Free eBook: ‘We Organize to Change Everything: Fighting for Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice’ from Verso Books

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Verso Books is currently offering an ebook, “We Organize to Change Everything: Fighting for Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice” edited by Natalie Adler, Marian Jones, Jessie Kindig, Elizabeth Navarro, and Anne Rumberger, for free through their site. “A collaboration between acclaimed socialist feminist magazine Lux and Verso, We Organize to Change Everything examines the fight … Read more

Our Most Anticipated Books of 2022 | ‘The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir’ by Paul Newman

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A little known fact about me is that I love old movies. When I saw that Ethan Hawke directed and released “The Last Movie Stars,” a six-part documentary on the lives and love of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, I was immediately sold. And I binge watched the whole thing. At the beginning of the … Read more

Free eBook: “A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words-Selected Writings for the Centennial

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A Life of Activism Howard Zinn in His Own Words - Selected Writings for the Centennial

Seven Stories Press is giving away free eBook copies of “A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words–Selected Writings for the Centennial.” The New Press also released the new book “Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations about a People’s History” by Howard Zinn with Ray Suarez on August 2nd.

Lea’s Top 5: New Books for the Week of 8/02/2022

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Lea’s Top 5 New Releases, in no particular order 1. Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins The Description:  A mixed-race Harvard medical student stumbles upon a hidden Ethiopian city, the inhabitants of which possess both advanced technologies and mystical powers. Long before Marvel Comics gave us Wakanda, a high-tech African country that has never been … Read more

Homebrewer’s Corner: Lea is Learning to Homebrew for Learn to Homebrew Day 2021

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After many years of watching Bill homebrew, I’ve decided to get out of my comfort zone and try homebrewing on Learn to Homebrew Day. To try to get ready, I started looking through “How to Brew” by John Palmer. I was flipping through the book to get an idea of what the nuts and bolts … Read more

Critical Reading: On the Philly Train Assault, the myth of Kitty Genovese, and the importance of waiting for more information

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On Monday, SEPTA’s police chief made a stunning and scathing announcement: That a train full of people witnessed a sexual assault, didn’t intervene, didn’t call 9-1-1, and some filmed instead of helping. This all seemed like the Kitty Genovese story that many of us have read about. The Kitty Genovese story Here is how The … Read more

Tiny Bookstore October Update

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The Tiny Bookstore Fall Reading Challenge We’ve created another low-pressure, high-fun seasonal reading challenge! We’d love to see how everyone is doing with it, so be sure to tag us (@tinybookspgh) in your challenge posts on social media! 1 Special Events Middle-Grades and YA Author Paula Chase will be joining us for a livestream on … Read more

Homebrewer’s Corner: We have Dried Lutra Kveik by Omega Yeast

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In the first expansion to our roster of homebrewing supplies, we’re proud to announce that we’re now carrying products from Omega Yeast Labs. Right now, we have several pouches of their new dried Lutra Kveik on hand. Lutra is an Omega exclusive yeast that’s described as being “clean, crisp, dry, grainy, and ‘lemony dough.’” Since … Read more

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