A Whole World to Grain: The Hidden History of Wheat
How grain production and trade have affected the global economy and shaped the modern world.
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The Fun, Accessible Intro to Socialism We Have Needed
Danny Katch has authored the introductory primer to Socialism we have all been waiting for.
Nobody Does It On Their Own: Alissa Quart’s New Book Debunks ‘Self-made’ Myth
Alissa Quart’s wants to liberate you from the myth of the self-made person.
COVID & Our ‘Manufactured Amnesia’
Steven Thrasher chronicled how AIDS disproportionately harmed marginal populations. Then he saw it happen again with COVID-19.
A Black Queer Nurse’s Journey into the Inhumanity of the U.S. Healthcare System
Author Britney Daniels is a keen observer, and her description of the medical field is riveting.
Blood, Guts and Trauma: An Unflinching Memoir Takes Us Inside a First Responder’s Life
Flash Point by Christy Warren is an intriguing and at times harrowing memoir that sheds light on jobs most of us would never consider doing.
Revisiting the Great Migration and the Black Literary Legends It Inspired
Chi Boy is part memoir, part social history, part eulogy for his ancestors, and part tribute to men whose literary output continues to inspire him.
A Jar of Magic Olives and a Palestinian-American Girl’s Search for Home
Ida in the Middle offers YA readers an immersive introduction to the occupation of Palestine. It is also a story of personal transformation.
Why I Wrote a Book About My Pet Parrot
Michael & Debby Smith write about 30 years of living with a parrot whose intelligence and emotional awareness challenges our human-centric world view.
How an Eight-Year-Old’s Question Led to a Children’s Book on Homelessness
Kursid Kids is a beautiful fantasy about the elimination of poverty.