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  • Caste

    The Origins of Our Discontents

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York TimesThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Paris 1919

    Six Months That Changed the World

    A landmark work of narrative history, Paris 1919 is the first full-scale treatment of the Peace Conference in more than twenty-five years. It offers a scintillating view of those dramatic and fateful days when much of the modern world was sketched out, when countries were created—Iraq, Yugoslavia, Israel—whose troubles haunt us still.Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize • Winner of the PEN Hessell ... Read more

    $2.42 USD

  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

    Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

    by John Green ...
    “Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition—and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention.” —Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re:ThinkingInstant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.“Glorious. ... Read more

    $2.42 USD

  • My Bookstore

    Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop

    In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the pleasure, guidance, and support that their favorite bookstores and booksellers have given them over the years. The relationship between a writer and his ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Less Than Human

    Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others

    Winner of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for NonfictionA revelatory look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well as today's headlines"Brute." "Cockroach." "Lice." "Vermin." "Dog." "Beast." These and other monikers are constantly in use to refer to other humans—for political, religious, ethnic, or sexist reasons. Human beings have a tendency to regard ... Read more

    Was $14.39 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]

    A Brief History of Humankind

    New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** CenturyThe tenth anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our time—featuring a new afterword from the author.One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo s... ... Read more

    Was $17.29 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Cultish

    The Language of Fanaticism

    “One of those life-changing reads that makes you see—or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of Followers“At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that you don't realize you're in one till it's too late.”—Refinery29.comThe New York Times bestselling author of The Age of ... Read more

    Was $18.49 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • How Democracies Die

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The urgent and influential guide to the forces that have undermined democracies across the globe—forces running rampant in the United States today—hailed as “a touchstone” (The New Yorker) that “comes at exactly the right moment” (The Washington Post)“Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“[Levitsky and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    by John Berendt ...
    THE LANDMARK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR MUSICAL COMING SOON TO BROADWAY • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book Review • 30th Anniversary Edition with a New ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Killing in Amish Country

    Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-blooded Murder

    New York Times bestselling authors Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris investigate the 2009 death of an Amish wife and mother found murdered in her own bed.At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women depicted on the covers of her favorite "bonnet" stories - romance novels set in Amish America. Barbara had everything she'd ever wanted: five ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

    Series Book 3 - ReVisioning History
    **New York Times BestsellerNow part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul PeckRecipient of the American Book AwardThe first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples**Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • They Knew

    How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

    **FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE“Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of Herman Melville."—Timothy Snyder, #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Sarah Kendzior delves into the difference between conspiracy and conspiracy theory, "deftly separat[ing] fact from fiction in a conspiracy-addled nation" ... Read more

    Was $15.19 USD Now $10.29 USD

  • Missoula

    Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    From bestselling author Jon Krakauer, a stark, powerful, meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana — stories that illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rapeMissoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a highly regarded state university, bucolic surroundings, a lively social scene, and an excellent football team — ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Meaning of Myth: With 12 Greek Myths Retold and Interpreted by a Psychiatrist

    Ancient Wisdom, #1

    by Neel Burton ...
    Series Book 1 - Ancient Wisdom
    Not just the stories, but what they mean. Are myths really the repositories of deep wisdom and mystical secrets?Readers' Favorite Book Award WinnerWhat is myth, and why does it have such a hold on the human imagination? How does myth relate to near forms such as legend and fairy tale, and to other modes of understanding such as religion and science? What is a hero, what is a monster, and what ... Read more

    Was $8.69 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The next bestselling Australian true crime book based on the popular podcast series, for fans of I CATCH KILLERS, THE WIDOW OF WALCHA and DIRTY JOHN

    A much-loved mother, teacher and friend steps on a plane for an overseas adventure and is never seen again.When Marion Barter disappeared in 1997, police initially dismissed it as the actions of a divorced mother abandoning her family. In this book, the creators of the addictive global hit podcast The Lady Vanishes detail the winding investigation into Marion's disappearance, from tentative early ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Disability Visibility

    First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Alice Wong ...
    **A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." • Edited by MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow Alice Wong ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    A Life

    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER“A vivid account of a remarkable life.” —The Washington Post**In this comprehensive, revelatory biography—fifteen years of interviews and research in the making—historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg’s passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, and her meticulous jurisprudence.At the heart of her story and ... Read more

    $13.19 USD

  • The System

    Who Rigged It, How We Fix It

    From the bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, comes an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change.There is a mounting sense that our political-economic system is no longer working, but what is the core problem and how do we remedy it? With the characteristic ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

    THE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR 6-PART HBO® DOCUMENTARY SERIES#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:Washington Post | Maureen Corrigan, NPR | Paste | Seattle Times | Entertainment Weekly | Esquire | Slate | Buzzfeed | Jezebel | Philadelphia Inquirer | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus Reviews | ... ... Read more

    Was $12.79 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • 失控的焦慮世代:手機餵養的世代,如何面對心理疾病的瘟疫

    The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

    Translated by 鍾玉玨 ...
    Series series For2
    NYU教授、掀起全球討論與關注之作睡眠剝奪.社交障礙.注意力碎片化.上癮席捲全球的話題與對策討論【紐約時報、亞馬遜長期暢銷榜首】★為什麼社群媒體對女孩的傷害大於男孩?為什麼男孩持續從現實世界退縮到虛擬世界?我們該如何保護孩子?以及我們自己?二○一○年代開始,青少年精神/心理健康急遽惡化,憂鬱症、焦慮症、自我傷害和自殺的比例急遽上升,成為全球化現象。在《失控的焦慮世代》書中,社會心理學家海德特探討以玩耍為主的童年逐漸沒落、以手機為主的童年抬頭的趨勢,並歸納出為什麼智慧型手機、社群媒體和大型科技,成為全世界青少年心理健康崩潰的主因。本書也指出:為了讓孩子... ... Read more

    $10.26 USD

  • The Black Jacobins

    Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

    by C.L.R. James ...
    **A powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1803“One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition.... Provocative and empowering.” —The New York Times Book Review**The Black Jacobins, by Trinidadian historian C. L. R. James, was the first major analysis of the uprising that began ... Read more

    $13.19 USD

  • The Origins of Totalitarianism

    with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum

    Hannah Arendt’s definitive work on totalitarianism—an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history—now with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum.In recent years, The Origins of Totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe.The book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western ... Read more

    Was $14.09 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • 長女病:我們不是天生愛扛責任,台灣跨世代女兒的故事

    Series Book 33 - Misfits
    長女病不是天生的,而是社會造成的「弟弟妹妹不乖,為何姊姊要受罰?」「當大姊好辛苦,沒有一天屬於自己」在台灣社會中,長女常常承受各種期待,對上要體諒爸爸媽媽工作的辛苦,所以要幫忙維持家中的整潔;對下要照顧弟弟妹妹、最好成為弟弟妹妹的榜樣。同樣是子女,長女總是要出類拔萃,又能體恤父母,還要操持家業。本書作者是一位長女,她的母親也是,她發現兩人有著相同的勞碌命,不管在家裡與職場,常常必須擔負重任,但遺產分配或升遷這些好處,卻常常沒她們的份。為了探究「長女」如何養成,又有什麼樣的處境,作者透過觀察與採訪,紀錄了十幾位長女的生命故事,涵蓋不同世代與階級。這些故事呈現了當代台灣「女兒」、「女性」在家庭的角色,揭開那些理所當然的期待,如何造成長女症候群,讓她們在家庭與職場,總是成為過度承擔的人。【長女內心話】「為... ... Read more

    $8.55 USD

  • On Democracies and Death Cults

    Israel and the Future of Civilization

    In his travels through Israel and Gaza, #1 International Bestselling author Douglas Murray has seen the best and the worst humanity has to offer, and he has no trouble choosing a side.Murray is not Jewish and before October 7, he had never lived in Israel. However, he objects to being lied to, and Israel has been on the receiving end of the biggest, deepest, longest lies in history.Israel's ... Read more

    $18.49 USD