9 Top nonfiction books like An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba by Nahla Abdo

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An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

By: Nahla Abdo

4.33

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In 2018, Palestinians mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when over 750,000 people were uproote…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba by Nahla Abdo , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Go Tell It on the Mountain

By: James Baldwin

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a semi-autobiog… read more

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2. The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine

By: غسان كنفاني , Ghassan Kanafani

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Pamphlet

This study is a scientific analysis of the Palestinian struggle during the 1930's. It presents the … read more

Similar categories in غسان كنفاني's The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine book and Nahla Abdo's An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

3. The Question of Palestine

By: None

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Still a basic and indespensible account of the Palestinian question, updated to include the most re… read more

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4. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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5. The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

By: Olivia Laing

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

An expertly crafted work of reportage, memoir and biography on the subject of loneliness told throu… read more

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6. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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7. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

By: Anne Fadiman

3.91

Format: 2 pages,

Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epi… read more

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8. Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900

By: None

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Drawing on previously unused primary sources, this book paints an intimate and vivid portrait of Pa… read more

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9. The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.15

Format: None pages,

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10. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

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"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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11. The Seed Keeper

By: Diane Wilson

4.30

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more

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"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

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12. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy

By: Nathan Thrall

4.35

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

Similar categories in Michael Lewis's Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon book and Nahla Abdo's An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

  • nonfiction
  • history
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14. Necropolitics (Theory in Forms)

By: Achille Mbembe

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Necropolitics Achille Mbembe, a leader in the new wave of francophone critical theory, theorizes… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

By: Fonda Lee

4.41

Format: 587 pages, Hardcover

In Jade War, the sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Jade City, the Kaul siblings battl… read more

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"If you're not sure you're in love, then you're not."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

"We're getting into a dangerous game, Hilo." "You have to go where your enemies are," Hilo said. "And then further."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

"The possibility of death was like the weather—you could make attempts to predict it, but you would likely be wrong, and no one would change their most important plans due to threat of rain."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

"The possibility of death was like the weather - you could make attempts to predict it, but you would likely be wrong, and no one would change their most important plans due to the threat of rain."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

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16. Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

By: Fonda Lee

4.64

Format: 713 pages, Paperback

Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is n… read more

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"Nonreactive to bullshit"

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Don't ever make the mistake that I did. Don't show mercy."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Don't show off how much you hate a man until you're ready to be his enemy."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Only children and gods are arrogant enough to judge what they can't understand. There's no point being afraid of their opinions."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

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17. The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto

By: Daniel Boyarin

4.20

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A provocative manifesto, arguing for a new understanding of the Jews’ peoplehood   “A self-consciou… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Boyarin's The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto book and Nahla Abdo's An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. How to Date Men When You Hate Men

By: Blythe Roberson

3.21

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is… read more

Similar categories in Blythe Roberson's How to Date Men When You Hate Men book and Nahla Abdo's An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

  • nonfiction
"There do exist reasons to internet stalk someone that aren't sad or creepy: maybe you just remembered this person for the first time in fifteen years, maybe you're going on a first date and want to m…"

-Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men

"Even more than I hate commodifying myself, I hate men judging me as a commodity. For thousands of years, women have been throughout their lives reduced to their worth as sexual objects (slash domesti…"

-Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men

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19. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

By: Maya Wind

4.69

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

How Israeli universities collaborate in Israeli state violence against PalestiniansIsraeli universi… read more

Similar categories in Maya Wind's Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom book and Nahla Abdo's An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America by Sandra  Fox

20. The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America

By: Sandra Fox

3.74

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders anxiously debated how to p… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Fox's The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America book and Nahla Abdo's An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba by Nahla Abdo

21. An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

By: Nahla Abdo

4.33

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In 2018, Palestinians mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when over 750,000 people were uproote… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

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غسان كنفاني , Ghassan Kanafani

2.00

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Nathan Thrall

4.35

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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Michael Lewis

3.80

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Necropolitics (Theory in Forms)

Achille Mbembe

4.20

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

Zeke Faux

4.26

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Michael Lewis

3.80

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Gary Stevenson

4.26

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