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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Winner)

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Winner)

by Naomi Klein

Bad Feminist [Tenth Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition]: Essays

Bad Feminist [Tenth Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition]: Essays

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In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

by Amanda Montell

The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

by Alex Hortis

The Black Box: Writing the Race

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A History of Women in 101 Objects

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Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll

Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll

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Columbine 25th Anniversary Memorial Edition

Columbine 25th Anniversary Memorial Edition

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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance

Get to know Trump’s running mate, J. D. Vance, in this acclaimed memoir. Part personal history, part cultural commentary, Hillbilly Elegy pulls from Vance's rural upbringing and examines the white working class in Appalachia, along with its gradual descent into discontent.

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Signature Classics)

by Frederick Douglass

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised and Expanded)

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J Dubner

Assata: An Autobiography

by Assata Shakur, Angela Davis (Foreword by)

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

by Dee Brown

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by Susan Orlean

Columbine 25th Anniversary Memorial Edition

by Dave Cullen

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Revenge of the Tipping Point

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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (Signed Book)

by Malcolm Gladwell

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering (Signed Book)

by Malcolm Gladwell

One of the great minds of our time — Malcolm Gladwell — follows up his sensational book, The Tipping Point, by revisiting the subject matter with a modern lens, dissecting what it is that pushes society over the edge, and what role we play in it. Revenge of the Tipping Point is available October 1st.

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Herod and Mary: The True Story of the Tyrant King and the Mother of the Risen Savior (Signed Book)

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Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria--The Mighty Nein Part Two (Deluxe Edition)

Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria--The Mighty Nein Part Two (Deluxe Edition)

by Critical Role, Liam O'Brien, Dani Carr, Various

The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

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Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza

Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza

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Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win

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The Child Catcher: A Fight for Justice and Truth

The Child Catcher: A Fight for Justice and Truth

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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

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When We Merge With AI

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From one of the most renowned futurists alive today, this meticulous dig into the future of humanity weaves in new technologies like AI and expands on how it could be the cornerstone of a whole new era.

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