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Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (13))

In the beginning was the Word.

And the Word was: "Hey, you!"

For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. …

Corporate Rock Sucks by Jim Ruland

Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly

Lentil underground by Liz Carlisle

Forty years ago, corporate agribusiness launched a campaign to push small grain farmers to modernize or perish, or as Nixon's …

The American Plague by Molly Caldwell Crosby

In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividly [evoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn …

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Who killed Mister Moonlight? by J, David (Musician)

Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha Womack

Just kids by Patti Smith

In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the …

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous …

Barrel-aged stout and selling out by Josh Noel

Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and became one of the most inventive breweries …

Viking Age Brew by Laitinen Mika Laitinen Mika Moser Randy, Randy Mosher

The happiness curve by Jonathan Rauch

Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before …

Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon, Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her …

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North