Universalists and Unitarians in America: A People's History
By: John A. Buehrens
3.98
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
John Buehrens begins his new history with the observation that "Religion is people." While previous…
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Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – … read more
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"Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else."-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
2. Elite: Uncovering Classism in Unitarian Universalist History
By: Mark W. Harris
5.00
Format: 303 pages,
Eugenics and social control aren't the first words that come to mind when Unitarian Universalists r… read more
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3. Children of the Same God: The Historical Relationship Between Unitarianism, Judaism, and Islam
By: Susan Ritchie
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. Catch-22
By: Joseph Heller
3.99
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature a… read more
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"Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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"They’re not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?"-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
5. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
6. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
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7. The Sentence
By: Louise Erdrich
3.95
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
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"I'd taken a pink eraser to my childhood and blurred the pain."-Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
"A newborn baby has a powerful effect on character. But so does a toddler. A child. A preteen. A teenager. A mother changes with every stage. Some stages are within a mother's skill set. Some stages a…"-Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
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4.05
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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"John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke to hundreds of young people for his 2022 book, Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Sa…"-Jean M. Twenge, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
9. On Juneteenth
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4.18
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annet… read more
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"Why would White Texans be more obstreperous than other White southerners? It has been suggested that this was because, unlike other Southern states, Texas had not been defeated militarily. They had w…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
10. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
By: Danya Ruttenberg
4.46
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"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
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11. Universalists and Unitarians in America: A People's History
By: John A. Buehrens
3.98
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
John Buehrens begins his new history with the observation that "Religion is people." While previous… read more
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