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The Meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite / Daniel Markovits.

by Markovits, Daniel, 1969- [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 305.5/MAR) .
Twilight of the elites : America after meritocracy / Christopher Hayes.

by Hayes, Christopher, 1979-.

Edition: 1st ed.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Crown, c2012Other title: America after meritocracy..
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 305.5/HAY) .
An inconvenient minority : the attack on Asian American excellence and the fight for meritocracy / Kenny Xu.

by Xu, Kenny [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: [New York, NY] : Diversion Books, 2021
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 379.26/XU) .
Principles : life and work / Ray Dalio.

by Dalio, Ray, 1949- [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, [2017]
Items available for loan: 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 650.1/DAL) .
Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life / William Deresiewicz.

by Deresiewicz, William, 1964-.

Edition: First Free Press hardcover edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York, NY : Free Press, 2014Online access: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Sample text
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 378.73/DER) .
You're never weird on the Internet (almost) : a memoir / Felicia Day ; foreword by Joss Whedon.

by Day, Felicia, 1979- [author.].

Contributor(s): Whedon, Joss, 1964- [author of foreword.].

Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2015Other title: You are never weird on the Internet (almost) : a memoir.
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 791.4502/DAY) .
Brotopia : breaking up the boys' club of Silicon Valley / Emily Chang.

by Chang, Emily [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2018]
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 331.4/CHA) , 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 331.4/CHA) .
The view from flyover country : dispatches from the forgotten America / Sarah Kendzior.

by Kendzior, Sarah [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2018
Items available for loan: 1 at Bookmobile (Call number: 973.932/KEN) .
Coders : the making of a new tribe and the remaking of the world / Clive Thompson.

by Thompson, Clive, 1968- [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, [2019]
Items available for loan: 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 005.1092/THO) .
The tyranny of merit : what's become of the common good? / Michael J. Sandel.

by Sandel, Michael J.,- [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 306.0973/SAN) .
Invisible women : data bias in a world designed for men / Caroline Criado Perez.

by Criado-Perez, Caroline [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Abrams Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Other title: Data bias in a world designed for men.
Items available for loan: 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 305.42/CRI) , 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 305.42/CRI) .
For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts : a love letter to women of color / Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez.

by Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985- [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Nature of contents: biography; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Seal Press, 2021Other title: Love letter to women of color.
Items available for loan: 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 305.48/MOJICA RODRIGUEZ) .
The genetic lottery : why DNA matters for social equality / Kathryn Paige Harden.

by Harden, Kathryn Paige [author.].

Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 304.5/HAR) .
American happiness and discontents : the unruly torrent, 2008-2020 / George F. Will.

by Will, George F [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2021
Items available for loan: 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 973.93/WIL) , 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 973.93/WIL) .
When race trumps merit : how the pursuit of equity sacrifices excellence, destroys beauty, and threatens lives / Heather Mac Donald.

by Mac Donald, Heather [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: Nashville, TN : DW Books, a division of the Daily Wire, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 305.8/MAC) .
Excluded : how snob zoning, NIMBYism, and class bias build the walls we don't see / Richard D. Kahlenberg.

by Kahlenberg, Richard D [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023
Items available for loan: 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 333.73/KAH) .
Burn it down : power, complicity, and a call for change in Hollywood / Maureen Ryan.

by Ryan, Maureen, 1966- [author. ].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2023]
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 791.43097/RYA) .
Sky's end / Marc J. Gregson.

by Gregson, Marc J [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Teen, 2024
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: T/FIC GREGSON, M.) , 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: Y/FIC GREGSON, M.) .
The system : who rigged it, how we fix it / Robert B. Reich.

by Reich, Robert B [author.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 322.30973/REI) , 1 at Pacific Grove Public Library (Call number: 322/REI) .
American schism : how the two Enlightenments hold the secret to healing our nation / Seth David Radwell.

by Radwell, Seth David [author.].

Contributor(s): Israel, Jonathan, (Professor) [writer of foreword.].

Edition: First edition.Material type: book Book ; Format: print ; Literary form: Non-fiction ; Audience: Adult; Publisher: Austin, Texas : Greenleaf Book Group Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021
Items available for loan: 1 at Monterey Public Library (Call number: 320.973/RAD) .
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