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Cory Doctorow takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. This is an essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts.

Human rights activist Lisa Shannon weaves together the stories of one family's tragic encounters with Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in the Congo with tales from the family's rich and vibrant history. These lively stories transport Shannon from the chaos of the violence around her and bring to life a peaceful, vibrant Congo not soon forgotten.

In 2006, Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on Earth--nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. He gave himself a deadline: forty years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. This is the story of his journey.

This is the captivating story of a small town coming back to life. Hardwick, Vermont, has jump-started its economy through a local, self-sustaining food system, surviving with its network of community support. 

What causes people to join--and more importantly, stay in--extreme groups? We secretly want to know: Could it happen to me? Amanda Montell argues that, on some level, it already has.

Today, when killing the enemy can seem tantamount to playing a video game, what constitutes warfare? Phelps, former commander of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft unit, addresses these questions and others.

Psychiatrist and grief counselor Irvin Yalom and his wife, feminist author Marilyn Yalom, share their experience after her terminal diagnosis as they reflect on how to love and live without regret.

Poet and educator Clint Smith explores the places where the history of slavery has been preserved, if not fully reckoned with. Included are New Orleans, Monticello Plantation, Angola Prison, Blandford Cemetery, and others hidden in plain view. This book offers a new understanding of the role that memory and history can play in understanding our country.

Yusef Salaam shares his story of growing up Black in central Harlem in the 1980s--being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother--his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories to lessons and principles he learned that gave him the power to survive through the worst of life's experiences. He inspires listeners to accept their own path, and to understand their own sense of purpose.

CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin explores what she calls the "huddle:" when women get together to give each other support, empowerment, inspiration, and the strength to solve problems or enact change.