An American Summer
By: Alex Kotlowitz
4.33
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait…
Want to Read $ 8.99"There are so many . . . who carry the violence, who keep moving forward enshrouded in its aftermath. Yet there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency, especially among the rest of us."-Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer
". . .you can't talk about death without celebrating life. How amid the devastation, many still manage to stay erect in a world that's slumping around them. How despite the bloodshed, some manage, heroically, not only to push on but also to push back. How in death there is love."-Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer
"The shooting doesn't end. Nor does the grinding poverty. Or the deeply rooted segregation. Or the easy availability of guns. Or the shuttered schools and boarded-up homes. Or the tensions between police and residents. And yet each shooting is unlike the last, every exposed and bruised life exposed and bruised in its own way."-Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer
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1. Work and Other Sins: Life in New York City and Thereabouts
By: Charlie LeDuff
3.99
Format: 320 pages,
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- nonfiction
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2. Nowy Jork. Od Mannahatty do Ground Zero
By: Magdalena Rittenhouse
4.12
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
Czy holenderscy osadnicy naprawde kupili Manhattan od Indian za garsc paciorkow? Czemu budowa Brook… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- the united states of america
3. The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
By: Carmine Gallo
3.84
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
The Wall Street JournalBestseller! Updated to include Steve Jobs's iPad and iPad2 launch presentati… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
By: James Forman Jr.
3.00
Format: None pages,
In recent years, America's criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly urgent… read more
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5. Detroit: An American Autopsy
By: Charlie LeDuff
3.40
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the heart of America, a metropolis is quietly destroying itself. Detroit, once the richest city … read more
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6. Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
By: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In her extraordinary bestseller, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the intricacies of the g… read more
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7. Nie oświadczam się
By: Wiesław Łuka
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
W Wigilię Bożego Narodzenia 1976 roku pod kołami dwóch autobusów zginęła kobieta w ciąży, jej mąż i… read more
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- history
- true crime
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- crime
- audiobook
8. Last Summer on State Street
By: Toya Wolfe
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, c… read more
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9. 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
- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- sociology
- audiobook
"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
10. High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
By: Ben Austen
4.33
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction b… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
11. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
12. Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side
By: Eve L. Ewing
4.39
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools.” That’s how Eve L. Ewing ope… read more
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- race
- history
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- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
13. Ucieczka od bezradności
By: Tomasz Stawiszyński
4.06
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
CZEGO OBAWIA SIĘ WSPÓŁCZESNA KULTURA? JAKIE TEMATY WYPIERA? I JAK MOŻEMY PORADZIĆ SOBIE W ŚWIECIE, … read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
14. New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
By: Craig Taylor
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terroris… read more
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- history
- the united states of america
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"On the subway I felt I had a secret knowledge - I probably wasn’t the only one - a secret reason to travel, knowing that this exercise was ultimately for me, all these encounters brought with them le…"-Craig Taylor, New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
15. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
16. Café Museum
By: Robert Makłowicz
3.95
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
"Tak więc jestem i Grekiem, i Chińczykiem, cóż to komu może przeszkadzać? Choć polski mym ojczystym… read more
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- audiobook
17. The Serial Killer's Apprentice
By: Katherine Ramsland
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A psychological examination of the blurred line between victim and accomplice―and how a killer can … read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
18. Ñamérica
By: Martín Caparrós
4.34
Format: 680 pages, Paperback
Existe cierta región del mundo en la cual veinte países y más de 400 millones de personas comparten… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
By: Nicholas D. Kristof
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
With stark poignancy and political dispassion, Tightrope draws us deep into an "other America." The… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- sociology
- audiobook
"One of the most infuriating elements of American myopia about investing in at-risk kids is that politicians often insist that they don't have the funds to pay for social services--but they somehow fi…"-Nicholas D. Kristof, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
"The public frets about cheating with food stamps (the fraud rate is about 1.5 percent) yet doesn’t understand that zillionaires hide assets abroad and thereby deprive the Treasury of some $36 billion…"-Nicholas D. Kristof, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
"The first step toward better policy is to amend our understanding of people's struggles so that it is less about individual irresponsibility and more about our collective irresponsibility in tolerati…"-Nicholas D. Kristof, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
"As a fraction of GDP, the United States spends on job-training and assistance programs barely one-fifth as much as the average among industrialized countries. Moreover, the United States has signific…"-Nicholas D. Kristof, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
20. Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets
By: Toby Muse
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
For fans of the Netflix show Narcos and readers of true crime, Kilo is a deeply reported account of… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
"I roll into the Land of Lightning with a honey bear under my arm and a storm at my heels."-Toby Muse, Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets
21. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
22. Gulleyjan (Eyjabækurnar #2)
By: Einar Kárason
3.59
Format: 215 pages, None
Þar sem djöflaeyjan rís og Gulleyjan komu fyrst út 1983 og 1985 og náðu strax geysimiklum vinsældum… read more
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23. Sh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great
By: Charlie LeDuff
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A daring, firsthand, and utterly-unscripted account of crisis in America, from Ferguson to Flint to… read more
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- history
- the united states of america
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"As for Congress, one imaginative polling firm found that brussels sprouts, head lice, cockroaches, colonoscopies, and gonorrhea were more popular than our elected representatives. Apparently, the Ame…"-Charlie LeDuff, Sh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great
24. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
By: Conor Dougherty
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis Spacious and affordable homes… read more
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- nonfiction
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25. Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka
By: Chris Lockhart
4.41
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A New York Times Notable BookAn NPR Best Book of the YearFor readers of Behind the Beautiful Foreve… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
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26. An American Summer
By: Alex Kotlowitz
4.33
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait… read more
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- history
- true crime
- the united states of america
- crime
- nonfiction
- social justice
- social issues
- sociology
- audiobook
"There are so many . . . who carry the violence, who keep moving forward enshrouded in its aftermath. Yet there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency, especially among the rest of us."-Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer
". . .you can't talk about death without celebrating life. How amid the devastation, many still manage to stay erect in a world that's slumping around them. How despite the bloodshed, some manage, her…"-Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer
"The shooting doesn't end. Nor does the grinding poverty. Or the deeply rooted segregation. Or the easy availability of guns. Or the shuttered schools and boarded-up homes. Or the tensions between pol…"-Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer
27. The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980
By: Nicholas Griffin
4.21
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The harrowing story of the rise and fall of one of America's most popular destination cities--rife … read more
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- true crime
- the united states of america
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- social issues
- audiobook
28. Wymyślone miasto Lwów
By: Ziemowit Szczerek
3.72
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Lwów – ukraiński, polski, galicyjski, austriacki, austro-węgierski, żydowski, europejski, poradziec… read more
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- audiobook
29. Wyspa diabła
By: Einar Kárason
3.40
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Lata 50. XX wieku. Thulecamp w Reykjaviku – dzielnica baraków, zamieszkiwana przez łobuzów, pijaków… read more
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30. Synu, jesteś kotem
By: Katarzyna Michalczak
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
To jest książka o relacji matki z synem, który, tak się zdarzyło, jest w spektrum autyzmu. Jak akce… read more
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31. Irak. Piekło w raju
By: Paweł Smoleński
3.97
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
"Okrucieństwo dyktatury, nędza wolności, arogancja najeźdźców… Wszystko to i o wiele więcej zobaczy… read more
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