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PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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EDIBLE ECONOMICS: THE WORLD IN 17 DISHES by Ha-Joon Chang via @penguinukbooks imbibed @costacoffee
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The photo is of the inside of the cafe. The white paperback book is on a round glass table. Above it is a tray on which is a red paper coffee cup with "Costa Coffee" vertical in white and "Costa" in a larger font To tye right is a green matcha cookie with white chocolate squares. In the distance we can see the red espresso machine on a slatted wood counter on the left. On the wall directly across is a red wall with 3 large coffee beans. Below it is a garbage can for plastic & paper separate. To the right are wooden stools against a red counter.
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    DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler via Vintage Classics imbibed at Macaron Cherie

    The photo is of a white counter against a second floor window where you can see a bit of the alley below & the torso reflection of the photographer. On the counter is the paperback book to the left. On the right is a white tray with a blue macaron on a white plate. There is a mug of coffee to the left, white top, black and white flower design on the bottom. Both are on a white tray with plastic creamer container, black plastic tiny spoon stirrer, and blue striped sugar stick on white napkin. The window has a black and white border design as well to look sort of like ornate architecture
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    LION CITY: SINGAPORE & THE INVENTION OF MODERN ASIA by Jeevan Vasagar via @littlebrown imbibed at Hirai Coffee

    The photo is of a table inside of a cafe. On the table is the paperback book with an illustration of old Singapore underneath modern Singapore. To the left is a plate of french toast. Above the book is a cup & saucer of black coffee with a flower design. A dark & light blue & purple inside of a purple jacket can be seen on the chair across. You can see a wooden door further in the distance.
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    TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND by Olive Schreiner (1897) via Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1431
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    CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by LEE Hock Guan via Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press imbibed at Tallskogen

    The photo is of a small metal table above a wooden bench. The paperback book mentioned in the toot is mint green with some white, grey, & lighter green circles of various sizes. To the left is an espresso cup with the crema visible. The copy has many white eyeballs among a blue background. the saucer is a white ring around a blue ring. A woman's blue jeaned legs in a light grey jacket with standing sheep, but not her face, can be seen behind the table.
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    NEW MEDIA & THE NEW MIDDLE EAST Edited by Philip Seib via Palgrave Macmillan imbibed at Allpress Espresso Tokyo Roastery & Cafe

    The image is a photo of a narrow wooden bench on a concrete block. The bench is against a dark wooden fence. The book is green with the title listed in the toot. It is on the left edge. To the right is a wooden tray with a white mug of black coffee and a white mug of a flat white with tan foam & white rosette. Between them is a mostly pink card with white words Myanmar Genius and a smaller white section with pink ALLPRESS.
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    HIPSTERISM: A PARADIGM FOR MODERNITY by Tara Semple via Springer Publishing brewed with Maruca Coffee

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    IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR KURTZ: LIVING ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER IN MOBUTU'S CONGO by Michela Wrong via Perennial imbibed at Cafe Po-te-ma-ru Shokudo

    The photo is of a table on which is the paperback book mentioned in the toot. It is white with an image of an old banknote with the late Black dictator of Zaire & the Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko in a general 's hat & Buddy Holly black glasses. To the right is a white cup & saucer of black coffee, with a few colorful flowers designed on the cup & saucer. On the saucer in front is a silver spoon & a plastic wrapped nut square bar.
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    PARADISE by Toni Morrison via Vintage Books imbibed at Moshi Moshi Coffee

    The photo is of a brown faux wood table on which is the worn white paperback book with a bright green yellow black & long skinny orange beak bird of paradise. To the right is a paper cup of black coffee. The cup is white interior with brown exterior with the coffee shop's logo of a 'phone' made from 2 paper cups & string
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    BEGIN AGAIN: JAMES BALDWIN'S AMERICA & ITS URGENT LESSONS FOR TODAY by Eddie S Glaude Jr via Vintage Books imbibed at Roar Coffee

    The photo is of seating outside a cafe against a large window. At the top you can see the ice cream area and shelving of coffee bean bags above paper cups & other cafe produced detritus. There is so much white. Outside on a tiny round table is a white coffee cup with a white lid. The white paperback book mentioned in the post has BEGIN AGAIN & the author's name in red. There is a black& white photo of the Black writer James Baldwin looking at the camera
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    NONE OF THIS IS SERIOUS by Catherine Prasifka via Canongate imbibed Tully's Coffee

    The photo is of a round reddish brown table. On the table is the paperback book mentioned in the toot. It has a purple frame of a shattered illustration of a faceless woman with black hair and a red top, the cracks being in purple too. To the right is a paper latte cup with strawberry chocolate flakes on top of whipped cream. The white paper cup says BE HAPPY above a circular illustration of TOM AND JERRY characters, a light grey dog, dark grey cat, & red mouse. Behind is a pink paper bag with the same illustration. The characters are looking at the word COFFEE below them. The bag has pink flowers all over it and the orange/green vertical striped TULLY'S logo is in the left hand corner. You can see the back of a display case beyond the table and blurry patrons sitting to the left.
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    SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED by @jonronson via Picador imbibed at Coffee Base Meguro

    The photo is outside the coffee shop. The metal table is round. The paperback book is on it with an illustration of the eyes & forehead of the author, a white man with short hair and aquamarine glasses. Above his head are a round of hands pointing at him. To the right is a black mug of black coffee. In the distance are 2 Japanese people walking further by. There is a black sandwich board between the people and the table. The sidewalk is red brick
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    SOCIAL WARMING: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA POLARISES US ALL by Charles Arthur via OneWorld Publications imbibed at Cafe & Bar BASE @bookstodon

    Photo of a wooden bench and table outside the cafe. The table's wood is darker than the light wooden bench On the table is the paperback book which is yellow blending to orange blending to pink top to bottom. In the middle is black cracked screen smartphone with the title. To the left is a clear brown coffee cup of black coffee. Behind it is a silver cylinder cup. To the mug's left is a tiny round silver plate with a red strawberry in it. In the distance on the brick alley is a bicycle pedaling to the left. The rider's torso is cut off.
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    THE SKIN WE'RE IN: A YEAR OF BLACK RESISTANCE & POWER by @desmondcole via @doubledaybooks Canada imbibed at Cafe & Bar BASE @bookstodon

    Photo is of a wooden counter. The hardcover book of bright colors & black silhouettes is prominently in front. Above to left is a brown translucent plastic mug of black coffee on a blue octagonal coaster. To the right is a brown scone with white icing on a white napkin on a round plate. Behind the counter are several clear containers of coffee beans.
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    HEADS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE by Nafisa Thompson-Spires via Vintage Books imbibed at Coffee Costa @bookstodon

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    PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL: THE HIDDEN FORCES THAT SHAPE OUR DECISIONS by Dan Ariely via Harper imbibed at Greenberry Coffee Company
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    WOUNDED by Percival Everett via Faber & Faber imbibed at Komeda Coffee
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    Photo is of a light brown wooden cafe table The paperback book is old timey brownish focusing on a coppery belt buckle of a cowboy. Behind the book is a small narrow wicker basket perpendicular to the book. It contains a tiny silver spoon in a tiny white bowl containing a dollop of yellow and white scrambled eggs and a long protruding thick rectangular slice of toast with red strawberry jam on it. To the right is a white mug and saucer of black coffee. It has the Komeda Coffee logo of a man in a cowboy hat drinking coffee. There is a tiny silver spoon in front of it, handle pointing left
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    ANTI-RACISM INC: WHY THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT RACIAL JUSTICE MATTERS Edited by Felice Blake, Paula Iaonide, & Alison Reed via Punctum Books brewed with Coffee Boy coffee
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    CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead via @doubledaybooks imbibed at Miyakoshiya Coffee
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    The photo is of a dark brown round wooden table inside a coffeehouse. In front is a mug & saucer of black coffee. The yellow paperback book is behind it, as is a white plate with a slice of pound cake with cream. And old style wooden chair is behind the table & an alley view can be seen our the window where a blurry masked Asian woman can be seen looking at the canera
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    THE WAR ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY by David Theo Goldberg via @politybooks imbibed at Social Good Roasters

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    The photo is of a square silver metal table of ant outside seating area. The orange paperback book mentioned in the skeet is on the table. The title is in white bold letters with a black line through CRITICAL RACE THEORY. The author's name is below the title in smaller bold black letters. To the right is a white paper lid & cup of coffee with a brown sleeve with little designs on it of birds & other shapes. In the distance you can see a black computer bag on a bench and 2 other Japanese patrons in (left to right) a puffy black winter jacket and puffy grey winter jacket.
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    MY STORY: FROM BUSH KID TO AFL LEGEND by Nicky Winmar w/ Matthew Hardy via Allen & Unwin imbibed at Kamome Coffee
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    The photo is of the corner of a square brown table. The paperback book featuring the iconic photo of Aboriginal Australian Rules Footballer Nicky Winmar lifting up his St Kilda Saints jersey pointing proudly at his skin in a gesture of defiance at racial abuse in 1993. To the left is a white coffee mug of black coffee. 2 pairs of legs can be seen outside on the sidewalk through the window
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    EDDIE BETTS: THE BOY FROM BOOMERANG CRESCENT by Eddie Betts via Simon & Schuster imbibed at Saza Coffee
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    The photo is of a white counter with the hardcover book featuring a photo of Aboriginal footballer Eddie Betts smiling. His black hair is short & he has a fuller moustache & a sparse beard To the right is an ornate blue & grey flowerly coffee cup & saucer of black coffee. A silver spoon is perpendicular in front. In the distance, 3 siphon coffee apparatuses can be seen, the middle bulb of water being bunsen burnered, its upper urn is full of coffee grounds
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    UNCOMMON TYPE: SOME STORIES by Tom Hanks via @vintagebooks brewed with Overview Coffee
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    The photo is of a coach divider tray. The coach is grey. The divider is briwn plastic. Tye paperback book is aquamarine with 3 big yellow circles surrounded by silver to represent old style typewriter keys. The top one says TOM HANKS, the middle one the book title mentioned in the skeet, & the partially cut off bottom with a large # and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. To the left is an orange mug of black coffee. The tan floor of a living room can be seen in the distance
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    YOU GOTTA HAVE WA by Robert Whiting via Vintage Books imbibed at Saito's Coffee
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    Photo is of a coffee house table. In front is a white mug of black coffee with the red medieval timey logo. Behind it to the left is a Cleveland Guardians dark blue baseball cap from the 2023 All Star Game logo on the left and a bid red C with an asterisk on the front & a sticker on the bill. To the right is the paperback book with has a baseball with the title on the upper left and Japanese woodblock type images of Japanese men, one in a Yomiuri Giants hat & white jersey & the other has a Hanshin Tigers cap. An old tattered leather chair is in the distance. We can see a man's back & red tennis shoes can be see in the seat in front
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    INVISIBILITY BY DESIGN: WOMEN & LABOR IN JAPAN'S DIGITAL ECONOMY by Gabriella Lukács via @dukepress imbibed at Black Sloth Coffee
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    The photo is of a coffee house counter looking out onto a rainy street. The white paperback book is on the brown wooden counter. It features a photo of a young long blue, pink, & black haired Japanese woman in a black tank top & black jeans with a camera covering her nose & mouth. The brown outside/white inside cup of black coffee has a profile of a black and white sloth logo. Outside you can see an intersection. A old blurry Japanese man is heading left on a scooter where another old blurry Japanese man wearing a mask is on a bicycle on the distant sidewalk heading right
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