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Book Cover for: Hollywood in China: Behind the Scenes of the World's Largest Movie Market, Ying Zhu

Hollywood in China: Behind the Scenes of the World's Largest Movie Market

Ying Zhu
The New PressThe New Press

"HOLLYWOOD IN CHINA sketch[es] out a frightening pattern in US–China trade relations." Read a review of Ying Zhu's (@yz10128) HOLLYWOOD IN CHINA in @nybooks: https://t.co/0udhVizC3K

Hardcover, 2022

$32.99Member price:$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Have Tired of Violence: A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia, Matt Easton

We Have Tired of Violence: A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia

Matt Easton
The New PressThe New Press

Read a review of Matt Easton’s WE HAVE TIRED OF VIOLENCE in @ForeignAffairs: https://t.co/7ET2tt0ShY

Hardcover, 2022

$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth, Sarah Mei Herman

Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth

Sarah Mei Herman
The New PressThe New Press

See photos from Sarah Mei Herman’s SOLACE, a new photobook depicting the quiet inner lives of queer Chinese youth, in this feature from @i_D https://t.co/uNEfepmBKN

Paperback, 2022

$21.99Member price:$20.89 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism, Laura E. Gómez

Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism

Laura E. Gómez
The New PressThe New Press

Poet José Olivarez (@_joseolivarez) included INVENTING LATINOS by Laura Gómez on a list of recommended reads for @lithub. Read more here: https://t.co/uoPbwYUTus

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court, Sheldon Whitehouse

The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court

Sheldon Whitehouse
The New PressThe New Press

Tonight at 6 pm! Savoy Bookshop & Café (@bsb_savoy) will present an author talk and signing with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) for his book THE SCHEME. Click here for more info: https://t.co/JM1NIlpCIT

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty, Amanda Freeman

Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

Amanda Freeman
The New PressThe New Press

“The authentic, unfiltered portraits of working mothers in America. . . .” - Read a review of GETTING ME CHEAP by Amanda Freeman and Lisa Dodson in @EarlyLearnNatn. https://t.co/GYBtw4t2Il

Hardcover, 2022

$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America, William Kleinknecht

States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America

William Kleinknecht
The New PressThe New Press

"More than four years into the DeSantis governorship, Florida continues to languish toward the bottom of state rankings." - Read a @TIME op-ed by STATES OF NEGLECT author William Kleinknecht assessing the Florida governor's record. https://t.co/SD5XpEEL8Y

Hardcover, 2023

$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Won't Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System, Andrew Gumbel

Won't Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System

Andrew Gumbel
The New PressThe New Press

“The book is a case study on how you make change in higher education.” WON’T LOSE THIS DREAM by Andrew Gumbel was recommended by @InsidePhilanthr https://t.co/GfHs2v2JmI

Paperback, 2024

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good, Steve Phillips

How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good

Steve Phillips
The New PressThe New Press

Washington Post (@washingtonpost) columnist Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) discussed HOW WE WIN THE CIVIL WAR by Steve Phillips (@StevePtweets) in a recent column about what it is like to be an object of hate living in a red state. Read it here: https://t.co/Xhr9ZdJYQ6

Paperback, 2024

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Earth Eats: Real Food Green Living, Annie Corrigan

Earth Eats: Real Food Green Living

Annie Corrigan
The New PressThe New Press

Earth Eats (@eartheats), a radio show and podcast about food, race, policy, and sustainable agriculture from WFIU in Bloomington, IN, interviewed SLAVES FOR PEANUTS author Jori Lewis (@jorilewis) about the book. Listen to the episode here: https://t.co/fvA0xwpGmX

Paperback, 2017

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book