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New America NYC Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, Andrew Solomon

Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Andrew Solomon
New America NYCNew America NYC

On 7/17 we're hosting a free pre-screening at @betaworks of "Far From the Tree" + talkback with the supreme @Andrew_Solomon, filmmaker @rdretzin and @newamerica's own @BrigidSchulte. Don't miss this beautiful film! RSVP: https://t.co/zKKnzTLVHq

Paperback, 2013

$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Civic Power, K. Sabeel Rahman

Civic Power

K. Sabeel Rahman
New America NYCNew America NYC

"We save our democracy not by rolling back the clock to 2014 but by looking forward." Tune in now to hear @nishasagarwal, @hrgilman, @ksabeelrahman, @smarttechgirl, + @JoseSerranoMc discuss the present and future of #civicpower in NY and beyond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x05iW0p2PaM&feature=emb_logo https://t.co/JSLvvxd4u3

Paperback, 2019

$39.00Member price:$37.05 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, Eliza Griswold

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

Eliza Griswold
New America NYCNew America NYC

The @NAFellows program has won its first Pulitzer! Congrats to @elizagriswold who won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction for Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America. We were thrilled to have her speak about it last June in NYC w/ George Packer! https://t.co/Fl0aKYqcaG

Paperback, 2019

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality, Jacob S. Hacker

Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality

Jacob S. Hacker
New America NYCNew America NYC

Plutocracy (n.): a country or society governed by the wealthy. On 7/6 @PolReformNA hosts @Jacob_S_Hacker, @povertyscholar, @mschmitt9 & Paul Pierson to discuss the new book "Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality." rsvp http://newamerica.org/political-reform/events/book-talk-how-right-rules-age-extreme-inequality

Paperback, 2021

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book