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Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

152 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction classics history dark informative sad medium-paced
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

376 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

916 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky

Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance

American Empire Project

Noam Chomsky

301 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire

183 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction education philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Jonathan Kozol

272 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction education sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

David McCullough

751 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
1776 by David McCullough

1776

David McCullough

386 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

412 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced