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A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging
by Lauren Markham
The author of the award winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life examines how nostalgia for past migrations has led to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.
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And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self
by Common
And Then We Rise is about Common's journey to wellness as a vital element of his success. A testimony to the benefits of self care, this book is composed of four different sections, each with its own important lessons: The Food focuses on nutrition. The Body focuses on fitness. The Mind focuses on mental health. And The Soul focuses on perhaps the most profound thing of all spiritual well being.
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Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World
by Steven Hawley
The Future of Dams in a Hot, Crazy World is a kind of speed date with the history of water control its dams, diversions and canals, and just as importantly, the politics and power that evolved with them. Examples from the American West reveal that the costs of building and maintaining a sprawling water storage and delivery complex in an arid world growing increasingly arid under the ravages of climate chaos is well beyond the benefits furnished.
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The Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier
by Chris Enss
The long awaited follow up title to Chris Enss's bestselling Doctor Wore Petticoats, profiles 10 new female physicians of the Old West, published in time for Women's History Month. Given the media coverage during the 2020 pandemic, the celebration of the heroics of health care workers and women's work are trending subjects.
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Remotely: Travels in the Binge of TV
by David Thomson
The city at night under lockdown, a time of plague and anxiety. It is an exciting new age of television, the light that flutters in every cell in the city. But no one seems to be asking: What is the endless stream doing to us?
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