Refugee High: Coming of Age in America
By: Elly Fishman
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan High School has been a landing place for migrants. In re…
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1. One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
By: Scaachi Koul
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A collection of essays about growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in Canada, "a land of ice… read more
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- nonfiction
2. The Good Braider
By: Terry Farish
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
In spare free verse laced with unforgettable images, Viola's strikingly original voice sings out th… read more
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3. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more
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4. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- sociology
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
5. The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
By: Dwight Garner
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Garner gathers a literary chorus to capture the joys of reading and eating in this comic, personal … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"There's no verb for traveling while hopping from swimming pool to swimming pool. Perhaps "cheevering" would suffice."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
"A friend once told her that he had seen graffiti in a restaurant's men's room that read, "Gael Greene uses a thesaurus."-Dwight Garner, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
6. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
By: Benjamin Taylor
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century and an elegant explorati… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
7. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture
By: Matt Baume
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
There's a secret storyline hidden across some of the most popular sitcoms of the 20th century. F… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
8. Alice Sadie Celine
By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
3.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
It’s opening night, but Alice’s performance in the local Bay Area production of The Winter’s Tale i… read more
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9. The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
By: Thomas Fisher
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to stee… read more
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10. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
By: Elie Mystal
4.59
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
According to commentator and lawyer Elie Mystal, Republicans are wrong when they tell you the First… read more
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- social justice
- history
- nonfiction
11. How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
By: Priya Fielding-Singh
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating look at dietary differences along class lines, revealing that lack of access to healt… read more
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- social justice
- social issues
- sociology
12. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
13. This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
By: Tiffany Jewell
4.40
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Who are you? What is your identity? What is racism? How do you choose your own path? How do you sta… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- education
"Your privilege is something you don't often think about. It's often invisible to you until you take a moment to gain some insight and awareness into your whole self."-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
"Using the term Asian to describe all folx from Asian countries and ancestry does not acknowledge the vast and varied histories, cultures, and experiences of everyone."-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
"Someone described racism to me as the smog we breathe. It is all around us; racism is everywhere. Our lives are polluted by racism and it harms us all. The more we are aware of this smog of racism, t…"-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
"Folx will be committed to trying to fit you into the box. They will tell you you're too young to make a difference, that you should focus on getting good grades and going to college. They may also te…"-Tiffany Jewell, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
14. Clark and Division (Japantown Mystery, #1)
By: Naomi Hirahara
3.63
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where… read more
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15. Messy Minimalism: Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us
By: Rachelle Crawford
3.88
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
"Messy Minimalism gives us permission to do minimalism our way--the imperfect way, the messy way, a… read more
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- nonfiction
"But at home, I was just that crazy lady who kept begging people to put their shoes and toys where they go. I mean, how hard is it?"-Rachelle Crawford, Messy Minimalism: Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us
"Here's the thing I've learned through the uncomfortable process of saying goodbye to that monkey: holding on doesn't make their growing up any easier. It won't slow down time or let us relive favorit…"-Rachelle Crawford, Messy Minimalism: Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us
16. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- social justice
- education
17. Refugee High: Coming of Age in America
By: Elly Fishman
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan High School has been a landing place for migrants. In re… read more
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- biography
- school
- coming of age
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- education
- sociology
18. Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir
By: Iliana Regan
3.54
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
From National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, … read more
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19. Colton Gentry's Third Act
By: Jeff Zentner
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A story of love, healing, and second chances ” (Emily Henry) following a down on his luck country … read more
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"His heart leapt like a murmuration of starlings taking flight. Every reach of him filled with light. He wondered how anyone survived this feeling he'd just named. This delirious sweetness. Maybe no o…"-Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry's Third Act
20. Three Girls from Bronzeville
By: Dawn Turner
4.29
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and h… read more
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21. Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
By: Augustine Sedgewick
3.59
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern world Coffee is an indispensable p… read more
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"Історична батьківщина рослини, яка по-ботанічному називається Coffea arabica, — Ефіопія. Просто в XVI–XVII століттях кавою монопольно торгували арабські купці з єменського узбережжя Червоного моря, а…"-Augustine Sedgewick, Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
"...means the destruction of our nation just as surely as it meant the destruction of Egypt and Rome and Spain and Germany and all the other nations who came to measure their greatness by their materi…"-Augustine Sedgewick, Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
