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American Poison

How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise

by Eduardo Porter

New in Hardcover

Both a sweeping examination of how American racism has broken the country’s social compact, and a heartfelt look at how these deep wounds might begin to heal

“A bracing sociological study.” —Publishers Weekly

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Invisible America

The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty

by Jeff Madrick

New in Hardcover

An essential examination of one of the most pressing problems facing our country: the widespread poverty among American children

“Urgent . . . his outrage is clear.” —Alissa Quart, The NewYork Times Book Review

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Slaying Goliath

The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools

by Diane Ravitch

New in Hardcover

From Diane Ravitch, one of the country’s foremost authorities on education and bestselling author of Reign of Error, an impassioned, inspiring look at the fight to save America’s public schools

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Bad Blood

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

Now in Paperback

A Best Book of the Year The New York TimesThe Washington Post, NPR, Time, Financial Times, and more

“A great and at times almost unbelievable story of scandalous fraud, surveillance, and legal intimidation at the highest levels of American corporate power.” —New York

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The New World Economy: A Beginner’s Guide

by Randy Charles Epping

Now in Paperback 

How is big data changing business, politics, and our daily lives? How can climate change be tackled in an economically sustainable way? What is blockchain? Do trade wars actually help the domestic economy? How has the behavior of millennials and Generation Z affected the global economy? Find out all this and more in this de nitive guide to the world economy.

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The New Silk Roads

The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order

by Peter Frankopan

Now in Paperback

“A pacy, bang-up-to-date exploration of highest levels of how China’s commercial and political heft is changing the way the world works.” —Financial Times

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The Velvet Rope Economy

How Inequality Became Big Business

by Nelson D. Schwartz

New in Hardcover

“You’ll never look at boarding a plane—or privilege and polarization—the same way.” —Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit

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Doing Justice

A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

by Preet Bharara

Now in Paperback

“A reflection on the role of the justice system inAmerica . . . fromtheperspectiveoflaw enforcement, and to suggest how people might apply ideals and habits honed in the courtroom to the patterns of everyday life.” —The Washington Post

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