Bradley Whitford

This powerful memoir by a former army intelligence officer tells a story of impossible choices and the struggle with PTSD. Despite being touted as a potential presidential candidate, the author turns to a mayoral race and eventually drops out of public life due to depression and thoughts of suicide. He candidly shares his fight for healing and the support of his family, offering hope to readers going through similar struggles.

Beauregard "Bug" Montage es un esposo, un padre, y un mecánico honesto. Pero alguna vez fue conocido, desde Carolina del Norte hasta las playas de la Florida, como el mejor piloto de carreras clandestinas de la región. Tal como su padre, desaparecido hace muchos años. Su vida parecía encaminarse, parecía que podía dejar atrás definitivamente el mundo del crimen, que lo marcó desde pequeño. Pero su situación financiera se ha vuelto imposible, las necesidades de su familia se acumulan, está endeudado y a punto de perderlo todo. Pocos lo pueden ayudar en la pequeña ciudad donde vive, llena de prejuicios raciales. Bug detesta tener que recurrir a lo único que sabe: buscar un trabajo sucio otra vez, usando su habilidad incomparable para conducir bajo alto riesgo y a toda velocidad. El maldito asfalto es su condena, es el legado de su padre, y es donde Bug sabe que encuentra algo más, casi como una droga. Por eso acepta participar en un robo de diamantes -le jura a Kia su mujer, “el último”- aún con esos advenedizos que lo han contratado. No debió hacerlo. Algo sale horriblemente mal, y Bug es arrastrado a un inframundo mugriento y asesino, del que no sabrá cómo escapar, sin destruir lo que más ama en este mundo.

Illinois senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth shares her inspiring life story in Every Day Is a Gift. Duckworth's resilience shines through as she recounts facing discrimination, poverty, and war from childhood, culminating in the RPG attack that took her legs during her service in Iraq. But her story doesn't end there - after recovering at Walter Reed, she pursued politics and became a U.S. Senator in 2016. This book is a remarkable testament to Duckworth's strength and dedication to public service.

In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

Empower yourself and reshape progressive politics with this empowering blueprint to end voter suppression and reclaim identity. Author Stacey Abrams draws on extensive research and personal experiences to demonstrate how suppression and identity have harmed citizens in overt and subtle ways. With the upcoming 2020 election, the stakes couldn't be higher. Our Time Is Now shows us where we fall short as a democracy and empowers us to become the democracy we're meant to be.

This investigative book delves into how the world's elite work, manipulate, and rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor while preserving their power and position atop society. The author takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age where the rich fight for equality and justice any way they can, except for ways that threaten the social order. An essential read for understanding the egregious abuses of power that dominate today's news and a call to action for elites and citizens alike to build a more egalitarian society through democratic means.