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By: Jones, Gayl
The Unicorn Woman
$26.95HardcoverAdd to cartFINALIST FOR THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE IN FICTION
“One of our greatest living authors.”–Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston Globe Marking a dramatic new direction for Jones, a riveting tale set in the Post WWII- Author: Jones, Gayl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0807030031
- Language: English
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By: Butler, Octavia
Kindred: Young Adult Edition
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cart“As you turn the pages of this novel and get lost in Dana’s story, allow yourself to relive the horrors of slavery. . . . Allow yourself to know the pain of our nation’s past.”–Tomi Adeyemi, New York… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Octavia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0807008095
- Language: English
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By: Kohli, Sonali
Don’t Wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won
$16.95PaperbackRead moreYou don’t have to be an adult to fight for what you believe in — and win.
The remarkable stories of 3 young women activists of color fighting for some of today’s most pressing movements of defunding t… [more below]- Author: Kohli, Sonali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0807010952
- Language: English
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By: Rigsby, Jonathan
Drive: Scraping by in Uber’s America, One Ride at a Time
$24.95HardcoverRead moreOne father, 3 years, and thousands of rides
Poverty, By America meets Maid in this dad’s darkly humorous yet humanizing story of working long hours and late nights behind the wheel as a rideshare driv- Author: Rigsby, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0807007935
- Language: English
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Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle
$28.95HardcoverAdd to cartFrom a Washington Post critic and self-described meathead, a witty, incisive, poignant exploration of male body image, from the history of the gym to the politics of superheroes to the world of manflu… [more below]
- Author: Brodeur, Michael Andor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0807059366
- Language: English
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By: Gore, Rob
Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes on a Deadly American Epidemic
$27.95HardcoverRead moreThe inspiring story of a Black doctor who was deeply affected by the violence that plagued his Brooklyn childhood and later dedicated himself to addressing trauma and violence as public health issues … [more below]
- Author: Gore, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0807020168
- Language: English
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Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge
$19.95PaperbackRead moreAn investigation into the mental health crisis affecting young adults today, and an impassioned argument for creating learning environments characterized both by compassion and challenge
Alarming stat- Author: Cavanagh, Sarah Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0807093394
- Language: English
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Superfreaks: Kink, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of Happiness
$28.00PaperbackAdd to cartUSA TODAY Bestseller
An illuminating, insider’s journey through the world of Little House on the Prairie and beyond, from Dean Butler, who starred as Almanzo Wilder, the m
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestseller- Author: Butler, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0806543299
- Language: English
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By: Galloway, Terry
Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir
$21.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Terry Galloway is resilient … caustic, depraved, utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs you with her fork.” … [more below]
- Author: Galloway, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 080701964X
- Language: English
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Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartFrom a Washington Post critic and self-described meathead, a witty, incisive, poignant exploration of male body image, from the history of the gym to the politics of superheroes to the world of manflu… [more below]
- Author: Brodeur, Michael Andor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0807016799
- Language: English
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By: Glenn, Melody
Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, a Forgotten History, and a Modern-Day Crisis
$28.95HardcoverAdd to cartBrings together the stories of two doctors battling the opioid epidemic half a century apart to reveal the origins of today’s public health crisis
A call to remove the stigma against addicts, addicti- Author: Glenn, Melody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0807017760
- Language: English
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By: Harris, Lashawn
Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
$35.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed community activism forever–and sparked the ongoing movement against racist policing and brutality
#SayHerName: The story of Elean- Author: Harris, Lashawn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0807011967
- Language: English
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By: Poon, Oiyan A.
Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartA mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Amer… [more below]
- Author: Poon, Oiyan A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0807016586
- Language: English
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By: Boghosian, Heidi
Cyber Citizens: Saving Democracy with Digital Literacy
$28.95HardcoverAdd to cartA grounding exploration of how our online prowess shapes the very essence of democracy
The electronic age compels us to confront the delicate balance between the convenience of constant connectivity a- Author: Boghosian, Heidi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 0807010847
- Language: English
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By: Gonsalez, Marcos
In Theory, Darling: Searching for Jos? Esteban Mu?oz and the Queer Imagination
$26.95HardcoverAdd to cartA love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself, reclaim identities, celebrate queer joy, and work towards liberation
Marcos Gonsalez found his greatest sou- Author: Gonsalez, Marcos
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0807008001
- Language: English
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (10th Anniversary Edition)
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cart2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography
2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 20- Author: Theoharis, Jeanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0807020613
- Language: English
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Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartA tale of 2 NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing
The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renter- Author: Tarleton, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0807017809
- Language: English
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Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti-Congo Story
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartA Haitian-born, Boston-based poet explores the personal and political stories of the Haitians who were part of Congo’s 1960s decolonization movement
Between 1960 and 1975, thousands of Haitian profess- Series: Raised Voices
- Author: Georges, Danielle Legros
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0807020486
- Language: English
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By: Baldwin, James
Notes of a Native Son
$24.00HardcoverRead moreA deluxe hardcover edition of one of James Baldwin’s most admired works, exploring what it means to be Black in America and his own search for identity
Part of the Beacon Classics series Originally p- Series: Beacon Classics
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 080701897X
- Language: English
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A Black Girl in the Middle: Essays on (Allegedly) Figuring It All Out
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartA blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to simply exist
“At thirty-seven years old I can say Shene- Author: Golding, Shenequa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0807016063
- Language: English















