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Cordelyn is an independent press for readers who'd rather raise and become people who think. Across forms and ages, from picture books to philosophy to the first lessons in handling money, our books take one side: formation over compliance, judgment over obedience, the long view across generations. We publish authors who share this conviction.
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Featured title · 2025
Beyond Control
Raising Thinkers in an Age of Compliance
by Melvin Brown
A philosophical work, written through the lens of parenting, on what a generation raised primarily for compliance is losing — and what a few institutions are quietly choosing instead.
Hardcover · $24.00 · Pre-order pricing· ISBN registering· 248 pp
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