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The Hero
$9.99 Read moreTHE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN
What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child…
‘It’s Lee Child. Why would you not read it?’ Karin Slaughter
‘I don’t know another aut
- Author: Child, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0008361878
- Language: English
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An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
$18.95 Add to cartEd Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories–the LA Review of Books calls it an epic, atomic history of the Steel City.
The land surrounding the confluence o
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1948742926
- Language: English
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Planet of Slums
$19.95 Add to cartThe “profound . . . brilliant” account of the rise of the world’s slums and the failures of modern urbanization–by the world’s leading urbanist (Arundhati Roy, activist and Booker Prize-winning autho… [more below]
- Series: Essential Mike Davis
- Author: Davis, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1784786616
- Language: English
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The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness
$19.95 Add to cartThe Heroine’s Journey describes contemporary woman’s search for wholeness in a society where she has been defined according to masculine values. Drawing on cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symb… [more below]
- Author: Murdock, Maureen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1611808308
- Language: English
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A Short History of Myth
$18.00 Add to cartAs long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth, Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that
- Series: Canons
- Author: Armstrong, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 178211890X
- Language: English
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Santeria: The Religion: Faith, Rites, Magic
$21.99 Add to cartBrought to Cuba as slaves, the Yoruba people of West Africa preserved their religion’s heritage by disguising their gods as Catholic saints and worshipping them in secret. The resulting religion is kn
- Series: Llewellyn’s World Religion & Magick
- Author: González-Wippler, Migene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 08 2002
- ISBN10: 1567183298
- Language: English
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The Answer
$29.99 Read moreBillions seek the answer to world’s ills, conflicts, prejudices and injustice, and David Icke reveals what that is in his appropriately named new book, The Answer.
It is not religious, economic or pol- Author: Icke, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 13 2020
- ISBN10: 191602582X
- Language: English
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The Fairy Bible: The Definitive Guide to the World of Fairies Volume 13
$21.99 Read moreFairies of the water, air, and earth, the trees and flowers, the house and hearth: all these mysterious, elusive creatures materialize on the pages of this distinctively beautiful guide to fairyland. … [more below]
- Series: Mind Body Spirit Bibles #13
- Author: Moorey, Teresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1402745486
- Language: English
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The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
$17.99 Add to cartIn this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiFi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology in our lives and th
- Author: Kurczy, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0062945505
- Language: English
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The Parenthood Dilemma: Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty
$27.00 Read moreOur Culture Magazine Best Book of 2023
“Rushton’s work is generous, thoughtful, and honest, taking care neither to romanticize nor to disparage the choice to become a parent.”
–Jenny Hamilton, Bookli- Author: Rushton, Gina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1662602383
- Language: English
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Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge
$24.95 Read moreDrugs are ubiquitous in the past and present of capitalist society. What can they tell us about our society and economy?
Americans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamine- Series: Jacobin
- Author: Y. Fong, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1804290173
- Language: English
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The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel
$19.99 Add to cart“A genuinely helpful framework for thinking about our own voyages” (The Atlantic), The New Tourist explores how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse, and offers essential reading for… [more below]
- Author: McClanahan, Paige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1668011786
- Language: English
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens–who are also the least likely to defend its core principles
“This is an important book that ought to- Author: Schaller, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0593729161
- Language: English
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Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth
$19.00 Add to cartA Publishers Weekly Most Ancitipated Book of Spring 2025
A bold call to abandon the myth of endless economic growth and embrace a sustainable, just, and thriving future.
One of the most deeply ingraine
- Author: Parrique, Timothée
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889661016
- Language: English
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Accidental Rebel: My Story of Interracial Love and Loss
$28.95 Add to cartAccidental Rebel: My Story of Interracial Love and Loss is a poignant and courageous memoir that chronicles Annie Waxman’s journey of love, self-discovery, and resilience against the backdrop of 1960s
- Author: Waxman, Annie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1957232269
- Language: English
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Redistribution or Recognition?: A Political-Philosophical Exchange
$24.95 Add to cart“Recognition” has become a veritable keyword of our time, but its relation to “redistribution” remains undertheorized. This volume remedies the lacuna by staging a sustained debate between two philoso… [more below]
- Author: Fraser, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: January 23 2013
- ISBN10: 1859844928
- Language: English
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Writing on Raving
$19.95 Read moreWriting on Raving is the definitive mix of voices from the Brooklyn underground rave scene and beyond, providing fresh language for the shared and infinitely varied experience of dancing through the n
- Author: Wark, McKenzie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1682196283
- Language: English
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Mommy Burnout
$22.15 Add to cartThe ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the “perfect mom,” filled with funny and all too relatabl
- Author: Ziegler, Sheryl G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0062683691
- Language: English
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This Is Me: Getting to Know Yourself and Others Better
$17.95 Add to cartExplore the diverse traits of ten unique children through engaging stories that foster social emotional learning, self-acceptance, and understanding while celebrating individuality and personal growth
- Author: Harastova, Helena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 8000074508
- Language: English
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Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
$29.99 Add to cartAn exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, a… [more below]
- Author: Grant, Stephen Starring
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1668018047
- Language: English
