Browse Books: Social Science / Essays

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Paperback) By John Green $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback) By Timothy Snyder $9.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Paperback) By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Editor), Katharine K. Wilkinson (Editor) $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Bad Feminist: Essays (Paperback) By Roxane Gay $16.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Paperback) By Jia Tolentino $18.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession (Paperback) By David Grann $16.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry (Paperback) By Wendell Berry, Paul Kingsnorth (Introduction by) $16.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (Paperback) By Malcolm Gladwell $17.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture (Paperback) By Wendell Berry $16.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience (Paperback) By Tarana Burke (Editor), Brené Brown (Editor) $17.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Old Man and the Gun: And Other Tales of True Crime (Paperback) By David Grann $12.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures (Paperback) By America Ferrera $17.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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Banned or challenged books - a small selection

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) By Art Spiegelman Cover Image

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

A Light in the Attic By Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner By Angie Thomas, Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image

Halloween Books

A Halloween Scare in St. Louis By Eric James, Marina Le Ray (Illustrator) Cover Image

Edgar Allan Poe: Collected Works (Leather-bound Classics) By Edgar Allan Poe, A. J. Odasso (Introduction by) Cover Image

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Three Books to Chill Your Bones: All 3 Scary Stories Books with the Original Art! By Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) Cover Image

Vegetables in Halloween Costumes By Jared Chapman Cover Image

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel By Ray Bradbury Cover Image

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure) By Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator), Katherine Spaziante (Illustrator) Cover Image

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