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Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America by Eyal Press

Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America

Eyal Press

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Our Time Is Now: Sex, Race, Class, and Caring for People and Planet by Selma James

Our Time Is Now: Sex, Race, Class, and Caring for People and Planet

Selma James

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender politics medium-paced
Burn the Binary!: Selected Writings on the Politics of Trans, Genderqueer and Nonbinary by Riki Anne Wilchins

Burn the Binary!: Selected Writings on the Politics of Trans, Genderqueer and Nonbinary

Riki Anne Wilchins

298 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction gender politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

292 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Beyond Woke by Michael Rectenwald

Beyond Woke

Michael Rectenwald

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative reflective medium-paced
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Die wunden Punkte von Google, Amazon, Deutsche Wohnen & Co.: Was tun gegen die Macht der Konzerne? by Nina Scholz

Die wunden Punkte von Google, Amazon, Deutsche Wohnen & Co.: Was tun gegen die Macht der Konzerne?

Nina Scholz

215 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics politics technology
Pluriverse: A Post–Development Dictionary by Arturo Escobar, Federico DeMaria, Ariel Salleh, Alberto Acosta Espinosa, Ashish Kothari

Pluriverse: A Post–Development Dictionary

Arturo Escobar, Federico DeMaria, Ariel Salleh, Alberto Acosta Espinosa, Ashish Kothari

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Kleinstadtnovelle by Ronald M. Schernikau

Kleinstadtnovelle

Ronald M. Schernikau

87 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction gender lgbtqia+ young adult challenging informative medium-paced
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Molly Smith, Juno Mac

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights

Molly Smith, Juno Mac

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced