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Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

120 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda by Paul Wellstone

The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda

Paul Wellstone

216 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir politics reflective slow-paced
The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank

The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

Thomas Frank

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging reflective slow-paced
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

Johann Hari

400 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history politics psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

Edward E. Baptist

498 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction economics history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States by Janice Andrews, Michael Reisch

The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in the United States

Janice Andrews, Michael Reisch

290 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction education challenging informative slow-paced
Dividing Classes: How the Middle Class Negotiates and Rationalizes School Advantage by Ellen A. Brantlinger

Dividing Classes: How the Middle Class Negotiates and Rationalizes School Advantage

Ellen A. Brantlinger

262 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction education philosophy medium-paced
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi

The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

Matt Taibbi

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced