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OR Books is a new type of publishing company. It embraces progressive change in politics, culture and the way we do business. More
December 6, 2019"Their raw images of living through this horror, day in and day out, is one that continues to haunt the readers long after the book is over. "—Cathy Otten's WITH ASH ON THEIR FACES reviewed in Feminism in India December 6, 2019"I believe that Quart’s work in the so-called abstract cultural superstructure is not opposed to, but rather, at the very least, a necessary complement, to physically trying to unarm a rabid white supremacist terrorist."—Alissa Quart's THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS reviewed in Entropy Mag December 3, 2019“ At the end of his court martial for treason, the fictional character, Lieutenant Philip Nolan, was asked if he had anything to say to the court before sentencing. Rashly, he blurted out, “Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!””—Counterpunch on BELÉN FERNÁNDEZ's EXILE December 2, 2019"What if I got heckled off the stage? I never thought to imagine what would happen if they laughed."—Amy Sohn, author of CBD!, writes about stand-up for The New York Times December 2, 2019"How would a relatively inexperienced frontbench team cope with the quantum leap from opposition to government? How should they respond to businesses pushing back against their economic agenda, or cope with potentially unrealistic expectations among supporters about what can be achieved?"—The Guardian calls Christine Berry and Joe Guinan’s PEOPLE GET READY one of the best political books of 2019
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New Titles from OR Books
I Accuse!
Herewith A Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt That ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Whitewashed Israel
NORMAN G FINKELSTEIN
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This finely-honed indictment by a writer widely acknowledged for his forensic skills is directed at Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It sets out how she defiled her office by refusing to investigate credible allegations of Israeli criminality. More
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Cautivos
ARIEL DORFMAN
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Set in the last years of the 16th century, Cautivos is a meditation on writing, writers, and creativity. More than that, this short novel is about confinement, both of the mind and of the body, and therefore also about liberation. More
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Dialogues on Consciousness
RICCARDO MANZOTTI and TIM PARKS
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Fifteen conversations between a celebrated writer and a philosopher/robotics engineer that delve into basic questions surrounding our existence, covering topics such as “Where Are Words?”, “The Reality of Dreams,” “The Object of Consciousness,” and “Does Information Smell?” More
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A Public Service
Whistleblowing, Disclosure and Anonymity
TIM SCHWARTZ
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Governments and corporations now have the tools to track and control us as never before. In this whistleblowing how-to, we are provided with tools and techniques to fight back and hold organizations, agencies, and corporations accountable for unethical behavior. More
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In Defense of Julian Assange
TARIQ ALI and MARGARET KUNSTLER
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The charges Assange faces are a major threat to press freedom. A wide range of distinguished contributors, many of them in original pieces, here set out the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the importance of their work, and the dangers for us all in the persecution they face. In Defense of Julian Assange is a vivid, vital intervention into one of the most important political issues of our day. More
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Thoughts and Prayers
ALISSA QUART
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Thoughts and Prayers is a beautiful and startling volume of poetry about our political existence. With both humor and luminosity, it gets at the personal and collective emotional experience of American public life. More
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Crusoe and His Consequences
JAMES DUNKERLEY
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300 years after it was first published, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe remains hugely influential and hotly debated. Since its initial release in 1719, discussions have surrounded the novel’s depiction of individual solitude and work, colonial and racial relations, and mankind’s relationship with the rest of the animal world. More
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Welcome to Hell World
Dispatches from the American Dystopia
LUKE O’NEIL
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Welcome to Hell World is an unexpurgated selection of Luke O’Neil’s finest rants, near-poetic rhapsodies, and investigatory journalism. Racism, sexism, immigration, unemployment, Marcus Aurelius, opioid addiction, Iraq: all are processed through the O’Neil grinder. More
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Hate Inc.
Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
MATT TAIBBI
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In this characteristically turbocharged new book, celebrated Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider’s guide to the variety of ways today’s mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most people think of as “the news” is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business. More
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Abolish ICE
NATASCHA ELENA UHLMANN
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Under the Presidency of Donald Trump, the very existence of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has become a controversial issue. With widespread separation of families and legion abuses in privately owned detention centers, all fueled by racist pronouncements from the White House, many are now demanding the abolition of the agency. More
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Pride
Photographs After Stonewall
FRED W. McDARRAH
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PRIDE is back.
Fifty years ago this coming June, the Stonewall uprising occurred in Greenwich Village—an event that marked the coming-out of New York’s gay community and a refusal by gays to accept underground status that was as important in its way as the Montgomery bus boycott was to the civil rights movement. As a direct outcome of Stonewall, gay pride marches were held in 1970 in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. More
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Exile
Rejecting America and Finding the World
BELÉN FERNÁNDEZ
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Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikstan, she reflects on what it means to be an American in a largely American-made mess of a world. More
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A Year Inside MS-13
See, Hear, and Shut Up
JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ D’AUBUISSON
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This short, intense book exposes life inside the largest, most violent gang in the world, MS-13. Anthropologist Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson chronicles firsthand an escalating cycle of violence between MS-13 and its sworn enemies from Barrio 18 as it becomes a war fought on a professional scale with grenades and machine guns. More
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CBD!
AMY SOHN
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CBD has insinuated itself into every aspect of our lives, from body oil to pet food. The cannabis derivative cannabidiol is an omnipresent cure-all that has gone from being “voguish” to “a mainstream panacea,” as The New York Times recently noted. And it’s a particular favorite of the crowd endemic to Brooklyn, the Bay Area and other similar urban environs. More
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In Spite of You
Bolsonaro and the New Brazilian Resistance
CONOR FOLEY
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In October 2018 Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro as their new President. A former army officer who served under the military dictatorship, Bolsonaro has spent his political career campaigning against democracy and human rights. Sometimes described as a Tropical Trump, this greatly under-estimates the threat that he poses to Brazil´s still young and fragile democratic institutions. More
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