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08/28/2025

THE OTHER ALMANAC is back for 2026!

Edited by Ana Ratner, it's a witty, progressive twist on The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Fact-packed and gorgeous, highlights include a guide to foraging in NYC, checklists for signs of the seasons, a tide chart for NYC, obituaries for recently extinct animals and plants, and a list of objects left on the moon.

Pre-order now at 15% off
https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-other-almanac-2026/

08/20/2025

Germany’s Jewish Problem: Genocides Past and Present by Wieland Hoban.

A leading German-Jewish peace activist takes aim at Germany’s authoritarian crackdown after Gaza, exposing how “memory culture” is weaponized to silence dissent and justify atrocities.
Urgent, blistering, and deeply personal, Hoban’s writings reveal the dangers of Germany’s path—not just for Germans, but for all of us.

Pre-order now: https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/germanys-jewish-problem/

08/19/2025

🚨 New Kirkus Review alert: Hi**er and My Mother-in-Law by Terese Svoboda — “A poetic reimagining of a pathbreaking female reporter in a man’s world of war.”

Read the review 👉 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/terese-svoboda/hitler-and-my-mother-in-law/

Get the book 👉 https://orbooks.com/catalog/hitler-and-my-mother-in-law/

Dispatches from the ashes.

08/19/2025

🚨 New Kirkus Reviews alert: Hi**er and My Mother-in-Law by Terese Svoboda — “A poetic reimagining of a pathbreaking female reporter in a man’s world of war.”

Read the review 👉 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/terese-svoboda/hitler-and-my-mother-in-law/

Get the book 👉 https://orbooks.com/catalog/hitler-and-my-mother-in-law/

Dispatches from the ashes.

08/19/2025

Autobiography of a Skyscraper: And the Story of Those Who Built It by Francis Greenburger & Rebecca Paley is now available for pre-order at 15% off: https://orbooks.com/catalog/autobiography-of-a-skyscraper/

A behind-the-scenes look at how a vision becomes a landmark. Follow the making of Chicago’s 1000M tower, where nearly a thousand people, concrete workers, concierges, architects, and investors, turned an empty lot into a seventy-four–story icon.

08/12/2025

“I think that even a war criminal should be admitted to campus for purposes of truth-seeking.” —Nadine Strossen on free speech and the dangers of shunning.

From her conversation with Norman Finkelstein and Dr. Cornel West.
Support radical dialogue—get I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It: https://orbooks.com/catalog/ill-burn-that-bridge-when-i-get-to-it/

08/12/2025

Dr. Cornel West on the elitism and institutional history of American universities: “There has never been a golden age in the history of the American university.”

West joins Norman Finkelstein and Nadine Strossen at POWERHOUSE Arena for an unflinching conversation about truth, power, and higher education.

Support events like this by purchasing Norman Finkelstein’s I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It - available now.

https://orbooks.com/catalog/ill-burn-that-bridge-when-i-get-to-it/

08/12/2025

Norman Finkelstein asks: Is shunning Israeli students antisemitic, as Harvard claims in its recent report?

Finkelstein in conversation with Cornel West and Nadine Strossen at the launch of I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It.

Support the author, independent publishing and conversations like this one by purchasing your copy through the link: https://orbooks.com/catalog/ill-burn-that-bridge-when-i-get-to-it/

08/12/2025

My Mother Wanted Me to Kill the Guard from Majdanek, Norman Finkelstein with Dr. Cornel West and Nadine Strossen, marking the launch of I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It.

I'll Burn That Bridge and Norman's upcoming book, Gaza's Gravediggers, are available from OR Books.

08/07/2025

Celebrate the launch of A SEAT AT THE TABLE with author Andy Shallal and special guest, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour.

A Seat at the Table tells the inspiring, often hilarious, and deeply personal story behind the founding of Busboys And Poets — a space where food, art, and activism meet.

🗓️ September 10th
📍 RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-seat-at-the-table-tickets-1504966849359

08/01/2025

It's August 1 which means Second Sunday is 10 days away! Join us and .ofmouth Rachel Meade Smith to record a quick story about your experience searching for work and learn more about Rachel's forthcoming anthology, published by OR, on looking for work. See you Sunday August 10 from 1-4pm at 159 Pioneer Street Brooklyn.

07/31/2025

READ The Closet from WE HAD IT COMING! Take a look inside: https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/ Available soon....