Social Activists
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Bear Boy: The True Story of a Boy, Two Bears, and the Fight to Be Free
$14.99 Add to cartBear Boy is a true-life coming-of-age story of two bears who inspire one boy to stand up for animals, question authority and discover the power of activism.
“This is a book that will encourage you to f
- Author: Barker, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 1736084321
- Language: English
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Wired Differently – 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know
$21.95 Read moreThis collection of illustrated portraits celebrates the lives of influential neurodivergent figures who have achieved amazing things in recent times.
Showcasing these 30 incredible people, the extraor- Author: Wells, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1787758427
- Language: English
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The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
$14.99 Read moreWith determination and audacity, Josephine Baker used her comic and musical abilities to become a worldwide icon of the Jazz Age. This lively biography covers her outspoken participation in the U.S. C… [more below]
- Series: Women of Action
- Author: Caravantes, Peggy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1613738323
- Language: English
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
$36.00 Add to cartThe incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.
Haben grew up spending summers with her family i… [more below]- Author: Girma, Haben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 1538728729
- Language: English
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Portraits of Racial Justice: Americans Who Tell the Truth
$34.95 Add to cartA vivid portrait collection of past and present Americans speaking truth to power
The first volume of Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series, Portraits of Racial Justice takes- Author: Shetterly, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1613321635
- Language: English
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Historically Black: American Icons Who Attended Hbcus
$26.00 Read moreA vibrant collection of biographies and illustrated portraits that capture the brilliance of more than thirty American icons, Historically Black is a celebration of Black excellence in fields ranging … [more below]
- Author: Vereen, Alonzo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0762480327
- Language: English
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Standing: One Man’s Odyssey During the Turbulent ’60s
$28.00 Read moreThis memoir of one man’s coming-of-age through the Civil Rights movement follows his childhood innocence of white supremacy during the 50’s to his awakening as a full-time organizer in the deep south,… [more below]
- Author: McMillan, M. Ernest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1646052099
- Language: English
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No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison
$20.99 Add to cartWinner of Australia’s richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani’s account of his detainment on Australia’s notorious Manus Island p
- Author: Boochani, Behrouz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1487006837
- Language: English
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No Harmless Power: The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno
$39.95 Add to cart- Author: Allison, Charlie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887440323
- Language: English
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Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage
$24.99 Add to cartFirst published posthumously in 1987, Pauli Murray’s Song in a Weary Throat was critically lauded, winning the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award among other distinctions. Y
- Author: Murray, Pauli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: May 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494589
- Language: English
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Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm
$17.95 Add to cartAn expert in the field offers a mindfulness-based approach to nonviolent action, demonstrating how nonviolence is a powerful tool for personal and social transformation
Nonviolence was once considere- Author: Haga, Kazu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1946764434
- Language: English
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You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir
$21.00 Add to cartThe first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equa
- Author: Soyinka, Wole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 13, 2007
- ISBN10: 0375755144
- Language: English
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I Am a Girl from Africa: A Memoir of Empowerment, Community, and Hope
$18.99 Add to cartA “profound and soul-nourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose near-death experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change across the world.
When- Author: Nyamayaro, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1982113022
- Language: English
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All the Young Men
$18.00 Read moreA gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, is the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a young single mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis,
- Author: Burks, Ruth Coker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0802157254
- Language: English
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Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
$17.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society Awards
Winner of the 2017 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Valuable . . . [like Mich- Author: Burton, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974355
- Language: English
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Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain: The Extraordinary Story of Love, Civil Rights, and Labor Activism
$32.00 Read moreThe remarkable story of a couple who came together during the civil rights movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers’ rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adv… [more below]
- Author: Hill, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888452820
- Language: English
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Taking on the Plastics Crisis
$9.99 Add to cart“Taking on the Plastics Crisis delivers straightforward advise for getting involved in the global movement to eliminate single-use plastics.” — Booklist, Starred Review
“Brief yet inspirational, this- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Testa, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 593223330
- Language: English
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Born on the Fourth of July
$16.95 Add to cart“Classic and timeless!” —New York Times
“As relevant as ever, this book is an education. Ron is a true American, and his great heart and hard-won wisdom shine through these pages.” –Oliver Stone, fil
- Author: Kovic, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1617754692
- Language: English
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Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
$46.99 Add to cartFrom New Yorker film critic Richard Brody, Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard presents a serious-minded and meticulously detailed . . . account of the lifelong artistic journey
- Author: Brody, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: June 23 2009
- ISBN10: 0805080155
- Language: English
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No Harmless Power: The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno
$21.95 Read moreLively, incendiary, and inspiring, No Harmless Power follows the life of Nestor Makhno, who organized a seven-million-strong anarchist polity during the Russian Civil War and developed Platformist ana… [more below]
- Author: Allison, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1629634719
- Language: English
