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Negligent by Design: Anti-Blackness in American Medicine and How to Address It

A searing critique of medical racism and a powerful call for health-care professionals to make real change in their field, written by a leading activist and doctor Unequal access to care. Misdiagnosis. Mistreatment. Medical gaslighting. An increasing number of studies show the profound impacts racism has on communities of color—particularly Black Americans. But these disparities in health c

Programming Your Lucid Dreams

Lucid dreams stand out from ordinary dreams in the meaning andclarity that they can bring us. Learn to control these dreams and access times, places, andinformation usually hidden from our senses. In Programming Your Lucid Dreams,discover accessible exercises and insights that will enable youto self-direct your lucid dreams to their fullest potential. Learn how to • understand spontaneous

Elon Musk: American Oligarch

An unvarnished, critical graphic biography of the tech innovator and presidential confidant by the author/illustrator of Putin´s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator and Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful. Darryl Cunningham´s new graphic biography of Elon Musk is a riveting deep-dive into the audacious mind and tumultuous journey of the world´s richest man. Using his signature pictographi

Fawning

From a clinical psychologist and expert in complex trauma recovery comes a powerful guide introducing fawning, an often-overlooked piece of the fight-flight-freeze reaction to trauma—explaining what it is, why it happens, and how to help survivors regain their voice and sense of self. Most of us are familiar with the three Fs of trauma—flight, fight, or freeze. But psychologists have

The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid

Why is it so expensive to be a woman in America? From a rising star in economics comes the first comprehensive look at the costs women face and why the bill runs especially high for women of color—with a foreword by Chelsea Clinton. The “pink tax” has gained widespread recognition in recent years, but what happens when you look at the costs that define a woman´s entire life, especially acro

Tarot of the Divine Coloring Book: Inspired by Deities, Folklore, and Fairy Tales from Around the World

Inspired by deities, folklore, and fairy tales from around the world, this adult coloring book features 80 gorgeous illustrations from acclaimed artist Yoshi Yoshitani´s popular tarot deck. Tarot of the Divine Coloring Book presents each tarot card from the Tarot of the Divine deck, with fairy-tale characters from around the world serving as the Major and Minor Arcana. The Danish fable´s naive Li

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Lawrence in Arabia, a stunningly revelatory narrative history of one of the most momentous events in modern times, the jaw-dropping stupidity of the American government, and the dawn of the age of religious nationalism. “A must-read that is both urgent and unforgettable.” —Steve Coll, author of The Achilles Trap, Directorate S, w

Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur

From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today. Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the preeminent storyteller of the 1990s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public per

The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990

A sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city forever—and anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation—from the bestselling author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning “A rip-roaring, sweeping, essential work of history . . . a deeply reported and brilliantly observed account of how the modern city was born and why all of us

Hidden Valley Road

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH´S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light o

Total Memory Workout

How to remember what you don't want to forget. Frustrated by your forgetfulness? Don't be. Memory lapses aren't necessarily a sign of age -- more often they are a sign of the times, as we're all inundated with important information to remember, from PINs and cell phone numbers to children's schedules and crucial business facts. Dr. Cynthia Green, founding director of The Memory Enhancement Prog

Pearl: A Novel

LONG-LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • Heartbreaking and redeeming, Pearl is the story of a young woman in a small English village who is struggling with the disappearance of her mother, what feels like a lifetime ago. "A masterful novel, shot through with legend and song. It can be read on many levels: as a mystery, as a story of grief and healing, as a response to a poem. But most of all, it c

Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics." — Daniel Yergin, The Wall Street Journal "A timely, riveting world tour...[An] absorbing book." — The Economist “Remarkable...One of the most important books on economic warfare ever written.” — Paul Kennedy, author of The R

Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential

An empowering roadmap for becoming the hero of your life “Brilliant…the evidence-based manual we need to be free.”—Arthur C. Brooks, author of From Strength to Strength “A call to action for anyone who feels stuck in a pattern of anger and blame. It isn´t easy work, but it can be life-changing.”—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone “A message that needs t

A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world´s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders. “A clear and compelling case for compassion . . . an implicit repudiation of the strongman style of

Nowhere Girl: Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation

Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny). A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored. When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame an

The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path

From Emma Heming Willis, wife of Bruce Willis, a deeply personal and richly compassionate supportive guide that helps caregivers care for themselves while they navigate a loved one's dementia. AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER The day Emma Heming Willis´ husband, Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), all they were given was a pamphlet and told to check ba

Align Your Mind: Tame Your Inner Critic and Make Peace with Your Shadow Using the Power of Parts Work

Meet your inner critic, your inner teen, and your inner shadow in this engaging guide to taming anxiety, healing trauma, and overcoming self-doubt with Parts Work What is “Parts Work”? You contain multitudes. At any given moment, your inner critic might be questioning whether you´re an imposter, and your inner child might be yearning for compassion and self-care. These parts don´t make you broke

Who's Afraid of Gender?

An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

'A profoundly urgent intervention' Naomi Klein

Shouldn't we know what we're arguing about?

From one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world

Judith Butler, the g

The Road to Freedom

Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more 'animal spirits' capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society - and is therefore morally better.

But, in The Road to Freedom Stigl