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Book Cover for: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories, Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
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Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET I will be in conversation with Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi about her new novel Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions, my October pick for The Audacious Book Club. You can register here: https://t.co/wTDgtISjnX https://t.co/uf300xl6GK

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind, Robert Draper

Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind

Robert Draper
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A weirdly compelling book about the devolution of the Republican party

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York, Jeremiah Moss

Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York

Jeremiah Moss
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A really vital book about NYC during the pandemic and the people who stayed

Hardcover, 2022

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, Bernardine Evaristo

Manifesto: On Never Giving Up

Bernardine Evaristo
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An engrossing memoir of how a woman becomes one of the finest writers of our day

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Nsfw, Isabel Kaplan

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Isabel Kaplan
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A novel working with some really compelling ideas and also an infuriating protagonist

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays, Cj Hauser

The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

Cj Hauser
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A beautiful, densely written memoir with really gorgeous sentences

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, Joe Coscarelli

Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story

Joe Coscarelli
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An interesting cultural history of Atlanta as the capital of the hip hop world

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration, Alejandra Oliva

Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

Alejandra Oliva
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This month in The Audacious Book Club, we're talking about Alejandra Oliva's Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration. I hope you'll join our discussion about this novel throughout July and our Zoom discussion later this month. Read more: https://t.co/UWKoTDBZOX https://t.co/c5WH9pNBzQ

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club), Curtis Sittenfeld

Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club)

Curtis Sittenfeld
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An excellent novel that is charming and funny and sweet in the exact right proportions

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All, Mary Childs

The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All

Mary Childs
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A deeply researched book about one of those money men who made a fortune and lost it all and changed finance but not for the better

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book