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This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan
The Cruelty Is the Point
Adam Serwer


From bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos.

From an award-winning journalist at The Atlantic, these searing essays make a damning case that cruelty is not merely an unfortunate byproduct of the Trump administration but its main objective and the central theme of the American project.

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This Is Your Mind on Plants
This Is Your Mind on Plants
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The Cruelty Is the Point
The Cruelty Is the Point
Adam Serwer
Nice Racism
Nice Racism
Robin DiAngelo
In the Heights
In the Heights
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Forget the Alamo
Forget the Alamo
Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford
After the Fall
After the Fall
Ben Rhodes
Battle for the Soul
Battle for the Soul
Edward-Isaac Dovere
Shape
Shape
Jordan Ellenberg
Helgoland
Helgoland
Carlo Rovelli
Zero Fail
Zero Fail
Carol Leonnig
The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition)
The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition)
John Green
Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (Dungeons & Dragons)
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft (Dungeons & Dragons)
Wizards RPG Team
Facing the Mountain
Facing the Mountain
Daniel James Brown
Yearbook
Yearbook
Seth Rogen
Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard
Nine Nasty Words
Nine Nasty Words
John McWhorter
Antitrust
Antitrust
Amy Klobuchar
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Propaganda
Propaganda
Jacques Ellul
The Technological Society
The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul
The Straight Mind
The Straight Mind
Monique Wittig
Racing While Black
Racing While Black
Leonard T. Miller and Andrew Simon
Bryan Peterson Photography School
Bryan Peterson Photography School
Bryan Peterson
Introduction to Baguazhang
Introduction to Baguazhang
Kent Howard
Below the Edge of Darkness
Below the Edge of Darkness
Edith Widder, Ph.D.
Begin Again
Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
To Start a War
To Start a War
Robert Draper
Agent Sonya
Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
Wine Style
Wine Style
Kate Leahy
Growing Up
Growing Up
Korie Herold
Launch (Updated & Expanded Edition)
Launch (Updated & Expanded Edition)
Jeff Walker
You Deserve Better
You Deserve Better
Tyler Cameron
Coding Democracy
Coding Democracy
Maureen Webb
Food Network Magazine: The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book
Food Network Magazine: The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book
Sylvia Pankhurst
Sylvia Pankhurst
Barbara Winslow
The Invention of Terrorism in Europe, Russia, and the United States
The Invention of Terrorism in Europe, Russia, and the United States
Carola Dietze
Smithsonian Engagement Calendar 2022
Smithsonian Engagement Calendar 2022
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David M. Buerge
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Lisa Donovan
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Do One Thing Every Day That Makes You Smarter
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Sage Lavine
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Stuart Hall
A Knock at Midnight
A Knock at Midnight
Brittany K. Barnett
The Divine Miss Marble
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Ladyparts
Deborah Copaken
The Contemporary American Essay
The Contemporary American Essay
Phillip Lopate
Power Play
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Tim Higgins
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Say Nothing
Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
Eat Like a Fish
Eat Like a Fish
Bren Smith
The Looming Tower (Movie Tie-in)
The Looming Tower (Movie Tie-in)
Lawrence Wright
The Last Girl
The Last Girl
Nadia Murad
Inventing America
Inventing America
Garry Wills
American Wolf
American Wolf
Nate Blakeslee
Evicted
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
Lab Girl
Lab Girl
Hope Jahren
In Such Good Company
In Such Good Company
Carol Burnett
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher
Negroland
Negroland
Margo Jefferson
Five Days at Memorial
Five Days at Memorial
Sheri Fink
Eat in My Kitchen
Eat in My Kitchen
Meike Peters
March: Book Three
March: Book Three
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
Molly on the Range
Molly on the Range
Molly Yeh
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
David Brion Davis
Ghettoside
Ghettoside
Jill Leovy
Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Is There No Place on Earth for Me?
Susan Sheehan
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FutureChefs
Ramin Ganeshram
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