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By: Jing, Chai
Seeing: A Memoir of Truth and Courage from China’s Most Influential Television Journalist
$27.00HardcoverRead moreIn the tradition of Katy Tur, Jane Pauley, and Peter Jennings, Chai Jing shows us the power of television news and the complex challenges of reporting in China.
After becoming a radio DJ in college an- Author: Jing, Chai
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1662600674
- Language: English
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By: Xiaobo, Wang
Pleasure of Thinking: Essays
$26.00HardcoverRead moreA yet-untranslated essay collection on the importance of critical thought, from one of the foremost Chinese intellectuals of the 1990s.
Wang Xiaobo’s Pleasure of Thinking is an essay collection as rio- Author: Xiaobo, Wang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601255
- Language: English
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By: White, Tyriek
We Are a Haunting
$18.00PaperbackRead moreWINNER, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Longlist A Best Book of 2023 – NPR, Electric Literature, Largehearted Boy, Black Girl Nerds, Le Noir Auteur “An abs- Author: White, Tyriek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1662602669
- Language: English
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The Town of Babylon
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartA FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literatu- Author: Varela, Alejandro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1662601999
- Language: English
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By: Katz, Jesse
The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant La
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cart“A searing account of gang violence and its consequences…Macedo’s grim story, expertly documented by Katz, cries for a documentary series to follow his fortunes as, after years in prison, he strives… [more below]
- Author: Katz, Jesse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1662601735
- Language: English
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Forbidden Notebook
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Powerful.” —The New Yorker
“Brilliant.” —The Wall Street Journal “Astounding.” –NPR Now in paperback, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, New Statesmen Best Book of the Year, and Mother- Author: de C?spedes, Alba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1662602685
- Language: English
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By: Cabiya, Pedro
Reinbou
$26.00HardcoverAdd to cart“Reinbou is a gem [and] I feel as if I’ve found a treasure at the end of a reader’s rainbow.” –Julia Alvarez, author of The Cemetery of Untold Stories and the international bestseller In the Time of … [more below]
- Author: Cabiya, Pedro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1662602510
- Language: English
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The Sex Lives of African Women: Self Discovery, Freedom, and Healing
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartNow in paperback and with journaling prompts, an Economist Best Book of the Year hailed as “Touching, joyful, defiant–and honest,” celebrating African women’s unique journeys toward sexual pleasure a… [more below]
- Author: Sekyiamah, Nana Darkoa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601980
- Language: English
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By: Kobayashi, Erika
Sunrise: Radiant Stories
$16.00PaperbackRead more“A knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred review)
“A remarkable collection.” –Kirkus Reviews A collection of contemplative, lyrical stories examining the visible and invisible consequences of atomic- Author: Kobayashi, Erika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601174
- Language: English
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By: Sanyal, Mithu
Identitti
$27.00HardcoverRead more“Provocative and knotty . . . Identitti is a bracing story, one in which Sanyal refuses to give us the easy way out.”
Nivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known bl
–Olivia Craighead, The New York Times- Author: Sanyal, Mithu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1662601298
- Language: English
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Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
$15.00PaperbackRead moreNOW IN PAPERBACK FEATURING A SHORT STORY FROM THE FORTHCOMING COLLECTION BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT, JESUS IS ALIVE
“A macabre love story that casts an inquisitive eye on Latinidad, womanhood, and ce- Author: Lozada-Oliva, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 1662601654
- Language: English
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Uranians: Stories
$25.00HardcoverRead more“Playful and provocative . . . McCombs’s mix of heart and zany ideas is often reminiscent of George Saunders. Readers will find plenty of earthy and unearthly delights.”
“I have bee
—Publishers Weekly- Author: McCombs, Theodore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601948
- Language: English
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By: Sean Michaels
Do You Remember Being Born?
$27.00HardcoverRead moreA Best Book of 2023 – Marie Claire, Inside Hook, Our Culture Magazine, WIRED
“A compassionate and lyrical portrait .
“[A] timely and lovely new novel.” –Lincoln Michel, The New York Times Book Review- Author: Michaels, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662602324
- Language: English
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By: Ingrid Robeyns
Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cart“A powerful case for limitarianism–the idea that we should set a maximum on how much resources one individual can appropriate. A must-read!”
–Thomas Piketty, bestselling author of Capital in the Tw- Author: Robeyns, Ingrid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1662601840
- Language: English
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By: Kyung-Sook Shin
I Went to See My Father
$27.00HardcoverRead moreAn instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mom; centering on a woman’s efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family
- Author: Shin, Kyung-Sook
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601379
- Language: English
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By: Gumbiner, Daniel
Fire in the Canyon
$27.00HardcoverRead moreA New Yorker Best Book of 2023
A new novel from National Book Award nominee Daniel Gumbiner about a California grape-grower, his family, and the climate disaster that upends their quiet lives. Since h- Author: Gumbiner, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1662602421
- Language: English
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By: Alba de Céspedes
Her Side of the Story: From the Author of Forbidden Notebook
$29.00HardcoverRead more“A courageous novel, beautifully imagined and written.”
“De Cespedes’ work has lost none of its subversive force”
–Elena Lappin, The Washington Post
–The New York Times Book Review * “De C?pedes’s me- Author: de Céspedes, Alba
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601433
- Language: English
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By: Tyriek White
We Are a Haunting
$26.00HardcoverRead moreWINNER – 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize A Best Book of 2023 – NPR, Electric Literature, L- Author: White, Tyriek
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601719
- Language: English
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By: Alejandra Oliva
Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration
$28.00HardcoverRead moreBest Nonfiction of 2023 – Kirkus
“One of the most thoughtful meditations on our nation’s immigration policy in recent memory.”
–The Boston Globe A chronicle of translation, storytelling, and borde- Author: Oliva, Alejandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601697
- Language: English
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Candelaria
$28.00HardcoverRead moreA Best Book of 2023 – USA Today, Vogue.com, HipLatina, Largehearted Boy
“With tongue-in-cheek humor and sharp cultural criticism, this novel is an unforgettable exploration of diasporic identity poli- Author: Lozada-Oliva, Melissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601808
- Language: English






