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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

by Rutger Bregman

Published: 2018-03-27

Paperback: 336 pages

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Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today."A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." --New York TimesAfter working all day at jobs we often dislike, we ...

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Fear

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Published: 2014-03-04

Paperback: 176 pages

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“Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart….Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most important voices of our time, and we have never needed to listen to him more than now.”—Sogyal RinpocheFear is destruct...

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When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State (Serge Storms)

by Tim Dorsey

Published: 2012-10-30

Paperback: 208 pages

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“The undisputed king of the comic crime novel.”—Providence JournalNobody does Florida weirdness quite like Tim Dorsey! Case in point: When Elves Attack, the New York Times bestselling author’s twisted Christmas present to his legion of adoring fans who can’t get enough of thrill-...

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Serpent & Dove

by Shelby Mahurin

Published: 2019-09-03

Hardcover: 544 pages

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"A brilliant debut, full of everything I love: a sparkling and fully realized heroine, an intricate and deadly system of magic, and a searing romance that kept me reading long into the night. Serpent & Dove is an absolute gem of a book." —Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling auth...

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Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story

by Howard Means

Published: 2012-04-17

Paperback: 336 pages

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“Finally, the cliché is peeled away and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing. John Chapman comes alive here and it is a thrilling experience to escape the specific gravity of the decades of myth” (Ken Burns).This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the fle...

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Shine of the Ever

by Claire Foster

Published: 2019-11-05

Paperback: 194 pages

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By turns tender and punk-tough, Shine of the Ever is a literary mixtape of queer voices out of 1990s Portland. This collection of short stories explores what binds a community of queer and trans people as they negotiate love, screwing up and learning to forgive themselves for being young a...

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Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares (A Memoir)

by Aarti Namdev Shahani

Published: 2019-10-01

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Here We Are is a heart-wrenching memoir about an immigrant family's American Dream, the justice system that took it away, and the daughter who fought to get it back, from NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani.The Shahanis came to Queens?from India, by way of Casablanca?in the 1980s. They ...

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1941: The Year Germany Lost the War: The Year Germany Lost the War

by Andrew Nagorski

Published: 2019-06-04

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski takes a fresh look at the decisive year 1941, when Hitler’s miscalculations and policy of terror propelled Churchill, FDR, and Stalin into a powerful new alliance that defeated Nazi Germany. In early 1941, Hitler’s armies ruled most of Europe. Chur...

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The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments (The Happiness Institute Series)

by Meik Wiking

Published: 2019-10-01

Hardcover: 288 pages

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What’s the actual secret to happiness? Great memories! Meik Wiking—happiness researcher and New York Times bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge and The Little Book of Lykke—shows us how to create memories that make life sweet in this charming book.Do you remember your first...

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Daily Rituals: Women at Work

by Mason Currey

Published: 2019-03-05

Hardcover: 416 pages

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More of Mason Currey's irresistible Daily Rituals, this time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists--painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the choices they have to make: rebuffing co...