17 Best nonfiction books like The Political Determinants of Health by Daniel E. Dawes

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The Political Determinants of Health

By: Daniel E. Dawes

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care opti…

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1. Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health

By: Laurie Garrett , None

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

"On par with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring... This chilling exploration of the decline of public he… read more

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2. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

By: Eric Hoffer

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in h… read more

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3. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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4. The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide

By: Steven W. Thrasher

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful an… read more

Similar categories in Steven W. Thrasher's The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • science
  • health
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Uché Blackstock's Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • audiobook
  • health
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
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6. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

By: Amy Schneider

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

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7. Leadership: In Turbulent Times

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.40

Format: 473 pages, Hardcover

Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of le… read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's Leadership: In Turbulent Times book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • politics
  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

By: Anupam B. Jena

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hi… read more

Similar categories in Anupam B. Jena's Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • science
  • health care
  • health
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

By: Linda Villarosa

4.46

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • "A stunning exposé of why Black people in our society 'live sicker and di… read more

Similar categories in Linda Villarosa's Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • science
  • health
  • politics
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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10. 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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  • american history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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11. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

By: Maria Smilios

4.33

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remar… read more

Similar categories in Maria Smilios's The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • audiobook
  • health
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Missouria took in Mr. Morris’s information and this system of demarcating lives. Maps and lines had defined her entire life. They were drawn throughout history, straightened, elongated, bent up and d…"

-Maria Smilios, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

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12. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

By: Dean Spade

4.38

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

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13. The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It

By: Marty Makary

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"A must-read for every American and business leader." --Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief, FORBESFrom t… read more

Similar categories in Marty Makary's The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • science
  • health care
  • health
  • politics
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. What You Leave Behind

By: Wanda M. Morris

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

15. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. I Have Something to Tell You

By: Chasten Glezman Buttigieg

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"That gay expereince in Tulsa is just as gay and valid as other, more visible experience in the media, and attempting to police anyone’s gayness sets a dangerous precedent. It equates identity with pr…"

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

"I was reaching my hand over the person in front of me to shake hands with Obama when a random guy barreled into me from behind. I turned to look at what had happened, and in the meantime, I felt a ha…"

-Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

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17. Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win

By: Marshall Allen

4.28

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the p… read more

Similar categories in Marshall Allen's Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • health care
  • health
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Political Determinants of Health

By: Daniel E. Dawes

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care opti… read more

Similar categories in Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health book and Daniel E. Dawes's The Political Determinants of Health

  • american history
  • science
  • health care
  • health
  • politics
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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19. This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto

By: Suketu Mehta

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City. Drawing … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"Before you ask other people to respect the borders of the West, ask yourself if the West has ever respected anybody else's border."

-Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto

"The first thing that a new migrant sends to his family back home isn’t money; it’s a story. Of the arduous journey here, the snow on the streets, the rude immigration agent or the kindly social worke…"

-Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto

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20. Kings of B'more

By: R. Eric Thomas

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Two Black, queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore i… read more

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  • audiobook
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21. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians

By: Phil Elwood

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 Best audiobook books like The Political Determinants of Health by Daniel E. Dawes

Transform Your Habits

Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide

Steven W. Thrasher

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

Transform Your Habits

In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

Amy Schneider

3.51

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17 Best audiobook books like The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios

Transform Your Habits

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

4.37

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