Books for Zebras

A curated selection for attendees of Dazzlecon 2017, and anyone else who's building a feminist business with the long view and big picture in mind.

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered

by E. F. Schumacher Author

Hailed as an “eco-bible” by Time magazine, E. F. Schumacher’s riveting, richly researched statement on…

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Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist

Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist

by Kate Raworth Author

Economics is the mother tongue of public policy—it dominates our decision-making for the future, guides…

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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

by adrienne maree brown Author

Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help,…

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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella Meadows Author, Dennis Meadows Author and Jorgen Randers Author

In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production.…

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Punk Rock Entrepreneur: Running a Business Without Losing Your Values

Punk Rock Entrepreneur: Running a Business Without Losing Your Values

by Caroline Moore Author

Do you have an idea for something that you want to share with the world but don’t know where to start? Want to make a…

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The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World

The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World

by Nilofer Merchant Author

If you’re like most people, you wish you had the ability to make a difference, but you don’t have the credentials,…

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Rework

Rework

by Jason Fried Author and David Heinemeier Hansson Author

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda…

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Drive

Drive

by Daniel H. Pink Author

What motivates you? Most people would say 'money', but that's not what science says. In this book, Daniel H. Pink takes…

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Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals

Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals

by Saul D. Alinsky Author

First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect…

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Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Autism

Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life and Business with Autism

by Joe Biel Author, Joyce Brabner Foreword and Sander Hicks Foreword

The history of Microcosm Publishing, from its origins as a record label and zine distro in Joe Biel's bedroom closet in…

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Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism

Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism

by Richard Wolff Author

How do we escape from the death spiral of late-stage capitalism? Richard D. Wolff has laid out a vision of how to make…

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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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It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays

It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays

by Wendell Berry Author

When he accepted the invitation to deliver The Jefferson Lecture—our nation’s highest honor for distinguished…

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We Should All Be Feminists

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Author

The word "feminist" has a negative stigma for some people. In We Should All Be Feminists—adapted from her much-admired…

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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Author

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise…

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Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates Author

An essay from father to son on how to live, thrive and survive as an African American man. In a profound work that…

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Systems Thinking For Social Change

Systems Thinking For Social Change

by David Peter Stroh Author

Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve…

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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Author

Police murders of Black people no longer go unnoticed in the public eye and the violence of racism can no longer be…

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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

by Adam Grant Author

With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as…

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The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book

The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book

by Meggyn Pomerleau Illustrator and Elly Blue Editor

Vulvas are too often either crudely objectified or shrouded in mystery. No longer! The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring…

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How to Sit (Mindfulness Essentials)

How to Sit (Mindfulness Essentials)

by Thich Nhat Hanh Author

I really get a lot out of this series. Each page has just a couple of sentences, each with a basic action or reminder,…

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How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials)

How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials)

by Thich Nhat Hanh Author

The third title in Parallax’s series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and…

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How to Walk (Mindfulness Essentials)

How to Walk (Mindfulness Essentials)

by Thich Nhat Hanh Author

How to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax’s popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master…

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How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials)

How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials)

by Thich Nhat Hanh Author

Yeah, so food. It's complicated. If you struggle with eating—too much, not enough, allergic to everything, skeptical…

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Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

by Adam Grant Author

For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in…

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Black History for Beginners

Black History for Beginners

by Denise Dennis Author, For Beginners Author and Susan Willmarth Author

Covering a rich history often ignored, Denise Dennis chronicles the struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa…

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Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy

Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy

by Elly Blue Author

Now updated and expanded with new angles on social justice! Elly Blue's Bikenomics provides a surprising and compelling…

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Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution

Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution

by Andrew Boyd Author

Beautiful Trouble brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best…

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Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers

Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-outs, and Triggers

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

The Wall Street Journal Bestseller that helps us feel better every day with neuroscience and humor. Our brains are…

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Unfuck Your Brain Workbook: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

Unfuck Your Brain Workbook: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

Our brains are doing their best, but sometimes they act like real assholes and it can take a lot of work to calm them…

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Unfuck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess

Unfuck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess

by Rachel Hoffman Author

Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation…

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Boss Babes: A Coloring & Activity Book for Grown-ups

Boss Babes: A Coloring & Activity Book for Grown-ups

by Michelle Volansky Author

Here it is, the grown-up coloring book of badass female role models. This book is full of pop-culture icons like…

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Strong is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves

Strong is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves

by Kate T. Parker Author

The fact that I even have to tag this as "Feminism" is a little absurd. It shouldn't be this radical to see photos of…

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Rad American Women A-Z Postcards

Rad American Women A-Z Postcards

by Miriam Klein Stahl Author and Kate Schatz Author

This small book of postcards includes 26 portraits of women initially written about in "Rad American Women A-Z." So if…

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Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

by Miriam Klein Stahl Author and Kate Schatz Author

A is for Angela Davis; iconic political activist. B is for Billie Jean King, who shattered the glass ceiling of sports;…

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Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History

by Miriam Klein Stahl Author and Kate Schatz Author

Rad Women Worldwide tells fresh, engaging, and inspiring tales of perseverance and radical success by pairing well…

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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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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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Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

by Shonda Rhimes Author

Shonda Rhimes has created, written, and produced hit television shows like Grey's Anatomy and Scandal. She is an…

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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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Men Explain Things to Me

Men Explain Things to Me

by Rebecca Solnit Author

In her comic, scathingly honest essay, Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and…

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Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

by Rebecca Solnit Author

Rebecca Solnit is back with this eloquent accounting of radical thinking, written at a time when radicals everywhere…

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Mother of All Questions: Further Reports from the Feminist Revolutions

Mother of All Questions: Further Reports from the Feminist Revolutions

by Rebecca Solnit Author

If Rebecca Solnit (Men Explain Things to Me) rewrote the phone book, we'd be hanging on every word, enjoying the whole…

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All About Love: New Visions

All About Love: New Visions

by bell hooks Author

Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our…

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In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules

In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules

by Stacy Perman Author

With In-N-Out Burger, BusinessWeek writer Stacy Perman presents a chronicle of how a family-run California hamburger…

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The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time

The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time

by Brooke Gladstone Author

"Fake news." "Alternative facts." How did we get to this point where Sean Spicer can stand on the podium of the Emmy…

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This Is How We Rise: Reach Your Highest Potential, Empower Women, Lead Change in the World

This Is How We Rise: Reach Your Highest Potential, Empower Women, Lead Change in the World

by Claudia Chan Author

We live in a time of unprecedented opportunity for women. Yet despite centuries of progress, true equality remains out…

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Parecon: Life After Capitalism

Parecon: Life After Capitalism

by Michael Albert Author

"What do you want?" is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists. In yet another volume, Albert…

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Be Here Now

Be Here Now

by Ram Dass Author

One man's transformation upon his acceptance of the principles of Yoga and gives a modern restatement of the importance…

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Owning the Means of Production: Pocket Lessons for Your Own Worker Co-op!

Owning the Means of Production: Pocket Lessons for Your Own Worker Co-op!

by Allen Killian-Moore Author

Have you ever thought about founding and running a successful worker-owned co-op? It takes more than just getting…

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Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots That Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter

Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots That Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter

by Dan Méndez Moore Author

This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the…

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Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution

Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution

by Julia Alekseyeva Author

Soviet Daughter provides a window into the life of a rebellious, independent woman coming of age in the USSR, and the…

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Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking

Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking

by Anne Elizabeth Moore Author, The Ladydrawers Illustrator, Leela Corman Contributor, Delia Jean Contributor and Melissa Mendes Contributor

Ever wondered who makes your clothes? Who sells them? How much they get paid? How the fashion and sex industries are…

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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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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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How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights

How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights

by Ariel Gore Author

You do actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but, ultimately, literary success is about more than putting…

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Drink More Water - Be More Honest: 30 Lessons From My 20s

Drink More Water - Be More Honest: 30 Lessons From My 20s

by Sarah Mirk Author

Sarah Mirk shares the most important things she learned in her twenties, from the basics like flossing and buying a real…

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Unfuck Your Parenting #1: Doing our Best to Raise Intersectional Feminist, Empathic, Engaged, and Generally Non-Shitty Kids

Unfuck Your Parenting #1: Doing our Best to Raise Intersectional Feminist, Empathic, Engaged, and Generally Non-Shitty Kids

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author and Bonnie Scott Author

Got kids in your life? This zine is full of helpful wisdom about raising them to be socially aware, respectful of…

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Getting Over It: When Other People are Total Assholes or You're Just Tired of Your Own Bullshit

Getting Over It: When Other People are Total Assholes or You're Just Tired of Your Own Bullshit

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

Is it time to get over it? You know, whatever the thing is that's got its claws in you—family stuff, addictions, awful…

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Unfuck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs

Unfuck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs

by Dr. Faith G. Harper Author

Boundaries are the ways we communicate our needs. They are what allow us to feel safe among strangers, in everyday…

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Stressed & Overwhelmed: Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever

Stressed & Overwhelmed: Good Habits for the Exhausted Overachiever

by Elly Blue Author

If you're the sort of person who takes on every project and responsibility until suddenly it's one thing too many and…

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How to be More Creative, More Often, Even if you Have a Job, Responsibilities, and Need More than Three Hours of Sleep Each Night

How to be More Creative, More Often, Even if you Have a Job, Responsibilities, and Need More than Three Hours of Sleep Each Night

by Breanne Boland Author

"When people ask me what I do, I can say I'm a writer and an artist without feeling like a fraud—even though that's…

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How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity: A Guide to Financial Freedom

How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity: A Guide to Financial Freedom

by Patricia Carlin Author and Dustin Fenstermacher Author

The Internet offers an unprecedented opportunity for cats to become superstar “personalities.” These feline…

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