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Books Out This Month by Local Authors
NONFICTION The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a6’ 4”, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, by W. Kamau Bell (Dutton; $28)
Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture, by Gabriel Thompson (Voice of Witness; $24.95)
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein (Liveright; $27.95)
Democracy: Stories From the Long Road to Freedom, by Condoleezza Rice (Twelve; $35)
Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times, edited by Carolina De Robertis (Vintage; $15.95) Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman (Harper Perennial; $16.99)
Sallies, Romps, Portraits, and Send-Offs: Selected Prose, 20002016, by August Kleinzahler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; $30)
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, by Samin Nosrat; illustrated by Wendy MacNaughton (Simon & Schuster; $35)
Wild Ride: Inside Uber’s Quest for World Domination, by Adam Lashinsky (Portfolio; $28)
FICTION A Good Country, by Laleh Khadivi (Bloomsbury; $27)
Wicked Wonders, by Ellen Klages (Tachyon; $15.95)
Woman No. 17, by Edan Lepucki (Hogarth; $26)