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The Deluge
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The Deluge

By Stephen Markley ,

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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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Dark Money

By Jane Mayer ,

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Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel
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Pimp My Airship

By Maurice Broaddus ,

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Mother Mary Comes to Me
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Mother Mary Comes to Me

By Arundhati Roy ,

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Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
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Rebel Cinderella

By Adam Hochschild ,

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A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
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A Lie Too Big to Fail

By Lisa Pease ,

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The Agitator: William Bailey and the First American Uprising Against Nazism
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The Agitator

By Peter Duffy ,

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Women Against Cruelty: Protection of Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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Women Against Cruelty

By Diana Donald ,

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On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging
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On Gallows Down

By Nicola Chester ,

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Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement
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Chicana Power!

By Maylei Blackwell ,

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A Spy in the Struggle
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A Spy in the Struggle

By Aya de Leon ,

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Leading the Way: Women in Power
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Leading the Way

By Janet Howell , Theresa Howell , Kylie Akia (illustrator)

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Generation Brave: The Gen Z Kids Who Are Changing the World
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Generation Brave

By Kate Alexander ,

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Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History
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Modern HERstory

By Blair Imani , Monique Le (illustrator) ,

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Reclaiming 42: Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson's Radical Legacy
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Reclaiming 42

By David Naze ,

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Malala: Activist for Girls' Education
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Malala

By Raphaële Frier , Aurélia Fronty (illustrator) ,

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Moments of Silence: The Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok
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Moments of Silence

By Thongchai Winichakul ,

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Making History/Making Blintzes: How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America
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Making History/Making Blintzes

By Mickey Flacks , Dick Flacks ,

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Voice Lessons
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Voice Lessons

By Alice Embree ,

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Now Peru Is Mine: The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist
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Now Peru Is Mine

By Manuel Llamojha Mitma , Jaymie Patricia Heilman ,

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Eleanor
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Eleanor

By David Michaelis ,

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Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba
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Give Me Liberty

By David E. Hoffman ,

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Radicals on the Road: Internationalism, Orientalism, and Feminism during the Vietnam Era
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Radicals on the Road

By Judy Tzu-Chun Wu ,

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Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist
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Agent of Change

By Cynthia E. Orozco ,

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Irish Nationalists in America: The Politics of Exile, 1798-1998
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Irish Nationalists in America

By David Brundage ,

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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I

By Raja Shehadeh ,

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Micro Activism: How You Can Make a Difference in the World (without a Bullhorn)
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Micro Activism

By Omkari L. Williams ,

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Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity
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Uncivil Agreement

By Lilliana Mason ,

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They Called Me a Lioness
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They Called Me a Lioness

By Ahed Tamimi , Dena Takruri ,

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The Revolution Starts at Home
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The Revolution Starts at Home

By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (editor) , Jai Dulani (editor) , Ching-in Chen (editor)

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