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• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

  Acho, Emmanuel

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  Start your anti-racism journey with these hard but necessary conversations, led by Emmanuel Acho.

• The New Jim Crow

  Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

  Alexander, Michelle

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  Discusses mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, policies that affect convicted felons, and race.

• SPQR

  a History of Ancient Rome

  Beard, Mary

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  "A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Body

  a Guide for Occupants

  Bryson, Bill

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  "An engaging head-to-toe tour of the human body that shares anecdotal insights into its functions, ability to heal and vulnerability to disease."

• Guns, Germs, and Steel

  the Fates of Human Societies

  Diamond, Jared M.

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  The author dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns.

• The Panic Years

  Dates, Doubts, and the Mother of All Decisions

  Frizzell, Nell

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  We have descriptors for many periods of life but there is a period of profound change that many women face, often in their late twenties to early forties, that does not yet have a name. Nell Frizzell is calling this period of flux “the panic years,”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bomber Mafia

  a Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

  Gladwell, Malcolm

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  "How a small team of Utopian Air Force strategists attempted to win World War II through precision bombing-on."

• Sapiens

  a Brief History of Humankind

  Harari, Yuval N.

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  100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance?

• A Woman of No Importance

  the Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win WWII

  Purnell, Sonia

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  "A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance."

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You : a Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning

  Reynolds, Jason

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  "This book takes you on a journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited."

• Let's Talk About Hard Things

  Sale, Anna

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  Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you've been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years. This book explores five of the most fraught conversation topics -- death, sex, money, family, and identity -- and why…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sand Talk

  How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

  Yunkaporta, Tyson

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  "A paradigm-shifting book from Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta, who brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to history, education, money, power, and sustainability-and offers a new template for living."