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We Have Tired of Violence by Matt Easton

We Have Tired of Violence | A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia by Matt Easton is a chilling work of true crime about the midair murder of a human rights activist, set against a riveting political drama in the world’s fourth-largest nation. The story uncovers a conspiracy involving spies, a mysterious co-pilot, threats of violence and black magic, and deadly poison.

Indelible City by Louisa Lim

Indelible City | Dispossession And Defiance In Hong Kong By Louisa Lim is rich with the history of Hong Kong. An award-winning journalist and longtime Hong Konger, Lim, indelibly captures the place, its people, and the untold history they are claiming, just as it is being erased.

The Secret Listener by Yuan-tsung Chen

The Secret Listener | An Ingenue in Mao’s Court by Yuan-tsung Chen shares the experiences of the author’s life in China under Mao’s regime. It is a personal account of life in the orbit of Mao and Zhao En-Lai and one woman’s effort to tell what it was like to be at the center of the storm.

Selected Poems by Ai Qing

Selected Poems by Ai Qing is a treasure of Chinese poetry.  It is an extraordinary collection that traces the powerful inner life of this influential poet who crafted poems of protest, who longed for a newer, happier age, and who wrote with a profound lyricism that reaches deep into the heart of the reader.

Champagne Charlie by Don and Petie Kladstrup

Champagne Charlie | The Frenchman Who Taught Americans to Love Champagne by Don and Petie Kladstrup recounts the story about Charles Heidsieck, who faced a tumultuous road in his quest to introduce champagne to the United States. It is a thrilling tale of how the go-to celebratory drink of our time made its way, thanks to the controversial figure of Heidsieck.

My Time Will Come by Ian Manuel

My Time Will Come | A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope and Redemption by Ian Manuel is a harrowing recount of the author’s incarceration after being sentenced as a young teenager.  It is the story of how he endured the savagery of the United States prison system, and how his victim, an extraordinary woman, forgave him and bravely advocated for his freedom, which was achieved by an Equal Justice Initiative push to address the barbarism of our judicial system and bring about “just mercy.”

What’s Luck Got to Do With It by Edward Kleinbard

What’s Luck Got to Do With It | How Smarter Government Can Rescue The American Dream by Edward Kleinbard examines the impact of brute luck in life.  Like it or not, our lives and opportunities are determined largely by luck. Kleinbard shows that while we can’t undo every instance of misfortune, we can offer a path to not just a fairer America, but greater economic growth, more broadly shared.

Catch ’67 by Micah Goodman

Catch ’67 | The Left, The Right and The Legacy of the Six Day War by Micah Goodman, a best-selling Israeli author analyzes the complicated situation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through philosophical critique and political analysis, Goodman builds a creative, compelling case for pragmatism in a dispute where a comprehensive solution seems impossible.