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Oh William!: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Strout

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The Devil's Treasure (Hardcover)

By Mary Gaitskill

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The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War (Paperback)

By Catherine Grace Katz

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The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle (Hardcover)

By Myisha Cherry

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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - October 19th, 2021
Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control (Hardcover)

By Michael Krepon

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Published: Stanford University Press - October 19th, 2021
Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison (Hardcover)

By Chris Hedges

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Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World (Hardcover)

By Wil Haygood

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A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp (Scholastic Focus) (Hardcover)

By Jack Fairweather

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Orwell's Roses (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Solnit

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Published: Viking - October 19th, 2021
Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World (Hardcover)

By Dr. Traci Baxley

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Published: Harper Wave - October 19th, 2021
Unprotected: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Billy Porter

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Published: Abrams Press - October 19th, 2021
A Line to Kill: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery) (Hardcover)

By Anthony Horowitz

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Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau (Hardcover)

By Andrew Blauner (Editor)

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Published: Princeton University Press - October 19th, 2021

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