Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities
By: Jessica Trounstine
4.09
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
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1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more
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"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
2. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- political science
- economics
"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
3. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
By: Michael Lewis
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
#1 New York TimesBestseller -- With a new Afterword In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a … read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
- history
4. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
By: Matthew Desmond
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and… read more
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- politics
- economics
- history
- nonfiction
5. The Plot Against America
By: Philip Roth
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more
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6. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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- politics
- race
- history
- nonfiction
7. An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
By: Elisabeth Rosenthal
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
A New York Times bestseller "The definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America.… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
8. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The Periodic Table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
By: James Howard Kunstler
3.85
Format: None pages,
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- nonfiction
- urban planning
- history
- urbanism
10. Twelve Years a Slave
By: Solomon Northup
3.58
Format: None pages, ebook
A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more
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11. Native Son
By: Richard Wright
3.46
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more
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12. 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
By: Arthur C. Clarke
3.61
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Arthur C. Clarke, creator of one of the world's best-loved science fiction tales, revisits the most… read more
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"Almost any seat was comfortable at one-sixth of a gravity."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
"He found it both sad and fascinating that only through an artificial universe of video images could she establish contact with the real world."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
"Although Lucifer had accelerated the process, it has begun decades earlier, when the coming of the jet age had triggered and explosion of global tourism"-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
"It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course, an observation can shatter the fram…"-Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey, #3)
13. From Beirut to Jerusalem
By: Thomas L. Friedman
4.07
Format: 154 pages,
This extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about… read more
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14. The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
By: Katherine J. Cramer
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the ap… read more
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15. The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
By: Albert Camus
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on … read more
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16. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- history
17. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
18. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
By: Salman Khan
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more
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19. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
By: Michael Lewis
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
“Brilliant. . . . Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncerta… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
- history
"Regret was the ham in the back of the deli that caused people to switch from turkey to roast beef."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic universe. In this match, surprises are expected."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours"-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"The way it feels to me,' he said, 'is that there were certain ideas that I was put on this earth to think. And now I can think them."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
20. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking
By: Mehdi Hasan
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, r… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
21. Dr. No
By: Percival Everett
3.71
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star k… read more
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"You sound like a physicist," she said. "There's no need to be insulting."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much."-Percival Everett, Dr. No
"Now here he was, tailored iron-gray suit, thin maroon tie, a maroon handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket. His oxblood wing tips gleamed. He looked like a supervillain or, worse, an upper-c…"-Percival Everett, Dr. No
22. Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity
By: Lilliana Mason
3.89
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagre… read more
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- political science
- history
- nonfiction
23. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
By: Sabrina Strings
4.25
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In her first book, sociologist Strings (sociology, Univ. of California, Irvine) explores the histor… read more
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- politics
- race
- history
- nonfiction
"...the current anti-fat bias in the United States and in much of the West was not born in the medical field. Racial scientific literature since at least the eighteenth century has claimed that fatnes…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"Together, the two traveled to the south of France, where Bernier earned a medical degree in just three months. The degree, however, carried the somewhat suspect stipulation that his fast-tracked medi…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"...racial discourse was deployed by elite Europeans and white Americans to create social distinctions between themselves and fat racial Others. Black people, as well as so-called degraded or hybrid w…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"The legacy of Protestant moralism and race science as it related to fat and thin persons loomed large. Indeed, many early to mid-twentieth-century physicians relied on moral and racial logics to rail…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
24. Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law
By: Richard Rothstein
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The Color of Law brilliantly recounted how government at all levels created segregation. Just Actio… read more
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- race
- history
- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- economics
25. The Voucher Promise: "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood
By: Eva Rosen
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth look at America's largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of resi… read more
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- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
26. Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
4.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Explore the past, present, and future of housing in America, as well as solutions to its most press… read more
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- politics
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- economics
27. Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities
By: Jessica Trounstine
4.09
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousa… read more
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- history
- politics
- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- urban design
- political science
- economics
28. Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing
By: Sarah Brayne
3.67
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The scope of criminal justice surveillance has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
29. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
By: Kelly Bishop
4.52
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis
By: Katherine Levine Einstein
4.10
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Since the collapse of the housing market in 2008, demand for housing has consistently outpaced supp… read more
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- urban studies
- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- economics
31. Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing
By: Max Holleran
3.54
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement The exorbitant costs of u… read more
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- urban planning
- nonfiction
- urbanism
- urban design
