Janet Ingraham Dwyer
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The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast
Two stories interweave, collide, and ripple for more than 40 years, and Johnson’s thorough, diligent research and brisk storytelling make this narrative compelling for those seeking thrills or truths. Recommended for readers interested in environmental or racial justice and the power of activism.
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This Goes Out to the Underground: A Mother, Her Daughter, and How We All Rise Together
Intense and ultimately hopeful, this gripping account of working toward women’s rights and against unjust systems provides significant firsthand insights into transnational feminism.
Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
This Love Canal story exposes the nation’s utter unpreparedness to respond to that public health crisis and is very timely during the COVID pandemic. This authoritative book deserves a wide audience and should provoke reflection on just how much we have progressed in the 45 years since the Love Canal disaster.
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Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
An illuminating study that locates the common human psychological impulses behind conspiracy culture.
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Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
Messenger persuasively, passionately exposes these injustices and their devastating consequences, points to recent bipartisan reform efforts, and calls for nationwide dismantling of this system of profit over justice. His book merits a wide readership among policymakers, legal practitioners, students, and general audiences.
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Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing
This book will have particular interest for libraries in the Sunbelt, but it’s not just about Florida: full-time minimum wage workers can barely afford rent anywhere in the nation. Ross calls to end market-driven housing and empower residents to make reform; for dwellers and policy-makers, reading this book may be a first step toward that empowerment.
Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire
The definitive story of an American tragedy and a notable cautionary tale of climate change, corporate negligence, and insufficient planning. Highly recommended.
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The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion
This juicy cautionary tale, which complements the 2021 documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, will appeal to fans of high drama in business and commerce.
To Raise a Boy: Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood
Brown’s reporting on a variety of such initiatives tempers the gut-punch of stories documenting the ubiquity and ugliness of sexual harassment and the harm of sexual violence to people of all genders. A groundbreaking exploration with clear recommendations on how to better raise and support boys.
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