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241 books

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Wendy Pearlman

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky

The Broken Earth #3

N.K. Jemisin

14 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden by Branko Marcetic

Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden

Branko Marcetic

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story by Ramzy Baroud

My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story

Ramzy Baroud

210 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies

Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones

Carole Boyce Davies

311 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Woman from Tantoura by Radwa Ashour

The Woman from Tantoura

Radwa Ashour

368 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement by André Spicer, Carl Cederström

Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement

André Spicer, Carl Cederström

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction psychology self help hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary by Atef Abu Saif

The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary

Atef Abu Saif

264 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir politics emotional reflective medium-paced
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé

Ten Myths About Israel

Ilan Pappé

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced