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"In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is 'the last great civil rights fight.' Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word ("stupid") and encouraged to report parents who...
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She Writes Press
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2024
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English
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"Through forty-five years of journals, poems, and letters to love, Blackwildgirl's autobiographical journey from girlhood to womanhood unfolds like a play, with acts, stages, and scenes. Join her as she reclaims her superpower--sacrificed in a bargain by her parents when she was a child--and discover a road map for girls and women seeking to become warriors in the world." -- Back cover
4) Choice
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"How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband; their twins; and even the authors he edits and publishes. One of those authors, a mysterious M. N. Opie, writes a story about a young academic involved in a car accident that causes her...
5) Providence
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Union Square & Company
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"Mark Lausson has everything he thought he wanted: a coveted job at elite Sawyer College in Ohio. But at the start of his second year, stuck in a small town with deadlines piling up and paychecks falling short, Mark can already feel the fantasy crumbling. And then, a few weeks in, sophomore Tyler Cunningham shows up in class. In Tyler--confident, mysterious, and popular--Mark glimpses another way of being in the world. He finds Tyler's self-possession...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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"Brother and Sister Bear are very excited to be going back to school, but there's one big question on their minds: who will be their new teacher? Why, it's none other than Miz Bearly, known for giving lots of homework, loving pop quizzes, and always looking a bit grouchy. But the cubs soon realize that Miz Bearly can also make learning fun, and if they just give her a chance, they may even find this tough teacher is a big softy at heart"--
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