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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>     sort list by title | author | publication date America Is Not the Heart A Novel Named one of the best books of 2018 by NPR, Real Simple, Lit Hub, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, and The New York Public Library ––Recommended by Andy and Paul Ghosts of Gold Mountain The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now. - Recommended by Paul Lanny A Novel Max Porter "Max Porter does damaged psyche well. . . . Porter's winning new novel, Lanny, despair and unsettling entities are again on the menu, as are hard-won grace and beauty."—New York Times Book Review - Recommended by Paul Pedro Pietri Selected Poetry Pedro Pietri, Pedro Lopez Adorno, Juan Flores A compelling and humorous collection of poems by the poet laureate of the Nuyorican Poets. Includes previously unpublished works. Midnight in Chernobyl The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Adam Higginbotham Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters. - Recommended by Daven Little Boy A Novel Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti offers the ultimate parting gift to us, the legions of readers who love him. His tale is bittersweet, melancholy, romantic, existential, inquisitive, nostalgic, and funny, and unsparing in his expression of hope for a better world. -- Recommended by Stacey and Paul After James Michael Helm For fans of Joshua Cohen and Ben Lerner, After James captures the dystopian strangeness of our current world. - Recommended by Christopher P. Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to a Tribe Called Quest Hanif Abdurraqib The first chronicle of A Tribe Called Quest—the visionary, award-winning group whose jazz-infused records and socially conscious lyrics revolutionized rap in the early 1990s. - Recommended by Michael Lost Children Archive A novel Valeria Luiselli Lost Children Archive is a novel about archiving all that we don't want to lose. Luiselli looks into the American present as well as its history: into Native American history, and the many intersections between American and Mexican history that are and have always been there. This is the perfect American road trip novel for right now. —Tommy Orange The Parisian A Novel Isabella Hammad A sublime debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return home to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. - Recommended by Paul and Christopher P. Stony the Road Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow Henry Louis J r. Gates A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. - Recommended by Paul The Grave on the Wall Brandon Shimoda A memoir and book of mourning, a grandson's attempt to reconcile his own uncontested citizenship with his grandfather's lifelong struggle. Why Marx Was Right 2nd Edition Terry Eagleton In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Milkman A Novel Anna Burns Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>