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My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine by Sami Hermez

My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

Sami Hermez

296 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction biography history memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations by Mark Mazower

No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations

Mark Mazower

236 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider

I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

Grant Snider

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction comics literary reflective medium-paced
The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine: Background, Details, and Analysis by Ghassan Kanafani

The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine: Background, Details, and Analysis

Ghassan Kanafani

115 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley, Malcolm X

504 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction autobiography history informative reflective medium-paced
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

385 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries by Rosemary Sayigh

The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries

Rosemary Sayigh

228 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki

A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America

Ronald Takaki

384 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history race young adult reflective slow-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

11 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
The Cancer Journals
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Audre Lorde

The Cancer Journals

Audre Lorde

99 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced