Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram
By: Isha Sesay
3.83
Format: 13 pages, Audiobook
“It is no accident that the places in the world where we see the most instability are those in whic…
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1. Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
By: Melissa Sweet
4.08
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
From Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet comes the perfect Thanksgiving Day picture book. Let's ha… read more
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"Every little movement has a meaning of its own. -Tony Sarg"-Melissa Sweet, Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
2. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
By: Mark Mathabane
4.17
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
The classic story of life in Apartheid South Africa. Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating pove… read more
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"Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth."-Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
3. The Taliban Cricket Club
By: Timeri N. Murari
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Rukhsana is a spirited young journalist working for the Kabul Daily in Afghanistan. She takes care … read more
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"Like all who inhabit a police state, we live bland and obedient outer lives, while our inner ones seeth in rebellion."-Timeri N. Murari, The Taliban Cricket Club
4. The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
By: Patricia McCormick
4.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Perfect for fans of suspenseful nonfiction such as books by Steve Sheinkin, this is a page-turning … read more
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5. In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae
By: Linda Granfield , Janet Wilson
4.31
Format: 517 pages, Paperback
In May 2015, "In Flanders Fields," one of the most popular poems ever written on the subject of war… read more
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6. A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Nothing to Envy, this is a masterful, humane … read more
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7. The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
By: Richard Panek
3.69
Format: 47 pages,
The epic, behind-the-scenes story of an astounding gap in our scientific knowledge of the cosmos. I… read more
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8. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
By: Jenny Colgan
3.65
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
What does an It girl do if she loses all her money? Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town – she… read more
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9. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
10. The Caretaker
By: Ron Rash
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more
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11. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
By: Uché Blackstock
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more
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- audiobook
12. Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer
By: William W. Li, MD
3.98
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The pioneering physician scientist behind the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease rev… read more
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13. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
By: Joy-Ann Reid
4.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold Amer… read more
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14. We Meant Well
By: Erum Shazia Hasan
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de… read more
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15. A House for Alice
By: Diana Evans
3.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Alice wants to go home to die. Her three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and ta… read more
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16. Hip-Hop Is History
By: Questlove
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In Hip-Hop is History, Questlove, one of the major and most revolutionary figures of that genre, un… read more
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17. The German Heiress
By: Anika Scott
3.73
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
For readers of The Alice Network and The Lost Girls of Paris, an immersive, heart-pounding debut ab… read more
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18. Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram
By: Isha Sesay
3.83
Format: 13 pages, Audiobook
“It is no accident that the places in the world where we see the most instability are those in whic… read more
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- true crime
- nigeria
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19. Goldenseal: A Novel
By: Maria Hummel
3.35
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Gentleman in Moscow meets My Brilliant Friend in this novel of two estranged friends who reunite … read more
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20. The Black Joy Project
By: Kleaver Cruz
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Featuring 117 full-color photos and eight breathtaking essays on a force that fuels Black life all … read more
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21. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
By: Nancy Pelosi
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more
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