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“Tragic, infuriating, impeccably researched…. [A] remarkable story, brilliantly told.” — John Grisham A shocking story of fire science gone wrong and mob mentality run amok, when Victor Rosario, an immigrant in Lowell, Massachusetts, is wrongfully convicted following a deadly blaze and...

On August 1, 2018, in response to the outrage amongst some citizens that Coles would be phasing out the supply of single use plastic bags in NSW, Osman wrote to his 20,000 Twitter followers: "Australians are a deeply conservative, insular and fearful people with the collective delusion they are...

Audiobook narrated by the author. From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller It Begins with You comes a transformative roadmap to rewriting your story and healing the most important relationship you will ever have: the one you have with yourself. “After more than two decades of...

Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society? This is not an accident, but by design. Capitalism is structured by racism and has...

A bold and brilliant new collection of essays by one of our most important writers of life in America today This new collection gathers together for the first time sixteen essays by one of our most revered chroniclers of life in America, a landmark commentary on family, faith, community, and the...

An in-depth, nonpartisan analysis of gentrification as an opportunity to make change work for everyone from a veteran architect and urban planner. Constant transformation is a given in urban life. However, re-vitalization and growth projects can often be sources of loss and displacement for many...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Our ability to make a fist is what distinguishes humans from every other species, including primates. The fist has played a crucial role in the birth of language and appears in nearly every...

This book examines the history and current context of racism in housing and neighborhoods to understand how racism and white supremacy have hindered true equality. This book explores how Americans use various means—from racial intimidation to restrictive zoning—to continue to exclude entire...

What happens in the brain on the brink of death? One person’s last words might be lucid, revealing deep-seated thoughts and emotions. Another person might be brought to intensive care and never awaken. Electroencephalograms of dying patients record surprising activity in portions of the brain...

A laser-sharp examination of how elite universities, in their neglect of sociological reasoning, failed our society's biggest test: that of an airborne pandemic. Hobbled by conservative cuts to education beginning in the Reagan era, universities became increasingly consumer-focused, giving rise...

Why would someone want to hang out with dead bodies? With curious anecdotes and unbelievable truth, funeral director Robert Webster reveals that answer and more, offering listeners entertaining and quirky stories gleaned from a life lived around death. Webster tackles those embarrassing...

"Refreshing and hopeful." ―Booklist "Gripping...A mesmerizing tribute to the transformative power of community." ―Kirkus, starred The author of The Hospital asks: Can one challenged city show the way to restore faith in government and reimagine the nation’s future? Chester, PA, a majority...

A bold, revelatory account of how the greatest conflicts, atrocities, and social advancements of our time have all hinged on the seizure of property, for readers of Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Why Nations Fail. Expropriation—the act of forcibly taking property—is usually...

Was es heißt, Tochter zu sein. Nicht alle Frauen sind Mütter, aber alle Frauen sind Töchter. Und diese Rolle verschwindet nicht mit dem Erwachsenwerden. Sie ist das Grundmuster, an dem sich entscheidet, was «Frausein» heißt. Dieses Buch fragt danach, wie patriarchale Ordnungen sich in...

In the US, approximately forty percent of children are born to single mothers. In the African American community, that number jumps to seventy percent. But even when a father is physically present in a household, that doesn't mean he is engaged with his children or leading his family. In our...

A Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural critic explores how modern cities thrive when urban planning leaves room for happy accidents and innovations. “A city is not a symphony, composed as a single work,” Paul Goldberger writes. “It is more like jazz, with its mix of order and...

A revelatory exploration of the ways in which wealth – and the lack of it – shapes our lives, told through the stories of ten people, from award-winning data journalist and artist Mona Chalabi. Anna has a comfortable life thanks to her husband – until he asks for a divorce. Kristina faces...

If America is the wealthiest country in the world, why are so many people living in poverty and missing out on the promise of the American Dream?Poverty is America's number-one social problem, and while we spend $1.75 trillion every year trying to solve it, much of that effort falls short. But...

Death comes too soon for some and too late for others, but in the end it does come for us all. Yet we spend much of our lives ignoring it, fearing it, or attempting to postpone it. But if death is inescapable, how should Christians prepare? Centuries ago, medieval Christians developed a guide to...

A visually striking exploration of money—and the lack of it—in America told through the lives of ten individuals, from a Pulitzer Prize–winning data journalist and artist “Astonishing . . . Chalabi’s taboo-busting transparency about peoples’ financial lives is revolutionary enough...