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Book Cover for: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer
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There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss

Paperback, 2003

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pollution Is Colonialism, Max Liboiron

Pollution Is Colonialism

Max Liboiron
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@harry_b_smith Pollution is Colonialism by Dr. Max Liboiron Fantastic read. Dr Liboiron is witty, smart and wickedly funny. The footnotes alone are a masterpiece. Highly recommend it

Paperback, 2021

$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism, Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism

Aja Barber
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We are proud to announce the next Slow Factory Book Club read: Consumed, The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by our board member Aja Barber | @ajabarber πŸ’œ https://t.co/G9pzL8qaMQ

Paperback, 2021

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: Stories, Alice Walker

The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: Stories

Alice Walker
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Listening to the wise words of Alice Walker, The Way Forward is With a Broken Heartβ€”finding solace in her words. https://t.co/w4BPhfk9bO

Paperback, 2001

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston
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πŸ“• recommended reading πŸ“š πŸ‘‰ Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston πŸ‘‰ Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi πŸ‘‰ The Autobiography of Malcolm X- as told by Alex Haley πŸ‘‰ Gather - Octavia Raheem πŸ‘‰ "Possessing the Secret of Joy"- Alice Walker

Paperback, 2006

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, Donna J. Haraway

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Donna J. Haraway
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β€œOur task is to make trouble, to stir up potent response to devastating events, as well as to settle troubled waters and rebuild quiet places.” ― Donna J. Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Hardcover, 2016

$107.95$82.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X
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πŸ“• recommended reading πŸ“š πŸ‘‰ Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston πŸ‘‰ Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi πŸ‘‰ The Autobiography of Malcolm X- as told by Alex Haley πŸ‘‰ Gather - Octavia Raheem πŸ‘‰ "Possessing the Secret of Joy"- Alice Walker

Paperback, Mass Market, 1987

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: I'm Still Here: Reese's Book Club: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Reese's Book Club: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown
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The total rejection of white supremacy is the only path to true liberation. An excerpt from "I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness" by Austin Channing Brown | @austinchanning #MLKDay #MLK https://t.co/Jl6wMfFlvi

Hardcover, 2018

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition, Paulo Freire

Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition

Paulo Freire
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β€œThere’s no such thing as neutral education. Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom.” - Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paperback, 2018

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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