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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 3, 2013
THE NEW BLACK: WHAT HAS CHANGED—AND WHAT HAS NOT—WITH RACE IN AMERICA
edited by Kenneth W. Mack, Guy-Uriel Charles
"Reveals some of the directions that questions of race and racism will take as we approach post-Obama America."
Contemplating the current state of race in America. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 3, 2013
GADDAFI'S HAREM: THE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN AND THE ABUSES OF POWER IN LIBYA
by Annick Cojean, translated by Marjolijn de Jager
"An important contribution to the understanding of Gadhafi's regime and the social and political challenges that confront Libya now."
Acclaimed Le Monde journalist Cojean (Marc Riboud: 50 Years of Photography, 2004, etc.) investigates Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's extensive system of sexual predation, collecting testimony from many of his victims. Read full book review >
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Released: Sept. 3, 2013
RAISING MY RAINBOW: ADVENTURES IN RAISING A FABULOUS, GENDER CREATIVE SON
by Lori Duron
"A heartfelt examination of raising a boy who wants to be a girl."
A memoir about raising a gender-creative child. Read full book review >
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Released: Sept. 10, 2013
THE IDEALIST: JEFFREY SACHS AND THE QUEST TO END POVERTY
by Nina Munk
"Trenchant and thought-provoking."
A journalist's probing account of renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs' Utopian experiment in ending global poverty. Read full book review >
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Released: Sept. 17, 2013
FRONT PORCH POLITICS: THE FORGOTTEN HEYDAY OF AMERICAN ACTIVISM IN THE 1970S AND 1980S
by Michael Stewart Foley
"An interesting take on American political life during the past 50 years, persuasively backed by anecdotal evidence and macro-level research."
American citizens weren't so complacent during the 1970s and '80s. Read full book review >
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Released: Oct. 8, 2013
PERV: THE SEXUAL DEVIANT IN ALL OF US
by Jesse Bering
"A master craftsman at refashioning reproductive biology into provocative composition, Bering nimbly probes "the darkest corners of our sexual nature" with no illicit aftertaste."
Outspokenly attesting that everyone's a pervert in some form or another, research psychologist Bering (Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?: And Other Reflections On Being Human, 2012) combines science, research and an unblushing curiosity to plumb the depths of sexual deviancy. Read full book review >