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Nuclear War: A Scenario Nuclear War: A Scenario  Nonfiction
On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service  Nonfiction
Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of...  Nonfiction
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of...  Nonfiction
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment  Nonfiction
Popper Selections Popper Selections  Nonfiction
Poverty, by America Poverty, by America  Nonfiction
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity  Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity   Nonfiction
Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence  Nonfiction
Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco  Nonfiction
Public Religions in the Modern World Public Religions in the Modern World  Nonfiction
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945‒2006 Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in...  Nonfiction
Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet  Nonfiction
Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures  Fiction
Sacrilegion Sacrilegion  Fiction
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in...  Nonfiction
Scorched Grace Scorched Grace  Fiction
Shackleton Shackleton  Nonfiction
Shelter Shelter  Fiction
Shubeik Lubeik Shubeik Lubeik  Fiction
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery  Nonfiction
Small Things Like These  Small Things Like These   Fiction
Social Justice Fallacies Social Justice Fallacies  Nonfiction
Some Desperate Glory Some Desperate Glory  Fiction
Station Eleven Station Eleven  Fiction
Strange Practice Strange Practice  Fiction
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the...  Nonfiction
Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success  Nonfiction
Summer Summer  Fiction
Tastes Like War: A Memoir Tastes Like War: A Memoir  Nonfiction
Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing  Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing   Nonfiction
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi  Fiction