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    The Bill of Obligations

    A New York Times BestsellerA provocative guide to how we must reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to survive

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    Ibram X. Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.

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    • Life on Delay
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    • The Good Life Method
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      Reasoning Through the Big Questions of Happiness, Faith, and Meaning
      Paul Blaschko, Meghan Sullivan
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      Penguin Books
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    • How to Be an Antiracist
      How to Be an Antiracist
      Ibram X. Kendi
      978-0-525-50930-1
      $18.99 US
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      One World
      Jan 31, 2023
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      Aubrey Gordon
      978-0-8070-0647-4
      $15.95 US
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      Beacon Press
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      Bad Cree
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      Jessica Johns
      978-0-385-54869-4
      $27.00 US
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      Doubleday
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Bill of Obligations
      The Bill of Obligations
      The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
      Richard Haass
      978-0-525-56065-4
      $28.00 US
      Hardcover
      Penguin Press
      Jan 24, 2023
    • Rough Sleepers
      Rough Sleepers
      Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people
      Tracy Kidder
      978-1-9848-0143-2
      $30.00 US
      Hardcover
      Random House
      Jan 17, 2023
    • The Racism of People Who Love You
      The Racism of People Who Love You
      Essays on Mixed Race Belonging
      Samira Mehta
      978-0-8070-2636-6
      $24.95 US
      Hardcover
      Beacon Press
      Jan 10, 2023
    • On Savage Shores
      On Savage Shores
      How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
      Caroline Dodds Pennock
      978-1-5247-4926-2
      $32.50 US
      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 24, 2023
    • Right by My Side
      Right by My Side
      David Haynes
      978-0-14-313755-9
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Penguin Classics
      Jan 31, 2023
    • Spare
      Spare
      Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
      978-0-593-59380-6
      $36.00 US
      Hardcover
      Random House
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Chinese Groove
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      Kathryn Ma
      978-1-64009-566-3
      $27.00 US
      Hardcover
      Counterpoint
      Jan 24, 2023
    • Flora Macdonald: "Pretty Young Rebel"
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      Her Life and Story
      Flora Fraser
      978-0-451-49438-2
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      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Mis-education of the Negro
      The Mis-education of the Negro
      Carter G. Woodson
      978-0-14-313746-7
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Penguin Classics
      Jan 31, 2023
    • The January 6th Report
      The January 6th Report
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      The January 6 Select Committee
      978-0-593-59727-9
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    • The Survivalists
      The Survivalists
      A Novel
      Kashana Cauley
      978-1-59376-727-3
      $27.00 US
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      Soft Skull
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      The Ghost at the Feast
      America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941
      Robert Kagan
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      $35.00 US
      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 10, 2023
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      A Way of Being
      Rick Rubin
      978-0-593-65288-6
      $32.00 US
      Hardcover
      Penguin Press
      Jan 17, 2023
    • Man and His Symbols
      Man and His Symbols
      Carl G. Jung
      978-0-593-49999-3
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Bantam
      Jan 10, 2023
    • Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead & Selected Letters 1945-1946 (LOA #364)
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      Norman Mailer
      978-1-59853-743-7
      $40.00 US
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      Library of America
      Jan 10, 2023
    • Life on Delay
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      John Hendrickson
      978-0-593-31913-0
      $29.00 US
      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 17, 2023
    • The Good Life Method
      The Good Life Method
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      Paul Blaschko, Meghan Sullivan
      978-1-9848-8032-1
      $18.00 US
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      Jan 03, 2023
    • How to Be an Antiracist
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      Ibram X. Kendi
      978-0-525-50930-1
      $18.99 US
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      One World
      Jan 31, 2023
    • “You Just Need to Lose Weight”
      “You Just Need to Lose Weight”
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      Aubrey Gordon
      978-0-8070-0647-4
      $15.95 US
      Paperback
      Beacon Press
      Jan 10, 2023
    • Bad Cree
      Bad Cree
      A Novel
      Jessica Johns
      978-0-385-54869-4
      $27.00 US
      Hardcover
      Doubleday
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Bill of Obligations
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      The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
      Richard Haass
      978-0-525-56065-4
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      Penguin Press
      Jan 24, 2023
    • Rough Sleepers
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      Tracy Kidder
      978-1-9848-0143-2
      $30.00 US
      Hardcover
      Random House
      Jan 17, 2023
    • The Racism of People Who Love You
      The Racism of People Who Love You
      Essays on Mixed Race Belonging
      Samira Mehta
      978-0-8070-2636-6
      $24.95 US
      Hardcover
      Beacon Press
      Jan 10, 2023
    • On Savage Shores
      On Savage Shores
      How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
      Caroline Dodds Pennock
      978-1-5247-4926-2
      $32.50 US
      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 24, 2023
    • Right by My Side
      Right by My Side
      David Haynes
      978-0-14-313755-9
      $16.00 US
      Paperback
      Penguin Classics
      Jan 31, 2023
    • Spare
      Spare
      Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
      978-0-593-59380-6
      $36.00 US
      Hardcover
      Random House
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Chinese Groove
      The Chinese Groove
      A Novel
      Kathryn Ma
      978-1-64009-566-3
      $27.00 US
      Hardcover
      Counterpoint
      Jan 24, 2023
    • Flora Macdonald: "Pretty Young Rebel"
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      Her Life and Story
      Flora Fraser
      978-0-451-49438-2
      $30.00 US
      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Mis-education of the Negro
      The Mis-education of the Negro
      Carter G. Woodson
      978-0-14-313746-7
      $15.00 US
      Paperback
      Penguin Classics
      Jan 31, 2023
    • The January 6th Report
      The January 6th Report
      Findings from the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
      The January 6 Select Committee
      978-0-593-59727-9
      $20.00 US
      Paperback
      Random House Trade Paperbacks
      Jan 06, 2023
    • The Survivalists
      The Survivalists
      A Novel
      Kashana Cauley
      978-1-59376-727-3
      $27.00 US
      Hardcover
      Soft Skull
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Ghost at the Feast
      The Ghost at the Feast
      America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941
      Robert Kagan
      978-0-307-26294-3
      $35.00 US
      Hardcover
      Knopf
      Jan 10, 2023
    • The Creative Act
      The Creative Act
      A Way of Being
      Rick Rubin
      978-0-593-65288-6
      $32.00 US
      Hardcover
      Penguin Press
      Jan 17, 2023
    • Man and His Symbols
      Man and His Symbols
      Carl G. Jung
      978-0-593-49999-3
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Bantam
      Jan 10, 2023
    • Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead & Selected Letters 1945-1946 (LOA #364)
      Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead & Selected Letters 1945-1946 (LOA #364)
      Norman Mailer
      978-1-59853-743-7
      $40.00 US
      Hardcover
      Library of America
      Jan 10, 2023

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    • An Immense World
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