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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Fahrenheit 451
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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1984
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face:
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
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The Communist Manifesto
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Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind
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Darnyelle Jervey Harmon (Goodreads Author)
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
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Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
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Das Kapital
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
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The State and Revolution
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American Marxism
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The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil
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Michael Malice (Goodreads Author)
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The Jungle
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Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love
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Tori Dunlap (Goodreads Author)
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Why You Should Be a Socialist
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
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The Captive Mind
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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
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We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power
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She Thinks Like a Boss: Leadership—9 Essential Skills for New Female Leaders in Business and the Workplace
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
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Seven Things You Can't Say About China
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How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job
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Sally Helgesen (Goodreads Author)
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Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order
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Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
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Reshma Saujani (Goodreads Author)
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Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
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Amy Cuddy (Goodreads Author)
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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know
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My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life
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The Conscience of a Liberal
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Paul Krugman (Goodreads Author)
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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Silent Spring
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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New Startup Mindset: Ten Mindset Shifts to Build the Company of Your Dreams
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Sandra Shpilberg (Goodreads Author)
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Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
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Lois P. Frankel (Goodreads Author)
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
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The Second Sex
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The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
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Drift
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Rachel Maddow (Goodreads Author)
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The Color Purple
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Just Mercy
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Common Sense
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What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
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An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
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Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In
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Between the World and Me
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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John Perkins (Goodreads Author)
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I Have a Dream / Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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Barack Obama (Goodreads Author)
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Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives
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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
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The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
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The Jamange Line
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No Logo
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
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The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda
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Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class -- And What We Can Do About It
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People
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Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
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Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
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V for Vendetta
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author)
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
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Rights of Man
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America
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End This Depression Now!
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Paul Krugman (Goodreads Author)
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
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On Liberty
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
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The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
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Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?
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Brave New World
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Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
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Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History
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