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The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors By Lama Rod Owens Cover Image
$20.99
ISBN: 9781649630001
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Published: Sounds True - October 31st, 2023

A USA Today Bestseller

A Buddhist Lama and intersectional thought leader shares a guide for those who would dream a more just, ethical world into being.


To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul By Tracy K. Smith Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593534762
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Published: Knopf - November 7th, 2023

ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A stunning personal manifesto on memory, family, and history that explores how we in America might—together—come to a new view of our shared past


The Vibration of Grace: Sound Healing Rituals for Liberation By gina Breedlove Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781649631596
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Published: Sounds True - November 28th, 2023

A sacred healing journey to awaken the boundless power of your words, thoughts, and voice. Includes guided audio practices.


Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement By Tanisha Ford Cover Image
$32.99
ISBN: 9780063115712
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Published: Amistad - October 24th, 2023

An engrossing social history of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild and fundraiser extraordinaire who reigned over the glittering "Beaux Arts Ball,” the social event of New York and Harlem society for fifty years—a glamorous event rivalling today’s Met Gala, drawing America’s wealthy and cultured, both Black and whit


The Reformatory: A Novel By Tananarive Due Cover Image
$28.99
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ISBN: 9781982188344
Published: Gallery / Saga Press - October 31st, 2023

A New York Times Notable Book
“You’re in for a treat. The Reformatory is one of those books you can’t put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park.” —Stephen King

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr.


Murder at the Book Fair: A Molly & Emma Bookseller Adventure By Lily Charles Cover Image
$13.99
ISBN: 9781953434906
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Published: Black Opal Books - October 21st, 2023

When booksellers Molly O'Donnell and Emma Clarke set up at the Antiquarian Book Fair in St. Petersburg, Florida, the last thing they expect to find is a dead body. When respected book dealer Jasper Ross shows interest in Emma's most valuable books, she is jubilant. But then, Jasper is found dead-and Emma's books he borrowed have disappeared.


Dolly Parton: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life By Tracey E. W. Laird Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9780760382967
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Published: Epic Ink - October 24th, 2023

Explore 100 remarkable moments in the extraordinary life of Dolly Parton with this illustrated retrospective of her most amazing achievements.

Everyone’s favorite country music star and American icon, Dolly Parton, has accomplished incredible things in her life, from releasing the hit “I Will Always Love You” to creating a nonprofit for children.


Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World without a Bullhorn By Omkari L. Williams, Layla F. Saad (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Omkari L. Williams, Layla F. Saad (Foreword by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781635866889
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Published: Storey Publishing, LLC - October 24th, 2023

Everyone can be an activist with the guidance of Omkari Williams, a life coach who guides readers in identifying their "activist archetype" and mapping a personal action plan for engaging in small, change-making activities with potentially big impacts.

In this age of social justice, those who don't necessarily want to lead a movement or join a protest march are left won


It's Not You, It's Capitalism: Why It's Time to Break Up and How to Move On By Malaika Jabali Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9781643752648
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Published: Algonquin Books - October 24th, 2023

A biting, brilliant, often hilarious guide to socialism for budding anti-capitalists who know it’s time to dump their toxic ex (Capitalism) and try something finer.


The Nap Ministry's Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture By Tricia Hersey, Paula Champagne (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Tricia Hersey, Paula Champagne (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781797215761
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Published: Chronicle Books - April 25th, 2023

From Tricia Hersey, the celebrated founder of the Nap Ministry and author of the New York Times bestseller Rest Is Resistance, this deck of 50 powerful rest practices helps you embrace rest as a form of radical communal care and personal liberation.
 

"This is about more than naps.


Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir By Curtis Chin Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316507653
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - October 17th, 2023

Most Anticipated This Fall in TIME, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, Goodreads, Lamba Literary Review, Kirkus Reviews, and PinkNews

This “vivid, moving, funny, and heartfelt” memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a g


The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families By Karida L. Brown, Charly Palmer Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9781797216829
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Published: Chronicle Books - October 10th, 2023

“[A] heartfelt tribute to young people of color and their ‘reflection of resplendent beauty, ancient history ... and irreplaceable value.’ It’s a standout.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review 

Inspired by the groundbreaking work of W. E. B.


CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora By Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt, Salamishah Tillet (Foreword by) Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781250281388
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Published: St. Martin's Press - May 23rd, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1) By bell hooks Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060959470
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 30th, 2018

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy.  All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.


Let Us Descend: A Novel By Jesmyn Ward Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982104498
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Published: Scribner - October 24th, 2023

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow—comes a haunting masterpiece, sure to be an instant classic, about an


The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation By Raquel Willis Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781250275684
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Published: St. Martin's Press - November 14th, 2023

A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation.


Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes) By Travis Baldree Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250886101
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Published: Tor Books - November 7th, 2023

An Instant #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller
A Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023
An Amazon Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2023

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.


The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 By Rashid Khalidi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250787651
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Published: Picador - January 26th, 2021

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history


Futureland: The Nightmare Hour By H.D. Hunter, Khadijah Khatib (Illustrator) Cover Image
By H.D. Hunter, Khadijah Khatib (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593479469
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Published: Random House Books for Young Readers - November 7th, 2023

The theme park of your dreams is back in this action-packed sequel as Cam Walker and his friends take on creepy carnivals, insidious tech, and a nightmarish new enemy to save the world. An electrifying illustrated series for fans of Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

The most spectacular theme park in the world is headed to the Big Apple.


I Am Stuck By Julia Mills, Julia Mills (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Julia Mills, Julia Mills (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780358695332
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Published: Clarion Books - September 26th, 2023

A tender (and humorous!) look at the way tough emotions can make us feel stuck and how the presence of a good friend and a deep belly laugh can make it easier to get through stormy feelings.


Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance By Kaveh Akbar (Editor), Paige Lewis (Editor), Joy Harjo (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Kaveh Akbar (Editor), Paige Lewis (Editor), Joy Harjo (Contribution by)
$21.95
ISBN: 9781956046168
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Published: Sarabande Books - October 24th, 2023

An anthology edited by acclaimed poets Kaveh Akbar and Paige Lewis.


Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto By Tricia Hersey Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316365215
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Published: Little, Brown Spark - October 11th, 2022

***INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***

Disrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy. In this book, Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.

What would it be like to live in a well-rested world?