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Kitchen Sink Drama (Short Stories) by Paul Connolly
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Category: society culture gender
As seen in Good Weekend: one hundred of Paul Connolly's beloved one-hundred-word vignettes along with Jim Pavlidis's whimsical illustrations. From tempestuous family roasts to the first blooms of young love, from relationship missteps to moments of familial joy, Kitchen Sink Dramareflects domestic life ...Show more
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
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Category: society culture gender
An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" "You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has ...Show more
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Category: society culture gender
Award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge was frustrated with the way that discussions of race and racism are so often led by those blind to it, by those willfully ignorant of its legacy. Her response, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has transformed the conversation both in Britain ...Show more
Lonely Planet's Guide to Life by Lonely Planet
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Category: society culture gender | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
This book collects together cultural pearls of wisdom from 86 countries to form the ultimate reference book for how to live well. Each culture lives by its own words of wisdom - handed down from generation to generation, covering everything from keeping a house tidy as a Shinto shrine to cooking a meal ...Show more
The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard by Ollivier Pourriol; Helen Stevenson (Translator)
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Category: society culture gender
Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding wit ...Show more
Sweet Dreams - From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
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Category: society culture gender
Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and broa ...Show more
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
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Category: society culture gender
Women Don't Owe You Pretty will tell you to... love sex, hate sexism, protect your goddamn energy, life is short, dump them, and that you owe men nothing, least of all pretty. Florence's debut book will explore all progressive corners of the feminist conversation; from insecurity projection and refusing ...Show more
Emigres - French Words That Turned English by Richard Scholar
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Category: society culture gender
English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases-such as a la mode, ennui, naivete and caprice-lend English a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that would otherwise elude the language. Richard Scholar examines the continuing history of untranslated ...Show more
How to Spot a Fascist by Umberto ECO
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Category: society culture gender
We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the fourt ...Show more
The Next Great Migration - The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah
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Category: society culture gender
'Rich with eclectic research and on-the-ground reporting, Shah's book presents us with a dazzlingly original picture of our relentlessly mobile species' NAOMI KLEIN'Fascinating . . . Likely to prove prophetic in the coming months and years' OBSERVER'A dazzling tour through 300 years of scientific histor ...Show more
Humans by Brandon Stanton
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Category: society culture gender | Series: Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton's Humans is a book that connects readers as global citizens at a time when erecting more borders is the order of the day. It shows us the entire world, one story at a time. After five years of travelling the globe, the creator of Humans of New York brings people from all parts of the wor ...Show more
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Wonders of the Modern Metropolis by Roman Mars; 99% Invisible
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Category: society culture gender
This is 99% Invisible - A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean? Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the ...Show more