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Book Cover for: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi
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For the @dmpl reading challenge category “a book written by a transgender or non-binary author” I read Nevada by Imogen Binnie and You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. #DMPLReads23 https://t.co/jxUTPxQkD1

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago, Daniel Kay Hertz

The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago

Daniel Kay Hertz
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For the non-fiction books I read The New Urban Frontier by Neil Smith, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel Delaney, The Battle of Lincoln Park by Daniel Kay Hertz, and NOlympians by Jules Boykoff.

Paperback, 2018

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
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For the @dmpl reading challenge category “a memoir by a person you admire” I read Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela and I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchú. #DMPLReads23 https://t.co/UaOISk3eWE

Paperback, 1995

$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett
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For @dmpl reading challenge category “historical fiction not set during World War II” I read Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang, & A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. #DMPLReads22 https://t.co/dL9ttaLZZZ

Paperback, 2010

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth

The Day of the Jackal

Frederick Forsyth
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For the @dmpl reading challenge category “a book made into a movie or TV series” I read The Maltese Falcon by Dashielle Hammett, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, The Day of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, and Devil In A Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. #DMPLReads22 https://t.co/43XOXaeiIT

Paperback, 2012

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1, Angela Y. Davis

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Angela Y. Davis
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I liked it but I’m not sure how it would come across to one who isn’t already acquainted with the concepts that it addresses. If you’re new to the idea of decolonization or abolition I would maybe start with Nick Estes, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, or Angela Davis before this.

Paperback, 2024

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City, Neil Smith

The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City

Neil Smith
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For the non-fiction books I read The New Urban Frontier by Neil Smith, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel Delaney, The Battle of Lincoln Park by Daniel Kay Hertz, and NOlympians by Jules Boykoff.

Paperback, 1996

$105.00Member price:$99.75 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Love Medicine: Newly Revised Edition, Louise Erdrich

Love Medicine: Newly Revised Edition

Louise Erdrich
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For fiction I read American Pastoral by Phillip Roth, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Salt Houses by Hala Alyan, and Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich.

Paperback, 2009

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram
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For the @dmpl reading challenge December bonus category, a book you find on a library display, I selected Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma. #DMPLReads22 https://t.co/NNL4HkqvU5

Paperback, 2019

$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: After Many Springs: Regionalism, Modernism, and the Midwest, Debra Bricker Balken

After Many Springs: Regionalism, Modernism, and the Midwest

Debra Bricker Balken
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After Many Springs is a catalog book for an exhibition that was held at the Des Moines Arts Center in 2009 and was curated by the author Debra Bricker Balken. I found it really fascinating and full of great context for the works selected.

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