The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller from the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah
In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda...
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Author:Adichie, Chimamanda NgoziSummary: - Author:Summary:
We Still Demand! recovers vibrant and unsung histories of sex and gender activism across Canada from the 1970s to the present. Departing from conventional accounts, this book demonstrates the varied nature of resistance and the...
- Author:Marsh, Charity, Campbell, Mark V., Forman, MurraySummary:
We Still Here maps the edges of hip-hop culture and makes sense of the rich and diverse ways people create and engage with hip-hop music within Canadian borders. Contributors to the collection explore the power of institutions,...
- Author:Gourevitch, PhilipSummary:
In 1994, the Rwanda government began killing its Tutsi minority people and 800,000 were murdered. Gourevitch details the genocide's background and aftermath.
- Author:O'Neil, CathySummary:
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life - and threaten to rip apart our social fabricWe live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives-where we...
- Author:StarhawkSummary:
Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and...
- Author:Dionne, EvetteSummary:
A poignant and ruthlessly honest journey through cultural expectations of size, race, and gender--and toward a brighter future--from National Book Award nominee Evette DionneMy body has not betrayed me; it has continued rebounding...
- Author:Reist, MichaelSummary:
An inside look at what our schools are like today and practical advice for navigating the educational system. School is our children’s second home. They will spend more time there than anywhere else in their formative years. We all need...
- Author:Brown, IanSummary:
Are the men you know obsessed with strange details? Do they sometimes seem to have less interest in you than they do in box scores and the history of the bolo tie? Do they become sexually aroused at unusual moments — perhaps while...
- Author:Zelizer, BarbieSummary:
What Journalism Could Be asks readers to reimagine the news by embracing a conceptual prism long championed by one of journalism's leading contemporary scholars. A former reporter, media critic and academic, Barbie Zelizer charts a...
- Author:Roberts, Dr. Jillian, Revell, CindySummary:
When it comes to explaining physical, cultural and religious differences to children, it can be difficult to know where to begin. What Makes Us Unique? provides an accessible introduction to the concept of diversity, teaching children...
- Author:Choi-Fitzpatrick, AustinSummary:
Drawing on fifteen years of work in the antislavery movement, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick examines the systematic oppression of men, women, and children in rural India and asks: How do contemporary slaveholders rationalize the subjugation...
- Author:Gladwell, MalcolmSummary:
A collection of Gladwell's best and most famous essays originally published in the New Yorker.
- Author:Rather, DanSummary:
In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that...
- Author:Gordon, AubreySummary:
From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don't Talk...
- Author:Rangwala, Tawfiq S.Summary:
WE Charity had changed the game. In its 25 years, the international development charity and youth empowerment movement impacted lives the world over. Innovation was at its core: while most charities focus on making the world a better...
- Author:Bravo, LaurenSummary:
Random House presents the audiobook edition of What Would the Spice Girls Do? written and read by Lauren Bravo. 'A joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. If you have ever sung into the lid of a can of...
- Author:Fox, BonnieSummary:
When Couples Become Parents examines the ways in which divisions based on gender both evolve and are challenged by heterosexual couples from late pregnancy through early parenthood.
- Author:Grace, SharonSummary:
This is the story—a grandmother’s story—of the experiences and events that have shaped her life, including the sexual abuse of her four-year-old granddaughter in a daycare center. In these pages, the author will share her trials and...
- Author:Khan-Cullors, PatrisseSummary:
This program includes a foreword read by Angela Davis Patrisse Khan-Cullors' and asha bandele's instant New York Times bestseller, When They Call You a Terrorist is now adapted for the YA audience! A movement that started...
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