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Book Cover for: Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League, Frankie de la Cretaz

Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League

Frankie de la Cretaz
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"Fans of @netflix's GLOW[...] rejoice" HAIL MARY--about the rise and fall of the National Women's Football League--from @BoldTypeBooks was featured on @OprahDaily's list of best Fall 2021 LGBTQ+ books 🍂 Pre-order HAIL MARY: https://t.co/GfFZ4YuczO https://t.co/uWIQYWgxty

Hardcover, 2021

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing, Dionne Ford

Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing

Dionne Ford
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📚 @BoldTypeBooks author @DionneFord joined @NPR to talk about her new book, Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing. https://t.co/uBBuKwcW1H

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA, Theresa Runstedtler

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA

Theresa Runstedtler
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📙 @WSJ reviews @BoldTypeBooks "Black Ball" by Theresa Runstedtler (@DrTRunstedtler). "Black Ball's examines the role of African-Americans in 1970s basketball, speaks of the generation that saved the soul of the NBA.” https://t.co/Ti7LUSTv9H

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game, David Kushner

Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game

David Kushner
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A new @BoldTypeBooks graphic novel by @davidkushner, illustrated by @KoreanShadmi⬇️ EASY TO LEARN, DIFFICULT TO MASTER - The gripping origin story of Pong, Atari, + the digital icons who defined the world of video games. Watch the trailer, get the book: https://t.co/EhVKD0A6EU https://t.co/t4YlsBgRB5

Paperback, 2022

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Orwell's Roses, Rebecca Solnit

Orwell's Roses

Rebecca Solnit
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Writer, historian + activist Rebecca Solnit is a Puffin Foundation Fellow at Type Media Center + the author of more than twenty books, including "Men Explain Things to Me" + most recently "Orwell's Roses," a finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award. https://t.co/b4yX8soBWZ

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic, Jack Lowery

It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic

Jack Lowery
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Congratulations to It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful by Jack Lowery on being a finalist for the Lukas Prize Project book awards! Winners will be announced March 21. @BoldTypeBooks https://t.co/Q08ZmnbNJk

Paperback, 2024

$23.99Member price:$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, Dani McClain

We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood

Dani McClain
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📚 "We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood" by @BoldTypeBooks author @drmcclain is listed as an essential read on @thurris's recent list for @TheAtlantic: https://t.co/ejTNY0BhD2

Hardcover, 2019

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Red Record: 2020, Ida B. Wells

The Red Record: 2020

Ida B. Wells
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"Cheap chicken shouldn't cost workers lives." A year-long investigation by 2020-21 @typeinvestigate's Southern Ida B. Wells fellow @TheTinaVasquez in partnership w @scalawagmag. https://t.co/iToHFcZDPg

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Book Cover for: The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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“I wrote this book partly because I wanted to say the cosmos belongs to all of us.” --Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@IBJIYONGI), acceptance speech, @latimes Book Prize in Science and Technology for THE DISORDERED COSMOS. https://t.co/GSi3yhO2V6 https://t.co/3Y07o3Dt7X

Paperback, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America, Cori Bush

The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America

Cori Bush
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📚 It is publication week for Congresswoman @CoriBush's political memoir THE FORERUNNER, which our Fellow @drmcclain worked closely on. Grab a copy of this unique exploration of the Black Midwest, single motherhood, + so much more: https://t.co/fDYkrAGQG3 https://t.co/f8hBOucWsb

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book