University, Court, and Slave: Pro-Slavery Thought in Southern Colleges and Courts and the Coming of Civil War
By: Alfred L. Brophy
3.69
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between pre-Civil War southern univ…
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1. Between the World and Me
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.40
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live wi… read more
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"Soft or hard, love was an act of heroism."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
"You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
2. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States
By: Albert O. Hirschman
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An innovator in contemporary thought on economic and political development looks here at decline ra… read more
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3. Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America
By: Kirk Savage
3.57
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The United States of America originated as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their … read more
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4. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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5. The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
By: Albert O. Hirschman
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
With engaging wit and subtle irony, Albert Hirschman maps the diffuse and treacherous world of reac… read more
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6. Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything
By: F.S. Michaels
4.01
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2011 NCTE George Orwell Award for outstanding contributions to the critical analysis … read more
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7. The Sound of Things Falling
By: Juan Gabriel Vásquez , Anne McLean
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Juan Gabriel Vasquez has been hailed not only as one of South America's greatest literary stars, bu… read more
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8. Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts
By: James C. Scott
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Play fool, to catch wise."--proverb of Jamaican slaves Confrontations between the powerless and po… read more
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9. Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
By: Theodore M. Porter
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
This investigation of the overwhelming appeal of quantification in the modern world discusses the d… read more
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10. The Crown (The Selection, #5)
By: Kiera Cass
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illea to hold her own Selection, she didn't think she woul… read more
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11. Beloved
By: Toni Morrison
4.24
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a … read more
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12. This Time It's Real
By: Ann Liang
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin’s essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes vira… read more
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"I want this to be real."-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
"I'm not going anywhere. I promise."-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
"I hope you remember to miss me when all this is over"-Ann Liang, This Time It's Real
13. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
14. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
15. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
By: Kate Crawford
3.99
Format: 288 pages, ebook
The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more
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16. The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
By: Joshua D. Rothman
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In The Ledger and the Chain, acclaimed historian Joshua D. Rothman recounts the shocking story of t… read more
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17. How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
By: Ece Temelkuran
4.06
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Our mistake wasn't that we didn't do what we could have done, rather that we didn't know that we should have done it earlier."-Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
"Today, the voice of populist infantile politics is amplified by social media allowing the ignorant to claim equality with the informed."-Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
"Truth is not mathematical concept that needs to be proved with equations. Its singleness demands an intact moral compass, with certainties about what is good and bad."-Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
18. What Do You Think, Mr. Ramirez?: The American Revolution in Education
By: Geoffrey Galt Harpham
3.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Geoffrey Galt Harpham’s book takes its title from a telling anecdote. A few years ago Harpham met a… read more
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19. University, Court, and Slave: Pro-Slavery Thought in Southern Colleges and Courts and the Coming of Civil War
By: Alfred L. Brophy
3.69
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
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20. The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History
By: Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
3.62
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by … read more
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