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• American Portrait

  the Story of Us, Told by Us

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  Based on the popular and groundbreaking PBS multiplatform documentary project, this is an inspiring and striking photographic portrait that brilliantly captures the tumultuous, historic year that was 2020.

• Demystifying Disability

  What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally

  Ladau, Emily, 1991-

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  A guide for how to be a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible place.

• The Gospel of Wellness

  Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-care

  Raphael, Rina,

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  Women are pursuing their health like never before. Whether it’s juicing, biohacking, clutching crystals, or sipping collagen, today there is something for everyone, as the wellness industry has grown from modest roots into a $4.4 trillion entity and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Over My Dead Body

  Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries

  Melville, Greg,

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  Exploring what it really means to memorialize, this lively and wide-ranging history of U.S. cemeteries unearths how these places have influenced architecture, literature and politics, and how they've been used as important symbols of our country's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rest Is Resistance

  a Manifesto

  Hersey, Tricia,

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  Rooted in spiritual energy and centered in black liberation, womanism and Afrofuturism, the founder of The Nap Ministry sheds new light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted –…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nerd

  Adventures in Fandom From This Universe to the Multiverse

  Phillips, Maya, 1990-

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  Spanning from the 90s through today, this humorous and insightful essay collection from the New York Times critic at large explores race, gender expression, religion and more through the lens of her favorite pop culture fandoms, analyzing the mark…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nomadland

  Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century

  Bruder, Jessica,

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  Jessica Bruder spent several years traveling with older Americans who have become itinerant workers in order to make ends meet. In Nomadland, she describes how they assume a "wheel estate" existence as they travel from one seasonal job to the next,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 99% Invisible City

  a Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

  Mars, Roman,

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  The creators of the record-setting 99% Invisible podcast celebrate the achievements of modern urban design and architecture, sharing the origin stories behind fundamental innovations, from power grids and fire escapes to drinking fountains and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sum of Us

  What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

  McGhee, Heather, 1980-

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  A powerful new exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us--including white people--from one of today's most insightful and influential thinkers.

• The Chaos Machine

  the Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

  Fisher, Max,

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  Max Fisher, using years of his own international reporting for the New York Times, tells the inside story of how the social networks fundamentally altered the world, detailing the roots of their ideology, their race to maximize engagement, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Raise a Boy

  Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood

  Brown, Emma (Journalist),

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  Emma Brown interviewed hundreds of people—educators, parents, coaches, researchers, men, and boys—to understand the challenges boys face and how to address them.

• Children Under Fire

  An American Crisis

  Cox, John Woodrow, 1985-

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  Based on the Pulitzer-finalist series on the effects of gun violence on children, a urgent call to action investigates the effectiveness of gun safety reforms and the ongoing realities of traumatized survivors of community and campus shootings.

• Talking to Strangers

  What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

  Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-

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  Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

  a Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

  Gottlieb, Lori,

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  The national advice columnist presents a behind-the-scenes tour of a therapist's world from the perspective of both a patient and a psychotherapist who found answers in her client's journeys.

• Tribe

  on Homecoming and Belonging

  Junger, Sebastian,

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  Takes readers on an investigation of how we overcome trauma and seek something bigger than ourselves.

• The Secret Life of Groceries

  the Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

  Lorr, Benjamin,

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  In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store.

• Halfway Home

  Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

  Miller, Reuben Jonathan,

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  A Chicago Cook County Jail chaplain and mass-incarceration sociologist examines the lifelong realities of a criminal record, demonstrating how America's justice system is less about rehabilitation and more about structured disenfranchisement.

• Made in China

  a Prisoner, An SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods

  Pang, Amelia, 1991-

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  After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp-manufacturing the products…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me and White Supremacy

  Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

  Saad, Layla F.,

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  Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.

• This Is All I Got

  a New Mother's Search for Home

  Sandler, Lauren,

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  Chronicles a year in the life of a young, homeless single mother and her quest to find stability and shelter in New York City.