Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.' Bertolt Brecht
This September, we bring you five visionary new books.
SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE by Michael Mann (@michaelmannscientist) and Peter Hotez (@peterhotez)
From the climate crisis to pandemics, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement — and show us how to fight back.
FIREWEATHER by Miranda Darling (@mirandadarling13)
The thrilling, effervescent sequel to THUNDERHEAD by Miranda Darling. Life for Winona Dalloway is not as it should be. Her husband is no longer her husband, her children are not at home with her, and the city in which she lives is besieged by fires. Follow Winona into this looking-glass world, as she begins to imagine an entirely other way of being.
BEYOND SUBURBIA by Warren Kirk (@pretty_0rdinary)
These richly textured photographs capture the overlooked buildings, people, and landscapes of rural and semi-rural Australia. In the margins between the city and the bush, Warren Kirk uncovers the quiet poetry of Victoria’s hinterlands, with an introduction by Don Watson.
THE DEVIL TAKES BITCOIN by Jake Adelstein (@tokyovice)
Bitcoin was supposed to do for money what the internet did for information, but it didn’t work out that way. Jake Adelstein — bestselling author of Tokyo Noir, and The Last Yakuza — tells the wild, true story of cyber-era commerce, crime, cold-hard cash, and one of the greatest heists in history.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by Morgan Talty (@morganjtalty)
WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE
Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection of twelve stories about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century, and what it's like to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy.
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