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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a stirring and succinct examination of post-Roe America, “one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation” (Washington Post) takes on what’s become the country’s most resonant political issue.
 
In her most urgent book yet, New York Times bestselling author Jessica Valenti…


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The title of Chapter 1 says it all: “Abortion Is Good, Actually.”

Finally! This truth is out in the open. Jessica Valenti writes, “It is not tragic, something to be apologized for, or a ‘necessary evil.’ It is proactively, objectively, good.” She continues, “Forcing someone to be pregnant when they don’t want to be is dangerous and cruel.” And: “America supports abortion. It’s time we acted like it.”

Abortion is good because it is basic health care. Because all women—not only those who have been raped or whose health is in danger—need access to it. Because pregnancy is not a…

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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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