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Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession by Chuck Thompson

Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession

Chuck Thompson

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history politics challenging funny reflective slow-paced
The War Against the Poor: The Underclass and Antipoverty Policy by Herbert Gans

The War Against the Poor: The Underclass and Antipoverty Policy

Herbert Gans

208 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction sociology informative medium-paced
The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them by Bill Press

The Obama Hate Machine: The Lies, Distortions, and Personal Attacks on the President---and Who Is Behind Them

Bill Press

308 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction education history politics challenging reflective slow-paced
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn M. Brodie

No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith

Fawn M. Brodie

576 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction biography history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

399 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Clothes Have No Emperor: A Chronicle of the American '80s by Paul Slansky
The Clothes Have No Emperor: A Chronicle of the American '80s
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Paul Slansky

The Clothes Have No Emperor: A Chronicle of the American '80s

Paul Slansky

288 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures by Amnesty International

We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures

Amnesty International

72 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction childrens informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Rory Albanese, Jon Stewart, Sam Means, Rich Bloomquist, J.R. Havlan, Hallie Haglund, Jo Miller, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, David Javerbaum, Jason Ross, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Kevin Bleyer, Elliott Kalan, Daniel Radosh, Josh Lieb

Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

Rory Albanese, Jon Stewart, Sam Means, Rich Bloomquist, J.R. Havlan, Hallie Haglund, Jo Miller, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, David Javerbaum, Jason Ross, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Kevin Bleyer, Elliott Kalan, Daniel Radosh, Josh Lieb

246 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0deborah_m_foster's review
nonfiction politics adventurous funny fast-paced
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

296 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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