Social Activists
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Taking Sides: A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World
$20.00 Add to cartThe deeply moving memoir of an award-winning war correspondent turned activist–and her rousing defense of human rights in times of resurgent authoritarianism.
As a broadcast journalist for Sky News a
- Author: Tadros, Sherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 3, 2023
- ISBN10: 1957363479
- Language: English
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If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America
$30.00 Add to cartA moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth–told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.
They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school brea
- Author: Sokolik, Vicki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 195411849X
- Language: English
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Surrender: My Journey from Guerrilla to Grandmother
$19.99 Add to cartIn Surrender: My Journey from Guerrilla to Grandmother, Katherine Power recounts the events of her dramatic journey from anti-war activist to revolutionary guerrilla, through 23 years of life on the r
- Author: Power, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988833406
- Language: English
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The Gray Bird Sings
$14.99 Add to cartShe’s the humanitarian compared to Mother Teresa, hailed as the “Hong Kong Angel,” and beloved by her community in Humboldt County. She miraculously survived the worst of brutalities to become a beaco
- Author: Price, Karen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1962081001
- Language: English
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Please Don’t Cut the Baby: A Nurse’s Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartMarilyn Fayre Milos was a nursing student on the obstetrical unit in 1979 when she first witnessed a baby being circumcised. The only person to step forward to comfort the infant as it writhed and scr
- Author: Milos, Marilyn Fayre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: 20-Feb-24
- ISBN10: 1950495493
- Language: English
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993
$24.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2022 Lambda Literary LGBTQ Nonfiction Award and the 2022 NLGJA Excellence in Book Writing Award. Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbriath Award for Nonfiction, the Gotham Book Prize,
- Author: Schulman, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: 17-May-22
- ISBN10: 1250849128
- Language: English
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Angela Davis: An Autobiography
$22.95 Add to cart“An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend.”
–Ibram X. KendiThis beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the author.
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- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1642598984
- Language: English
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The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
$30.00 Add to cartA news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin’s nemesis Alexey Navalny– lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, camp
- Author: Herszenhorn, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1538709457
- Language: English
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This Penis Business: A Memoir
$22.99 Add to cartCIRCUMCISION CUTS THROUGH US ALL. In her eye-opening memoir, Georganne Chapin exposes the business of medical circumcision. This unnecessary and most common pediatric surgery in the United States perm… [more below]
- Author: Chapin, Georganne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1950495450
- Language: English
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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
$35.00 Add to cartThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
“The perfect book, at the right time.”–Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020)- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Arsenault, Raymond
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253753
- Language: English
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Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America’s Revolutions
$29.00 Read moreNPR’s Books We Love 2023
Glamour’s “The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far” Vogue’s “Best Books of 2023 (So Far)” Town & Country’s “The Best Books of 2023″ A “heartening inspiration”(The New Yor- Author: Kahn, Mattie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 059329906X
- Language: English
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The Real Rfk Jr.: Trials of a Truth Warrior
$32.50 Read moreAn epic biography filled with drama, conflict, and surmounted challenges.
The Real RFK Jr. is an intimate biographical portrait examining the controversial activist’s journey from anguish and addictio- Author: Russell, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 20, 2023
- ISBN10: 1510776095
- Language: English
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King: A Life
$35.00 Add to cartA finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award
A New York Times bestseller and notable book of 2023 One
Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Time- Author: Eig, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0374279292
- Language: English
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Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
$30.00 Add to cartA finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award
A New York Times notable book of 2023 Vulture‘s #1 book of 2023
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Indie Bestseller
One of Slate‘s ten best boo- Author: Klein, Naomi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0374610320
- Language: English
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Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World
$27.00 Read moreOne of The Boston Globe‘s Best Books of 2023 * “Powerful and unforgettable” —Qian Julie Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Country
We are told that love conquers all, but what h- Author: Miller, Anna Lekas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1643752332
- Language: English
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Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life
$21.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – ONE OF USA TODAY’S MUST-READ BOOKS – This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disab… [more below]
- Author: Wong, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0593315391
- Language: English
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
$18.00 Add to cartWith a New Foreword
The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped.
North Korea’s political prison camps have existed t
- Author: Harden, Blaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0143122916
- Language: English
