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  • The Oxford Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy By Jacob Klein

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    In the decades following the conquests of Alexander the Great, two major new schools of philosophy--the Epicureans and the Stoics--came to prominence in Athens, promoting starkly...

  • Jesus: Militant or Nonexistent Two Views Compared By Richard Carrier

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    Was Jesus a revelatory being, whom the Gospels transposed into a mythic history ... or a promoter of armed resistance against Rome, whom the Gospels whitewashed...

  • Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious By Ross Douthat

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    Do you ever wish you had more faith, but struggle to make religious belief fit with modern assumptions about the world and human life? With a...

  • Pornography, Rough Sex and Gendered Harm: Just Sex on Screen By Samantha Keene

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    Exploring the nuances and complexities in men’s and women’s accounts of how mainstream pornography is experienced in their everyday lives, this book demonstrates how pornography can...

  • Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women By Vanda Krefft

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    A fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s, trained women for executive secretary positions but...

  • Essential Soldiers: Women Activists and Black Power Movement Leadership By Kenja McCray

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    A new perspective on women’s Black Power leadership legaciesAcademics and popular commentors have expressed common sentiments about the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s—that...

  • Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride Power and Real Change By Cristina Jiménez

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    A MacArthur “Genius” shares her inspiring story, from undocumented newcomer to activist in a powerful immigrant youth movement that changed the lives of millionsCristina Jiménez’s family...

  • Three Wild Dogs By Markus Zusak

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    In this poignant, funny, and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief,...

  • How to Kill a Witch: A Guide for the Patriarchy By Claire Mitchell

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    'The Witches of Scotland... profile persecuted women from the burning times. Their tales are woven by archivists, historians and writers - and by Venditozzi and Mitchell...

  • North to the Future: An Offline Adventure through the Changing Wilds of Alaska By Ben Weissenbach

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    Ben Weissenbach—an L.A. native with little prior wilderness experience—treks through the Alaskan tundra with a series of eccentric environmental scientists, and returns with a new perspective...

  • Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television By Todd Purdum

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    An illuminating biography of Desi Arnaz, the visionary, trailblazing Cuban American who revolutionized television and brought laughter to millions as Lucille Ball’s beloved husband on I Love...

  • The Shocking Truth Behind What Men Really Think About Women By Sandy Camillo

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    “In this refreshing, conversation-starting book, Camillo effectively incorporates diverseperspectives on gender socialization. . . . A provocative book that asks importantquestions.”—Kirkus ReviewsWhat if the answers you’ve...

  • Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories By David Crystal

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    Explore how books have played a pivotal role in the history of English vocabulary. The noun itself is one of the oldest words in the language,...

  • Secession of the Successful: The Flight Out of New India By Sanjaya Baru

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    Why are so many of our fellow citizens disentangling from the political and economic future of India to invest in the destiny of other nations? Are...

  • Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead By Kenneth Rogoff

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    A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured.Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America’s...

  • Hollywood Vampires: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and the Celebrity Exploitation Machine By Kelly Loudenberg

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    Celebrity romances have always captured the public’s imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike. By the same token, high-profile trials...

  • Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare By John Lechner

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    The disturbing inside story of how the Wagner private military company exploits a warring world.In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine for...

  • The Harms of Beauty By Sam Barnes

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    The beauty industry thrives on creating a sense of dissatisfaction with appearance, with social media adding pressure to conform to idealized images of beauty. This has...

  • John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America's Independence By Willard Sterne Randall

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    A compelling, intimate portrait of John Hancock, going beyond the flamboyant signature to provide insight into the pivotal role that he had in the American Revolution.A...

  • The Six: The Untold Story of the Titanic's Chinese Survivors By Steven R. Schwankert

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    A moving exploration of the origins and fate of the little-known Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic—and how they survived against all the odds.When Titanic sank on a cold...

  • The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood By Nina Willner

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    An epic story of the triumph of good over evil.The soldiers of D Company could not believe their eyes as they came face-to-face with the human...

  • Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded: Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact By Vaclav Smil

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    Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil's seminal works in a revised and expanded edition. Creating the Twentieth Century explores the period between 1867 and...

  • Fire Dragon Feminism: Asian Migrant Women's Tales of Migration, Coloniality and Racial Capitalism By Ee Ling Quah

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    Featuring stories of early settler and contemporary Asian migrant women in Asia-Pacific region, Fire Dragon Feminism discusses Asian migrant women's encounters with coloniality and racial capitalism at their...

  • The Story of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover By Jan Gradvall

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    Through exclusive interviews and over a decade of deep research, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secrets to ABBA’s success.There has never been a group...