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As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets--among them a Tea Party activist whose town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling accident--people whose concerns are actually ones that all Americans share: the desire for community, the embrace of family, and hopes for their children. Strangers in Their Own Land goes beyond the commonplace liberal idea that these are people who have been duped into voting against their own interests. Instead, Hochschild finds lives ripped apart by stagnant wages, a loss of home, an elusive American dream--and political choices and views that make sense in the context of their lives. Hochschild draws on her expert knowledge of the sociology of emotion to help us understand what it feels like to live in \"red\" America. 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She chose paint. By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome's most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost. *He will not consume* *my every thought.* *I am a painter.* *I will paint.* *I will show you* *what a woman can do.*","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2gve6b4pxswfe1n72r9w2w.jpg?v=175408a231","LAAvU=-N,-tTT#n2s+tAE60e68xc",2018,[571],{"id":572,"slug":573,"name":574},"01kx2e2jez3xefnxhnpd812av5","joy-mccullough-xo1r","Joy McCullough",[576,577,578,582,586],{"id":137,"name":138,"slug":139,"is_fiction":17},{"id":212,"name":213,"slug":214,"is_fiction":18},{"id":579,"name":580,"slug":581,"is_fiction":17},16,"Young Adult","young-adult",{"id":583,"name":584,"slug":585,"is_fiction":18},113,"Art","art",{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":80,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":589,"themes":590,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[185,186],[320],{"id":592,"slug":593,"title":594,"description":595,"primary_cover_url":596,"cover_blurhash":597,"first_publish_year":517,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":13,"page_count":598,"authors":599,"genres":604,"series":616,"enrichment":617},"01kpqw7jh9wjy46wkvrk940472","catharsis-0qpq","Catharsis","Renald \"Luz\" Luzier, a former staff member of Charlie Hebdo, presents a collection of illustrated stories in this book. He grapples with the aftermath of the 2015 terrorist attack that claimed the lives of his friends and colleagues. Through these personal narratives, Luz explores his daily life and thoughts since the tragic event, navigating a range of emotions from laughter to tears, anger to love. This work is a moving exploration of healing and resilience.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kpqw7jmrv72118f1ftb6g5xe.jpg","L8RfkB~q?b-;D%IUofxa_3xu9Zof",125,[600],{"id":601,"slug":602,"name":603},"01kkc982ktxkz306rkk5n2r71g","luz-zpqs","Luz",[605,606,610,611,612],{"id":208,"name":209,"slug":210,"is_fiction":18},{"id":607,"name":608,"slug":609,"is_fiction":17},18,"Graphic Novels","graphic-novels",{"id":437,"name":438,"slug":439,"is_fiction":18},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},{"id":613,"name":614,"slug":615,"is_fiction":18},89,"Memoir","memoir",[],{"pace":80,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":618,"themes":620,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[448,619,479],"sad",[],{"key":622,"params":623,"works":624},"genre_mood",{"genre":32,"mood":85},[625,658,680,710,730,754],{"id":626,"slug":627,"title":628,"description":629,"primary_cover_url":630,"cover_blurhash":631,"first_publish_year":632,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":13,"page_count":633,"authors":634,"genres":647,"series":654,"enrichment":655},"01kjvg3n0fk2v09m2g8bx0sp22","the-autobiography-of-martin-luther-king-jr-ckpm","Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.","Discover the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. through his own words. Edited by historian Clayborne Carson, this autobiography draws on unpublished letters, diaries, and recordings to present a personal portrait of the iconic leader. Explore King's journey from student to minister, husband, father, and global figure, set against the backdrop of a nation undergoing profound change.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01ksy4j258kfn5ak2cwckxkq0r.jpg","LmHLh[xut7WB~qofofoft7M{fRxu",1998,416,[635,639,643],{"id":636,"slug":637,"name":638},"01kjqz7r2vv43zt35zr9gf4a17","martin-luther-king-jr-mzzq","Martin Luther King Jr.",{"id":640,"slug":641,"name":642},"01kjvg3n1x123fz3dttwxzqq8n","clayborne-carson-vavl","Clayborne Carson",{"id":644,"slug":645,"name":646},"01kjvg3n21d4cknee1za5xx8pw","intellectual-properties-management-staff-0pft","Intellectual Properties Management Staff",[648,649,650,651,652,653],{"id":254,"name":255,"slug":256,"is_fiction":18},{"id":208,"name":209,"slug":210,"is_fiction":18},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},{"id":527,"name":528,"slug":529,"is_fiction":18},{"id":212,"name":213,"slug":214,"is_fiction":18},{"id":613,"name":614,"slug":615,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":183,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":656,"themes":657,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[85,479],[],{"id":659,"slug":660,"title":661,"description":662,"primary_cover_url":663,"cover_blurhash":664,"first_publish_year":665,"community_rating_avg":330,"community_rating_count":331,"page_count":666,"authors":667,"genres":672,"series":676,"enrichment":677},"01kx27p2svvwepgyk3gnd4q0xm","aint-i-a-woman-5dwr","Ain't I a Woman","A world renowned author, scholar, public intellectual, and activist, bell hooks was 19 years old when she wrote *Ain't I a Woman* (published ten years later). It was her first book, and one of the first published by South End Press, an independent, np, collectively-organized publisher dedicated to advancing movements for radical social change.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx27p2wry0rer1mh14e88b95.jpg?v=16cdd5c67b","LCJNm-11J,X7}WsnWWS3wL}CNcsA",1981,206,[668],{"id":669,"slug":670,"name":671},"01kjq6xkbaaankp8vwpdsa66vm","bell-hooks-osuz","bell hooks",[673,674,675],{"id":613,"name":614,"slug":615,"is_fiction":18},{"id":212,"name":213,"slug":214,"is_fiction":18},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":183,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":678,"themes":679,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[85,479],[],{"id":681,"slug":682,"title":683,"description":684,"primary_cover_url":685,"cover_blurhash":686,"first_publish_year":687,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":13,"page_count":688,"authors":689,"genres":691,"series":706,"enrichment":707},"01kpqwnvghcsnnc40apk6v4kb9","school-for-soldiers-fii4","School for soldiers","This book offers a deep dive into the United States Military Academy, exploring its history and role in shaping military leaders. 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From ancient navigators to modern adventurers, learn about their epic journeys, the challenges they faced, and the new worlds they uncovered. This book brings to life the courage and curiosity that drove these remarkable individuals to push the boundaries of the known world.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01krexrh7pstq2282kyp1yykmh.jpg","LIH1cOvy0Kx^Q8xayDRO~CSQNG-p",2001,96,[740],{"id":741,"slug":742,"name":743},"01kqxg7yq1rp5vayza0saqervz","richard-platt-yp9a","Richard Platt",[745,746,747],{"id":282,"name":283,"slug":284,"is_fiction":17},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},{"id":212,"name":213,"slug":214,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":142,"complexity":7,"audience":750,"mood":751,"themes":752,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},"middle_grade",[317,85],[753],"survival",{"id":755,"slug":756,"title":757,"description":758,"primary_cover_url":759,"cover_blurhash":760,"first_publish_year":761,"community_rating_avg":7,"community_rating_count":13,"page_count":762,"authors":763,"genres":768,"series":775,"enrichment":776},"01kx26w4ztwmytmkmfesv4xyt2","black-owned-gol2","Black-Owned","**L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist** **A November LibraryReads Pick** Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter. In Black-Owned, Char Adams celebrates the living history of Black bookstores. Packed with stories of activism, espionage, violence, community, and perseverance, Black-Owned starts with the first Black-owned bookstore, which an abolitionist opened in New York in 1834, and after the bookshop’s violent demise, Black book-lovers carried on its cause. In the twentieth century, civil rights and Black Power activists started a Black bookstore boom nationwide. Malcolm X gave speeches in front of the National Memorial African Book Store in Harlem—a place dubbed “Speakers’ Corner”—and later, Black bookstores became targets of FBI agents, police, and racist vigilantes. Still, stores continued to fuel Black political movements. Amid these struggles, bookshops were also places of celebration: Eartha Kitt and Langston Hughes held autograph parties at their local Black-owned bookstores. Maya Angelou became the face of National Black Bookstore Week. And today a new generation of Black activists is joining the radical bookstore tradition, with rapper Noname opening her Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles and several stores making national headlines when they were overwhelmed with demand in the Black Lives Matter era. As Adams makes clear, in an time of increasing repression, Black bookstores are needed now more than ever. Full of vibrant characters and written with cinematic flair, Black-Owned is an enlightening story of community, resistance, and joy.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx26w50cmeg92rs617tqncyb.jpg?v=39cf1d6e73","LDNv3QwG}P%1i^F$Vro#}%NHJXRO",2025,305,[764],{"id":765,"slug":766,"name":767},"01kx26w5074ybv35fhnesr9fzb","char-adams-pd95","Char Adams",[769,770,774],{"id":552,"name":553,"slug":554,"is_fiction":17},{"id":771,"name":772,"slug":773,"is_fiction":18},103,"Society","society",{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":80,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":777,"themes":778,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[85,479],[],{"key":780,"params":781,"works":782},"genre",{"genre":32},[783,799,813,823,843,865],{"id":96,"slug":97,"title":98,"description":99,"primary_cover_url":100,"cover_blurhash":101,"first_publish_year":102,"community_rating_avg":103,"community_rating_count":104,"page_count":105,"authors":784,"genres":786,"series":795,"enrichment":796},[785],{"id":108,"slug":109,"name":110},[787,788,789,790,791,792,793,794],{"id":113,"name":114,"slug":115,"is_fiction":17},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},{"id":118,"name":119,"slug":120,"is_fiction":18},{"id":122,"name":123,"slug":124,"is_fiction":17},{"id":126,"name":127,"slug":128,"is_fiction":17},{"id":104,"name":130,"slug":131,"is_fiction":17},{"id":133,"name":134,"slug":135,"is_fiction":17},{"id":137,"name":138,"slug":139,"is_fiction":17},[],{"pace":142,"complexity":7,"audience":143,"mood":797,"themes":798,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[145,146],[148,149],{"id":151,"slug":152,"title":153,"description":154,"primary_cover_url":155,"cover_blurhash":156,"first_publish_year":157,"community_rating_avg":158,"community_rating_count":159,"page_count":160,"authors":800,"genres":802,"series":809,"enrichment":810},[801],{"id":163,"slug":164,"name":165},[803,804,805,806,807,808],{"id":159,"name":168,"slug":169,"is_fiction":17},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},{"id":104,"name":130,"slug":131,"is_fiction":17},{"id":173,"name":174,"slug":175,"is_fiction":17},{"id":126,"name":127,"slug":128,"is_fiction":17},{"id":178,"name":179,"slug":180,"is_fiction":17},[],{"pace":183,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":811,"themes":812,"setting_period":7,"summary":191,"content_warnings":7},[185,186,187],[189,190],{"id":385,"slug":386,"title":387,"description":388,"primary_cover_url":389,"cover_blurhash":390,"first_publish_year":391,"community_rating_avg":330,"community_rating_count":331,"page_count":392,"authors":814,"genres":816,"series":819,"enrichment":820},[815],{"id":395,"slug":396,"name":397},[817,818],{"id":400,"name":401,"slug":402,"is_fiction":17},{"id":31,"name":32,"slug":33,"is_fiction":18},[],{"pace":80,"complexity":7,"audience":83,"mood":821,"themes":822,"setting_period":7,"summary":7,"content_warnings":7},[407,185],[],{"id":824,"slug":825,"title":826,"description":827,"primary_cover_url":828,"cover_blurhash":829,"first_publish_year":361,"community_rating_avg":362,"community_rating_count":331,"page_count":830,"authors":831,"genres":836,"series":839,"enrichment":840},"01kx26p9x2tr7z6y7fjg1eczxc","the-modernity-of-witchcraft-politics-and-the-occult-in-postcolonial-africa-ayto","The Modernity of Witchcraft Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa","To many Westerners, the disappearance of African traditions of witchcraft might seem inevitable wuth continued modernization. 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