MAKING PEOPLE WISER

Prof. Lex Paulson

What we can learn from the world’s first democrats to resolve today’s crisis of democracy and ensure its future. Around the world, democracy is fighting a defensive war against populism. But might it…

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Dancing with Mules

Louis D. Hall

A new set of footsteps on a timeless path. Dancing with Mules is an account of a journey through Portugal: without a watch, without a phone, just two mules, a compass and a map. Louis Hall is surrende…

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Democracy and Disobedience

Peter Singer

Originally published in 1973, Democracy and Disobedience is Peter Singer’s very first book, growing from his thesis at Oxford—a precursor to the classic title, Animal Liberation Now—to be reissued in…

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How to Love a Beautiful, Broken World

Margaret Renkl

A message of hope from a beloved writer: the world is still beautiful, even in its brokenness. New York Times bestselling author Margaret Renkl shared these words in a 2023 speech to university gradua…

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Divine Standard Time

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh was the consummate New Yorker, a powerhouse at the biggest talent agency, a champion of culture, a non-stop achiever, a mother, wife, sister, friend, who thrived off the go-go-g…

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Cleaning Solutions

Roy G. Guzman

The utterly remarkable YA debut of acclaimed poet Roy Guzmán, giving powerful voice to their experience as a child new to America, who at age nine spends his days cleaning houses with his mother inste…

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I MADE IT AND IT SUCKS

Ramdane Touhami

In certain parts of this world, dying isn’t even the problem. Being born is. Self-help books are often written by people who tell you what to do, but have achieved little. This is a book by someone wh…

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BigState

Asma Mhalla

The twenty-first century has found its Leviathan. It has two heads. We are its body. We are living with the political map of a world that no longer exists. We vote. Governments govern. Laws are passed…

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Almost Animal

Amy Irvine

AN INDIE NEXT PICK A ferocious, incandescent memoir about motherhood, liberation, and the natural world—following one woman’s journey to reclaim her wildest self. For fans of H is for Hawk, Wild and E…

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Sarah In the In Between

Neil Theise

Neil will tell the remarkable story of a doctor, Zen-practitioner, and son, as he journeyed with his mother during the last years of her life. There are pragmatic lessons in preparing for the unexpect…

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