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A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 “A meticulously researched and briskly written account that deftly weaves the influences of racial injustice, economic disparity, incendiary social media, and guns.” —Associated Press From the award-winning journalist Bob Woodward calls “one of the truly...

Meet 31 extraordinary people - from refugees and asylum seekers to those on the frontline helping them - and hear about the life-changing journeys they have made. We are currently experiencing the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time. Across the world, from Ukraine to Sudan to Mexico, people...

Bloomsbury presents Raps of Resistance by Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins, read by Greg Lockett Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole blazed paths that salvaged socially conscious rap at a pivotal time in history. Conscious rap, a subgenre of hip-hop music that engages in dialogue about social and...

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND VOGUE The first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped...

Told through the stories of six former foster youth, a jolting exploration of a broken system from an award-winning journalist By the time Maryanne was 16 years old, she had been arrested for murder. In and out of foster and adoptive homes since age 10, she’d run away, been trafficked and...

In this urgent expansion of her viral speech, Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow details her unlikely journey into politics with a front-row seat to democracy at its breaking point—then outlines the tangible, proven steps that anyone can take to build community, fight for what's right, and...

A New Yorker Best Book of 2026 "Revelatory. . . . At a time of great backlash and regression, North American women should indeed look to Latin America for a new way forward.”—Sarah Weinman, author of Without Consent Four electrifying and hopeful accounts of feminist uprising that have swept...

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Nonfiction From the internationally acclaimed Turkish author of How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism: A personal exploration of exile and a galvanizing new vision of home. Dear stranger. Are you home? Do you feel at home? For how much...

From award-winning writer Sarah Schulman, a longtime social activist and outspoken critic of the Israeli war on Gaza, comes a brilliant examination of the inherent psychological and social challenges to solidarity movements, and what that means for the future For those who seek to combat...

A rising Gen Z star empowers members of her generation to embrace conservative values and to rise up and fight for the future and those who will come after us Gen Z has the power to change the world. As the largest emerging demographic in American history, Gen Z is at the center of a cultural...

For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society “A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Sahitya Akademi...

For readers of Hope in the Dark and Natural Causes--The myth of wellness is a lie. And until we learn to confront and dismantle its toxic systems, we can’t ever be well. Better, stronger, healthier, whole--we’re an America obsessed with self-seeking and self-perfection. We've bought into the...

“[Chen’s] story is a reminder that the desire for basic human rights . . . arises from the deep well of the human spirit.”—The New York Times Book Review It was like a scene out of a thriller: One night in April 2012, China’s most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught...

A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics—from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized...

Winner of the 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for History Exploring 500 years of resistance movements in US history—and how lasting change results from diverse forms of sustained protest In this timely new book in Beacon’s successful ReVisioning History series, professor...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A ridiculously in-depth guide to finding a fulfilling, AI-proof career "This career guide is among the most thoughtful and grounded I've seen."—Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a...

For young journalists and activists, a first-of-its-kind guidebook to movement journalism that sparks social change and transforms news media for the better Amid the shrinking of local news outlets, the rise of exploitative social media platforms, and the numbing effect of mainstream news cycles...

A historical examination of the Black census undercount as a transnational civil rights issue US census taking is more accurate today than when the practice was implemented over two centuries ago—yet, then and now, Black residents are undercounted. A true census count of a population by race...

Gender nonconforming thought leader and bestselling author Jacob Tobia offers a paradigm-shifting argument for fundamentally reframing how we think about men. “A reckoning, a manifesto, a wellspring of curiosity, and an invitation to consider better ways of imagining masculinity.”—Amanda...

From the front lines of the movement for safer products, environmental health expert Lindsay Dahl takes us on her journey from skeptic to activist, exposing the secret forces that keep toxic chemicals in our homes, bodies, and environment—showing us how to fight back and keep our families safe...