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• John Lewis

  a Life

  Greenberg, David, 1968-

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  John Lewis was a Freedom Rider who helped to integrate bus stations in the South, a leader of the Nashville sit-in movement, the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, and the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kissing Girls on Shabbat

  a Memoir

  Glass, Sara, Dr

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  Growing up in the Hasidic community in New York, Sara Glass knew one painful truth: what was expected of her and what she desperately wanted were impossibly opposed. Tormented by her attraction to women and trapped in a loveless arranged marriage,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clearing the Air

  a Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers

  Ritchie, Hannah, 1993-

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  With so many conflicting headlines out there, it's tough to sort fact from fiction when it comes to climate change and the solutions we need for a cleaner future. Clearing the Air is your essential guide whenever you're feeling lost or overwhelmed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Save the Amazon

  a Journalist's Deadly Quest for Answers

  Phillips, Dom

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  During the dark days of the Bolsonaro administration, British journalist Dom Phillips set out to accomplish an ambitious goal: through research, interviews, and site visits deep in the rainforest, he would emerge with a book answering the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unlearning Christianity

  Eubanks, Todd

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  The biggest threat to Christianity isn't atheism or secularism or any other ism, it's believers who've convinced themselves their hatred is holy, their exclusion is godly, and their cruelty is Christ-like. This book is for you if you feel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Political Girl

  Alyokhina, Maria

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  What do you do when your country becomes a repressive authoritarian state? As Maria recounts her brave and colourful protests, we are drawn straight into the world of grassroots opposition and witness the absurd measures the Russian state takes to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Be An Adult

  Everything You Need to Know About Being a Grown Up, From Bills to Break-ups

  Russell, Ann (Social media influencer)

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  How to Be an Adult' is a practical guide to life . Whether you're learning how to budget, rent a flat, deal with a break-up, or cope with grief - or even just figuring out how to change a plug, the book is here to help.

• Green Crime

  Shaw, Julia (Professor)

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  Welcome to a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, organised criminals terrorise communities and corporate gangsters operate outside the law. Dr Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Luigi

  the Making and the Meaning

  Richardson, John H.

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  The first book to explain why the world was primed for the Luigi Mangione moment, showing the history that led him to be embraced as an avenger with an affection not seen since Jesse James or Robin Hood. The explosion of glee and sympathy for Luigi…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Isn't Working

  How Working Women Can Overcome Stress, Guilt, and Overload to Find True Success

  Dunbar, Meghan French

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  'This Isn't Working' shares the insights, frameworks, and practical advice Meghan French Dunbar has learned from over a decade of work with impactful women business leaders, from start-up founders to multinational CEOs. She argues that it's time to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Impasse

  Climate Change and the Limits of Progress

  Scranton, Roy, 1976-

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  Drawing from psychology, philosophy, history, and politics, as well as film, literature, and personal experience, Scranton describes the challenges we face in making sense of difficulties of empirical knowledge. What emerges is a challenging but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Or Something Worse

  Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition

  Beuret, Nicholas

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  'Or Something Worse' exposes the bleak realities of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Greening the economy has become a one-sided war, as governments and businesses squeeze the living standards of ordinary people. We need to seize control…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• That Book Is Dangerous!

  How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing

  Szetela, Adam

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  In 'That Book Is Dangerous!', Adam Szetela investigates how well-intentioned and often successful efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious problems for literary freedom. This book is a much-needed wake-up call for anyone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Feed the World

  a Factful Guide

  Smil, Vaclav, 1943-

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  'How Food Really Works' shows how we misunderstand the essentials of where our food really comes from, how our dietary requirements shape us, and why this impacts our planet in drastic ways. Ultimately, this data-based, rigorously researched guide…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Technology Is Not the Problem

  Harkness, Timandra

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  We already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us. Challenging readers to look at what's missing from their personalised menus, 'Technology is Not the Problem' encourages us to look afresh at the familiar: not just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Don't Burn Anyone at the Stake Today

  and Other Lessons From History About Living Through An Information Crisis

  Alderman, Naomi, 1974-

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  An electrifying, thought-provoking exploration of how the digital era is reshaping our world. Best-selling author Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and incisive thinking to a question that affects us all and explores how new technology…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life

  Nour, Daniel

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  Meet Daniel Nour: Egyptian and Australian; loud and painfully awkward; conservative and very confused. He's never quite pulled off normal, but 'not-normal' is where the best stories are. Now he's made his peace with that and is ready to share his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Party of the People

  Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP

  Ruffini, Patrick

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  An eye-opening, revelatory account about the future of the Republican party as they unite working-class voters in a multi-racial, cross-generational populist coalition. Recent elections are pointing us towards a future where party allegiances have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Palace of Deception

  Lunde, Darrin

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  'Palace of Deception' re-creates some of the most celebrated, globe-trotting journeys from natural history's heyday. It also traces the larger, racially infused milieu that underwrote the golden age of exploration, uncovering the simmering anxieties…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Waves and Stones

  Harman, Graham

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  A new exploration of our conception of reality, in 'Waves and Stones', Graham Harman shows, is to consider the very fabric of reality. With this dazzling new book, he proposes a new way of thinking about this ancient problem, with profound…Read moreRead more of this annotation