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The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History by Cemil Aydin

The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History

Cemil Aydin

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said

The Question of Palestine

Edward W. Said

320 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

So Long a Letter

Mariama Bâ

90 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Madumo, a Man Bewitched by Adam Ashforth

Madumo, a Man Bewitched

Adam Ashforth

264 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction reflective fast-paced
Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire by Noam Chomsky

Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire

Noam Chomsky

211 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction history philosophy politics informative reflective fast-paced
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

152 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
fiction classics literary challenging funny mysterious medium-paced
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

236 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction essays history memoir informative reflective medium-paced
The Wretched of the Screen by Hito Steyerl

The Wretched of the Screen

Hito Steyerl

200 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction art philosophy informative medium-paced
On Imagination by Mary Ruefle

On Imagination

Mary Ruefle

32 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction essays poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

The Argonauts

Maggie Nelson

143 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0tmackell's review
nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced