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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
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Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
by Megan Greenwell
A timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.
also available in audio
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Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson
by Mark Kriegel
An acclaimed New York Times bestselling author whose coverage of Mike Tyson and his inner circle dates back to the 1980s offers a magnificent noir epic about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history.
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Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus
This definitive biography is a gripping story of the modern conservative movement as it rose from a formless coalition to a powerful cultural force, its campaigns and crusades defined and advanced on the many platforms Buckley created, bringing to life the era's most important conservative intellectuals and writers.
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Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships With Family, Friends, and Foes
by Emily Kasriel
In this exploration of transformational listening, Kasriel shows how shifting from surface-level exchanges to Deep Listening can enrich our relationships as friends, parents, and partners, enhance our effectiveness as leaders, and strengthen the fabric of our communities.
also available in audio
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John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America's Independence
by Willard Sterne Randall
A revealing portrait of the Revolutionary leader, exploring his rise from modest beginnings to wealthy merchant, his pivotal yet overlooked role in the American Revolution, his political rivalries and his influence on key events that shaped the United States.
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Joy Goddess: A'lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance
by A'Lelia Bundles
The eventful life of a celebrity heiress. Bundles, a former network television executive and producer, draws on family archives to create a lively portrait of her great-grandmother, A'Lelia Walker (1885-1931), a tireless champion of Black artists, writers, and musicians.
also available in audio
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Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
by Caroline Fraser
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond—a gripping investigation of how a new strain of psychopath emerged out of a toxic landscape of deadly industrial violence.
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Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel
by Margaret Stohl
This lively history from comics writer Stohl (Captain Marvel) highlights women's contributions to Marvel Comics from the 1960s through the present.
also available in audio
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