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Fuck Happiness: How Women Are Ditching the Cult of Positivity and Choosing Radical Joy

Fuck Happiness: How Women Are Ditching the Cult of Positivity and Choosing Radical Joy

by Ariel Gore Author

Happiness is big business. Books, consultants, psychologists, organizations, and even governments tout happiness…

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Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance

Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance

by Adonia E. Lugo, PhD Author

Bicycle/Race paints an unforgettable picture of Los Angeles—and the United States—from the perspective of two…

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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

by Rebecca Solnit Author

Most of us probably think of disasters as times when social order breaks down, when neighbors turn on each other, when…

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Cats I've Known: On Love, Loss, and Being Graciously Ignored

Cats I've Known: On Love, Loss, and Being Graciously Ignored

by Katie Haegele Author

From deep friendships to brief encounters, this is the story of the cats in Katie Haegele's life, or rather the story of…

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Americanah

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Author

This novel is everything. At its most simplistic, it's a love story set in Nigeria, the US, and the UK. It's so much…

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Sherwood Nation: A Novel

Sherwood Nation: A Novel

by Benjamin Parzybok Author

In a drought-stricken Portland, Oregon, a Robin Hood-esque water thief is caught on camera redistributing an illegal…

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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

by Doris Pilkington Author

This extraordinary story of courage and faith is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the…

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The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory

The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory

by Stacy Wakefield Author

This is a novel that reads as a page-turning, barely-fictionalized memoir about squatting in New York City in the 90s. A…

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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

by Jenny Odell Author

Our world has become dependent on our constant attention and data production, whether it is in our professions,…

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Decoded by Jay-Z

Decoded by Jay-Z

by Jay-Z Author

Decoded is billed as rapper Jay-Z's annotated lyrics. In reality, it's a whip-smart, beautifully written memoir that…

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The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture

The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture

by Wendell Berry Author

Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of…

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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

by Gabor Mate Author

Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely…

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Just Kids

Just Kids

by Patti Smith Author

As a rocker, poet, photographer, and now memoirist, Patti Smith follows her heart and her amazing mind to places that…

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H Is for Hawk

H Is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald Author

This book is so many things: a grief memoir, a story of a lifelong obsession (and skill) with birds of prey, and the…

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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

by Brené Brown Author

Daring Greatly is not about winning or losing. It’s about courage. In a world where “never enough” dominates and…

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Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

by Lisa Cron Author

Imagine knowing what the brain craves and what keeps readers transfixed. The vast majority of writing advice focuses on…

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The Dispossessed: A Novel

The Dispossessed: A Novel

by Ursula K. Le Guin Author

A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother…

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Scam: The First Four Issues

Scam: The First Four Issues

by Erica Dawn Lyle Author

The classic zine Scam was equal parts an introductory guide on how to get things for free and punk memoir. Youths…

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs Author

The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a direct and wonderfully optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness…

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Living My Life

Living My Life

by Emma Goldman Author and Miriam Brody Foreword

Born in Russia in 1869 and immigrating to America at 16, Emma Goldman played a significant role in the anarchist and…

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann Author

From the bestselling author of 1491, this is a deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the…

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Unfuck Your Anger: Using Science to Understand Frustration, Rage, and Forgiveness

Unfuck Your Anger: Using Science to Understand Frustration, Rage, and Forgiveness

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

If you've ever been so pissed off that you did things that you regretted, or ruined your own day and some other people's…

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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

by Adam Hochschild Author

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold Ii of Belgium seized for himself the vast and…

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Women in Clothes

Women in Clothes

by Sheila Heti Author, Heidi Julavits Author and Leanne Shapton Author

If you tried to explain this book to someone, you'd probably find yourself go on for a while about conversations between…

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Queer: A Graphic History

Queer: A Graphic History

by Dr. Meg-John Barker Author and Julia Scheele Author

Queer is a non-fiction graphic novel that take us on an extraordinary journey through the history that has shaped 'queer…

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The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together

The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together

by with Adrian Garcia-Landa, Thomas Ramge Author and Jan Schwochow Author

A huge book to help you visualize and understand a huge topic. These gorgeous, detailed infographics get right tothe…

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Convenience Store Woman: A Novel

Convenience Store Woman: A Novel

by Sayaka Murata Author

This short, sweet novel manages to be both funny and profoundly respectful of its oddball characters. Keiko, a woman…

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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe

by Kij Johnson Author

This novella is a brilliant feminist retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. The title…

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All the Birds in the Sky

All the Birds in the Sky

by Charlie Jane Anders Author

A perfectly-plotted book that follows two unlikely friends from besieged childhood to dystopian adulthood, along with…

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The Subtweet: A Novel

The Subtweet: A Novel

by Vivek Shraya Author

This is the best novel I've read in years. Vivek Shraya weaves a page-turning web of friendship, food, music, and…

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Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards

Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards

by Michelle Tea Author

Michelle Tea brings her panache, wit, sobriety, and queerness to the tarot, stripping away the latent christianity in…

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WTF is Tarot?: ...& How Do I Do It?

WTF is Tarot?: ...& How Do I Do It?

by Bakara Wintner Author and Autumn Whitehurst Illustrator

WTF Is Tarot...& How Do I Do It? is what I'd imagine a book about tarot and magic to look like if it was written by Dr.…

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Tough Guide to Fantasyland : The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel

Tough Guide to Fantasyland : The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel

by Diana Wynne Jones Author

Once you've read enough standard mainstream fantasy novels, you start to see some pretty funny patterns—like, why…

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The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault

The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault

by Joyce Brabner Author and Gerta Oparaku Egy Illustrator

The Courage Party is a "gently explicit" book about sexual abuse, written for kids to read alone or (better) with a…

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Roller Girl

Roller Girl

by Victoria Jamieson Author

A delightful coming of age graphic novel about roller skating, girl power, and lost friendships. The summer before…

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Cometbus #59: Post-Mortem

Cometbus #59: Post-Mortem

by Aaron Cometbus Author

What are the successes and failures of punk and its institutions? What happened to a once-thriving punk underground…

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The Closing of a Corner Store

The Closing of a Corner Store

by Amelia Bjesse-Puffin Author

A touching tribute to an oft-overlooked neighborhood institution. Amelia chronicles the sudden closure of the…

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The Healing Energies of Trees

The Healing Energies of Trees

by Patrice Bouchardon Author

Trees play a crucial role in the existence of humanity, offering oxygen, soil stabilization, and habitats for numerous…

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Londonderry: A cyclo-feminist zine: Vol 2

Londonderry: A cyclo-feminist zine: Vol 2

by Les Derailleuses Author

The second edition of Londonderry, published by Montreal-based cyclo-feminist collective Les Derailleuses, is all about…

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Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone

Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone

by Joe Biel Author

In the 1890s, bicycling was a cultural activity for the wealthy elite, with a bicycle costing about twenty weeks of a…

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$20 Superpack of Enjoyable Distractions

$20 Superpack of Enjoyable Distractions

by Elly Blue Author, Kate Lopresti Author, Erica Dawn Lyle Author, Joshua Ploeg Author, Meadow Shadowhawk Author, 3 more

Sometimes you want to know everything that's going on around you, your brain whirring like a machine, soaking it all in.…

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$25 Superpack: Dr. Faith's 5-Minute Therapy

$25 Superpack: Dr. Faith's 5-Minute Therapy

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Super Pack! Author

Dr. Faith Harper is a badass funny lady with a PhD, a professional counselor, a certified sex therapist, and an adult…

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Slow Jams Greeting Card

Slow Jams Greeting Card

by Alyssa John Author

What do sloths do when they're done with their shift at the DMV? At last, this question's been answered. They get cozy…

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Furcoats and Backpacks greeting card (Beau—skull shirt)

Furcoats and Backpacks greeting card (Beau—skull shirt)

by Mari Ichimasu Author

 The purr side of the punk scene. Beau with his skull shirt—a traveling cat.

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Sticker #582: First Pride Was a Riot

Sticker #582First Pride Was a Riot

People these days often don't realize that the first Pride celebration was a riot, following a police raid at The…

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Sticker #383: Feminist Chainring Fist

Sticker #383Feminist Chainring Fist

Put your feminism and bicycle love together in one solid statement! This sticker combines two amazing things -…

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Sticker #314: If I Had Biked Today, This Parking Spot Would Be Yours

Sticker #314If I Had Biked Today, This Parking Spot Would Be Yours

by Elly Blue Author

Got a car? Put it to work doing bicycle advocacy when it would otherwise just be sitting there! Let other drivers know…

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