The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual
By: Jennifer Berkshire
4.16
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
A perfectly timed book for the educational resistance—those of us who believe in public schoolsCult…
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1. "I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
By: Joe Starita
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland… read more
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- nonfiction
2. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- education
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
3. Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs
By: Benjamin Herold
3.89
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, hist… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
- education
4. Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
By: Bettina L. Love
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bett… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- education
5. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
By: Sadie Hartmann
4.43
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more
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- nonfiction
"I love a good story about everyone dying."-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
6. The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence
By: Lisa Mosconi
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain shows women how to navigate menopause success… read more
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- nonfiction
- education
7. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
8. They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms
By: Mike Hixenbaugh
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas subu… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- education
9. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
By: Amanda Jones
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- education
10. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
11. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more
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"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
12. Before It's Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America
By: Jonathan Vigliotti
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us , a character-driven and shocking up-close loo… read more
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- nonfiction
13. The Faculty Lounge
By: Jennifer Mathieu
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educato… read more
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- education
14. Entitlement
By: Rumaan Alam
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind … read more
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15. Catalina
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
3.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more
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16. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
17. Everything We Never Had
By: Randy Ribay
4.50
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more
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18. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
By: Manu Larcenet
4.49
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic… read more
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19. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
By: Melissa Fitzgerald
4.49
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing as told by cast members Mel… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
20. Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
By: Brenda Wineapple
4.40
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent history of the 1925 Scopes trial and how the teaching of evolution in public schools … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
21. Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
By: Jo Boaler
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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- nonfiction
- education
22. The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual
By: Jennifer Berkshire
4.16
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
A perfectly timed book for the educational resistance—those of us who believe in public schoolsCult… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
- education
23. On Freedom
By: Timothy Snyder
4.40
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only c… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
24. On the Origin of Being: Understanding the Science of Evolution to Enhance Your Quality of Life
By: Luke Comer
4.26
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
For greater well-being, we must adapt our modern lifestyle and live more in harmony with our natura… read more
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- nonfiction
25. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
26. Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
By: Paola Ramos
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning journalist's deeply reported exploration of how race, identity and political traum… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
27. Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever
By: Chris Wallace
4.34
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing tim… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
28. The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
By: Maria Popova
4.43
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The Universe in Verse is an ode to wonder and an exploration of the human search for truth and mean… read more
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- nonfiction
29. How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
By: Kari Leibowitz
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A blend of mindset science, original research, and cultural insights for cultivating a positive “wi… read more
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- nonfiction
"Our expectations don't just reflect reality; they also create our reality."-Kari Leibowitz, How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
"We can use our language to continuously and consciously shape our experience, which influences not only our mindsets, but the mindsets of the people around us. In speaking lovingly about winter, we c…"-Kari Leibowitz, How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
"Friluftsliv is about communing with nature and with yourself, and about unburdening oneself from anything but being present. It's about disconnecting from the day-to-day in order to connect with some…"-Kari Leibowitz, How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
"Our mindsets shape our attention: by influencing what we believe winter fundamentally is--dreadful or delightful, boring or fascination--and what we expect winter to be like, our mindsets subconsciou…"-Kari Leibowitz, How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
30. John Lewis: A Life
By: David Greenberg
4.64
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Co… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
31. Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research
By: Csaba Szabó
4.30
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Reproducibility is fundamental to the scientific method. After reading a paper describing research … read more
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