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Silvia Danielak, "Peace Infrastructures: How UN Peace Operations Build Roads, Bridges, and Solar Farms in the Pursuit of Sustainability" (MIT Press, 2026)

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Cooking Sections, "Waves Lost at Sea" (Spector Books, 2026)

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