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By: Grant, Kate
No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartINSPIRATION FOR HOW TO CREATE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND IS THE UNLIKELY STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN LEAVES MADISON AVENUE AND TACKLES THE GLOBAL MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS HEAD ON.
The day a wom- Author: Grant, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1647428971
- Language: English
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By: Franz, Caleb
The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartKnown in his day as the “Father of Abolitionism,” Reverend John Rankin is one of the greatest heroes previously lost to history.
Sitting high above the small community of Ripley, Ohio, a lantern shone- Author: Franz, Caleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1637589891
- Language: English
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The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic
$28.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous politi… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Mark L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1668027690
- Language: English
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By: Eig, Jonathan
King: A Life
$23.00PaperbackAdd to cartWINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time A N- Author: Eig, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250335647
- Language: English
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The New Breadline: Hunger and Hope in the Twenty-First Century
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE – WINNER OF THE 2025 Z?CALO BOOK PRIZE
A humanitarian leader with more than two decades of experience working for the United Nations takes aim at the glo- Author: Bauer, Jean-Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0593321685
- Language: English
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By: Jones, Amanda
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she’s not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to d- Author: Jones, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1639733531
- Language: English
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By: Black, R. Derek
The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism: A Memoir
$30.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the former heir-apparent to white nationalism, The Klansman’s Son is an astonishing memoir of a childhood built on fear, of breaking from a community of hate.
When coded language and creeping au- Author: Black, R. Derek
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1419764780
- Language: English
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By: Barnhill, Sandra
Tough Mind, Tender Heart: Reflections on a Black Woman’s Activist Journey
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartIn “Tough Mind, Tender Heart: Reflections on a Black Woman’s Activist Journey,” Sandra Barnhill shares her four-decade journey as a frontline activist, offering a candid and personal reflection on the
- Author: Barnhill, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79833E+12
- Language: English
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John Brown: A Biography
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartIn the preface to his biography of John Brown, W. E. B. Du Bois writes that the book “is at once a record of and a tribute to the man who of all Americans has perhaps come nearest to touching the real… [more below]
- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1594164339
- Language: English
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By: Urturbia, Lucio
To Rob a Bank Is an Honor
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartFor the first time in English, the autobiography of the revolutionary outlaw who brought Citibank to its knees.
In 1981, Lucio Urtubia received a suitcase full of cash from Citibank executives, handed
- Author: Urturbia, Lucio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1849355789
- Language: English
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Trust the Circle: The Resistance and Resilience of Rub?n Castilla Herrera
$28.00PaperbackAdd to cartWhen Rub?n Castilla Herrera died suddenly in 2019, he left an acute void in Ohio’s grassroots organizing community. Notably at the forefront of many regional social justice campaigns, his life and wor… [more below]
- Author: Martinez-Cruz, Paloma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1953368603
- Language: English
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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
$24.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection “The perfect book, at the right time.”–Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian F- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Arsenault, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281811
- Language: English
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By: Alizada, Sonita
Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cartNearly 15 million girls, including many in the U.S., are forced into marriage each year. Each of these girls has a price tag—and a story. Sonita Alizada was almost sold twice. Her price tag was $9,00
- Author: Alizada, Sonita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 006343900X
- Language: English
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By: Reyes, Abby
Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cart“Essential reading, filled with exactly the kind of truth that this precarious moment demands.” –Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times
In 1999, Abby Reyes lost her partner, Terenc- Author: Reyes, Abby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1623175216
- Language: English
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By: Gaillard, Frye
Heroes and Other Mortals: Stories of Our Better Angels
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartFrye Gaillard did not set out to write this book. One day as he was thumbing through a cardboard box of his essays, columns, and profiles, he simply realized that he had done it. Each article told the
- Author: Gaillard, Frye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1588385442
- Language: English
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By: Richards, Cecile
Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood for more than a decade, daughter of the late Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and “the heroine of the… [more below]
- Author: Richards, Cecile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1501187600
- Language: English
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By: Mealy, Todd M.
Shades of Brown: The Official Biography of Jane Elliott and the Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes Exercise
$29.95PaperbackAdd to cartWhat if, by eight years old, children could possess the mechanism to disrupt prejudicial tendencies? That is an argument posited by Jane Elliott for more than five decades. She initially made the clai
- Author: Mealy, Todd M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888191125
- Language: English
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By: Woods, Donald
Biko: The powerful biography of Steve Biko and the struggle of the Black Consciousness Movement
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cart‘You are either alive and proud or you are dead … and your method of death can be a politicizing thing’ – Steve Biko
Founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, Steve Biko was a natural target for t
- Author: Woods, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1839013559
- Language: English
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By: Rathert, Bobbi
The Truth on Water: A Collection of True Stories of One Woman’s Risk, Discovery, and Survival
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cart“I did not die on the river. I lived.”
She thought, why am I doing this?
Despite the possibilities on this river journey, Bobbi knew the only certainty was her unknowing. She felt relief when the downst
- Author: Rathert, Bobbi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: October 06 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218299569
- Language: English
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By: Gerson, Michael
Defiant Hope: Essays on Life, Faith, and Freedom
$28.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe best writings from George W. Bush’s speechwriter Michael Gerson, a pioneer of the compassionate conservative movement, a champion of Christian engagement, and an eloquent defender of the poor and … [more below]
- Author: Gerson, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 166807026X
- Language: English



















