5 must-read history books like Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong by James W. Loewen

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

By: James W. Loewen

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Now adapted for young readers in grades 7 and up, the national bestseller that makes real American …

If you liked the history plot in Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong by James W. Loewen , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

By: Grace Bonney

4.11

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Понад 100 виняткових жінок, які зробили вагомий внесок кожна у своїй царині, розповідають, як вони … read more

Similar categories in Grace Bonney's In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs book and James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

  • nonfiction
"Step 1: Figure out what is required. Step 2: Make it happen. (Matika Wilbur)"

-Grace Bonney, In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

"What does success mean to you?' Those are moments when I feel like I’m contributing something but I’m also receiving something. Reciprocity feels like success. (Melissa Harris-Perry)"

-Grace Bonney, In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

"I used to say I admired women who never doubted themselves, who have no fear and could just kind of roar it out and do it. But I’ve changed my mind, because I actually don’t think that exists. I admi…"

-Grace Bonney, In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

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2. Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

By: Noam Chomsky , Peter Hutchinson , Kelly Nyks , None

3.50

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

3. The Odyssey

By: Gareth Hinds

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

With bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer's epic poem, Gareth Hinds reinterprets the… read more

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4. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

3.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Black Girl, Call Home

By: Jasmine Mans

4.44

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."

-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

"Are women labeled crazy when you feel like their rage outweighs the evidence of their pain?"

-Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

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6. Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

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7. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber

By: Andy Borowitz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines t… read more

Similar categories in Andy Borowitz's Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber book and James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Imagine a hypothetical job applicant. He can't spell the simplest words, such as "heal" and "tap". Confused by geography, he thinks there's an African country called "Nambia". As for American history…"

-Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber

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8. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

By: Annabelle Tometich

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Rows of orange people sit handcuffed in a beige room. One of them is my mother. When journalist … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

By: D. Dauphinee

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"She was simple in her intentions; she embraced the challenge of seeing the thing through."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

"The young surveyor peered closer. Inside the bag were some bones. They were unmistakably human."

-D. Dauphinee, When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian Trail

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10. Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges

By: Tom Quinn

3.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantag… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Buzzing

By: Samuel Sattin

4.18

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A moving middle grade graphic novel about friendship, belonging, and learning to love yourself desp… read more

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  • middle grade
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12. Brother's Keeper

By: Julie Lee

4.34

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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13. Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Traditions are just peer pressure from dead people."

-Eliot Schrefer, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

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14. Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

By: Jennifer O'Toole

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. A… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained

By: Cara Natterson

4.28

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate roadmap for adults helping tweens and teens navigate the rollercoaster of puberty. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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16. He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters

By: Schuyler Bailar

4.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Eat Your Heart Out

By: Kelly deVos

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. Manmade Monsters

By: Andrea L. Rogers

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-… read more

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  • audiobook
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19. Fast Pitch

By: Nic Stone

4.09

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Clean Getaway, comes a challenging and he… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Fast Pitch book and James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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20. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

By: James W. Loewen

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Now adapted for young readers in grades 7 and up, the national bestseller that makes real American … read more

Similar categories in James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong book and James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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21. F the Fairy Tale: Rewrite the Dating Myths and Live Your Own Love Story

By: Damona Hoffman

3.78

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

From a popular dating coach and podcast host, a guide to dismantling the myths that get in the way … read more

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  • nonfiction

16 must-read audiobook books like Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong by James W. Loewen

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Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

Noam Chomsky , Peter Hutchinson , Kelly Nyks , None

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos

3.29

Transform Your Habits

Black Girl, Call Home

Jasmine Mans

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Abuela, Don't Forget Me

Rex Ogle

4.50

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Gender Euphoria

Laura Kate Dale

4.11

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Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

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Elliot Page

3.75

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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

Curtis Chin

3.80

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