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The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

by Daniel Markovits

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal –...

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The Assault on American Excellence

by Anthony T. Kronman

Published: 2019-08-20

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceThe former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched ...

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Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

by Anna Wiener

Published: 2020-01-14

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. An Amazon Best Book of January. One of Vogue's 22 Books to Read This Winter, The Washington Post's 10 Books to Read in January, ELLE's 12 Best Books to Read in 2020, The New York Times's 12 Books to Read in Jan...

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Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive

by Marc Brackett

Published: 2019-09-03

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and...

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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

by Marcia Chatelain

Published: 2020-01-07

Hardcover: 336 pages

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From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America.Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized ...

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South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration

by Marcia Chatelain

Published: 2015-04-03

Paperback: 264 pages

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In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago's Great Migration through the lens of black girls. Focusing on the years between 1910 and 1940, when Chicago's black population quintupled, Chatelain describes how Chicago's black social scientists, urban reformers, journalists and activ...

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The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

by Mike Thaler

Published: 2008-08-01

Paperback: 32 pages

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An outrageously funny tale of how rumors can make a student create a monster out of any teacher!Two popular books from the bestselling Black Lagoon series--TEACHER and LIBRARIAN--are now reissued with fun new covers! Join Hubie once again as he faces his comically horrific fears during his...

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My Love Story

by Tina Turner

Published: 2018-10-16

Hardcover: 272 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTina Turner—the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend—sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir.From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame al...

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The Bone Ships (The Tide Child Trilogy (1))

by RJ Barker

Published: 2019-09-24

Paperback: 512 pages

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A brilliantly imagined saga of honor, glory, and warfare, The Bone Ships is the epic launch of a new fantasy from David Gemmell Award-nominated RJ Barker.Two nations at war. One prize beyond compare. For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragon...

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First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 6)

by Jim Butcher

Published: 2010-11-30

Paperback: 784 pages

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In the final novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's acclaimed Codex Alera series, the people of Alera—who use their unique bond with the elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal for protection—must face the ultimate conflict…   For Gaius Octavian, ...