best Book of the Year - An Eater Best Food Book American...

Mothering as Social Change From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration ...

How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-open...