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Award-winning poet Saeed Jones weaves a series of stinging, memorable vignettes into a powerful coming-of-age memoir.

Award-winning poet Saeed Jones weaves a series of stinging, memorable vignettes into a powerful coming-of-age memoir.

Dan Kois, his wife and their two children did what many families secretly dream of doing: They packed up their belongings and spent a year living abroad.

Dan Kois, his wife and their two children did what many families secretly dream of doing: They packed up their belongings and spent a year living abroad.

NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani recounts her family’s gut-wrenching struggle to immigrate despite a broken system.

NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani recounts her family’s gut-wrenching struggle to immigrate despite a broken system.

Gender Mosaic demolishes the warped science that claimed to have located the gender binary inside our skulls.

Gender Mosaic demolishes the warped science that claimed to have located the gender binary inside our skulls.

Fair Play starts from the premise that men’s and women’s time are of equal worth, no matter who makes more money or stays home with the kids.

Fair Play starts from the premise that men’s and women’s time are of equal worth, no matter who makes more money or stays home with the kids.

The Day It Finally Happens is composed of 19 different apocalyptic scenarios, as Mike Pearl assesses each event’s real-world plausibility.

The Day It Finally Happens is composed of 19 different apocalyptic scenarios, as Mike Pearl assesses each event’s real-world plausibility.

This is no dry, boring tome: Dan Jones dazzles readers with this fascinating look at the Crusades.

This is no dry, boring tome: Dan Jones dazzles readers with this fascinating look at the Crusades.

In Burn It Down, edited by Lilly Dancyger, 22 women writers contributed essays about their anger.

In Burn It Down, edited by Lilly Dancyger, 22 women writers contributed essays about their anger.

Lloyd Spencer Davis writes with wit and a wry, irrepressible sense of humor, while imparting everything there is to know about penguins.

Lloyd Spencer Davis writes with wit and a wry, irrepressible sense of humor, while imparting everything there is to know about penguins.

Antisocial is a breathtaking, page-turning foray into the clash between Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and online extremists.

Antisocial is a breathtaking, page-turning foray into the clash between Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and online extremists.

This incisive and well-written overview of 19th-century Americans who protested wrongs in their society deserves a wide readership.

This incisive and well-written overview of 19th-century Americans who protested wrongs in their society deserves a wide readership.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Samantha Power’s new memoir is a record of her impressive life.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Samantha Power's new memoir is a record of her impressive life.

TRICK MIRROR, a book of nine original essays from New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino, makes for great listening.

TRICK MIRROR, a book of nine original essays from New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino, makes for great listening.

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