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• Chain of Ideas

  Kendi, Ibram X.

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  A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that now pervades global politics. In 'Chain of Ideas', Ibram X. Kendi shows how this conspiracy theory has mutated from the extremist fringe into a global ideology, embraced by leaders as varied…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Woman's Work

  Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering

  Cleghorn, Elinor

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  From the author of 'Unwell Women' comes a powerful and groundbreaking new narrative history of motherhood and mothering. Elinor Cleghorn reclaims and retells the history of motherhood, showcasing the mothers, midwives, activists, community leaders,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Possessions

  a Memoir of Transformation in An Era of Precarity

  Quinlivan, Davina

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  This is Davina Quinlivan, powerful, compelling story of fragmenting and rebuilding from the inside out, one that is filled with the voices of both Burma and Southall. Haunted by the ghosts of colonialism, Davina Quinlivan beautifully lays bare our…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Despite It All

  a Handbook for Climate Hopefuls

  Pearce, Fred, 1951-

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  Fred Pearce has been reporting from the frontline of climate change and environmental recovery for over four decades and what he has seen has give him reason for cautious hope. Here, we learn how nature is finding ways to thrive in unexpected…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing

  Bolle, Namalee

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  This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life, handle common challenges, and resist othering and erasure. Informed by experience and expertise from both sides of the therapist's couch,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Want What We've Got

  Big Tech V. Big Journalism

  Whittaker, Jason, 1969-

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  Jason Whittaker delves into how tech giants outmanoeuvred traditional media companies, siphoning off advertising revenue and audience attention. The author provides an incisive examination of the frequently combative relations of these two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imperfect Oracle

  What AI Can and Cannot Do

  Sunstein, Cass R.

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  Imperfect Oracle is about the promise and limits of artificial intelligence. The promise is that in important ways AI is better than we are at making judgments. Still, the world is full of surprises, and AI cannot spoil those because some of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crisis in a Tweet

  the Rise of the Social Media Crisis

  Koerber, Duncan

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  Crisis in a Tweet explores the alarming reality that a single social media post can unleash severe consequences for individuals and organisations alike. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how social media platforms serve not just as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Surge

  the Race Against the Most Destructive Force in Nature

  Vasagar, Jeevan

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  In this timely book, climate editor Jeevan Vasagar traces humanity's responses to flooding over the centuries. He explores the costly and complicated choices governments face. Drawing on groundbreaking engineering solutions, Vasagar argues for a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fascism and the Global Far Right

  a Historical View

  Fuentes Codera, Maximiliano

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  Maximiliano Fuentes Codera and Javier Rodrigo have written both an assessment of the current crisis of democracy and a brief history of fascism and far-right populism around the world. By illuminating the historical record, this book will help…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Deserving

  Humanity, Justice and Hope for the Condemned

  Vartkessian, Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth Stanislawa), 1981-

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  In this fascinating book, packed with the moving, real-life stories of the clients she has worked with over the past 20 years, 'The Deserving' describes the vital role a mitigator plays in developing an understanding of how her clients arrived at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Notes to a Black Woman

  Ega, Francoise

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  After hearing the shocking stories of Caribbean domestic workers, Francoise Ega took a position as a cleaning woman in wealthy French homes in order to chronicle these abuses. Structured as a collection of unsent letters to the Brazilian writer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters

  the Science Behind Employee Happiness and Organizational Performance

  De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel

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  In' Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters', the authors provide clarity on what workplace wellbeing is (and is not), and how to think about and approach it as a business. It also provides a firm foundation and indispensable resource for leaders as they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Methods for Ecocritical Art History

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  The book assembles twenty-three essays written by international scholars that span a wide range of methodological approaches, including ecofeminism, planetary ecologies, material ecocriticism, ecopolitics, and indigenous ecopoetics. Written in clear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Better Death

  Romain, Jonathan

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  Assisted dying is one of Britain's most pressing and divisive social issues. Should terminally ill people in pain be allowed to choose death on their own terms? This book lays out the moral, legal and practical dimensions of the debate. It draws on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ruth Asawa and the Artist-mother at Midcentury

  Troeller, Jordan

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  In 'Ruth Asawa and the Artist-Mother at Midcentury', Jordan Troeller delves into the archive, where the traces of motherhood have not yet been erased from official history to reveal Ruth Asawa's personal and professional dialogue with several other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bonfire of the Murdochs

  How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family--and the World

  Sherman, Gabriel

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  In 'Bonfire of the Murdochs', author Gabriel Sherman tells the inside story of this epic family war, one whose seeds were planted a half-century ago in Australia when the complicated patriarch left his homeland to conquer the world and please the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alienation Effect

  How Central European Émigrés Transformed the British Twentieth Century

  Hatherley, Owen

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  Provocative, entertaining and meticulously researched, 'The Alienation Effect' opens our eyes to the influence of the emigres all around us - many of the most quintessentially British icons are the product of this culture clash - and entreats us to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Crystal Vase

  Goldsmith, Astrid

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  When her imperious, German Jewish grandmother dies, it falls to Astrid and her father to drive a van to the Black Forest and collect the family heirlooms from Gisela's apartment. Funny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn, The Crystal Vase is an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women Who Ruled the World

  5000 Years of Female Monarchy

  Norton, Elizabeth (Historian)

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  This book tells the story of the female kings: women who risked everything, sometimes unwillingly, to find a place in a man's world from Ancient Egypt to Japan, from the 19th century Madagascar to Tamar the Great, who presided over a golden age in…Read moreRead more of this annotation