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Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear by Jonathan Simon

Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear

Jonathan Simon

330 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
nonfiction sociology challenging informative slow-paced
McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers by Wilbert J. McKeachie

McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers

Wilbert J. McKeachie

407 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
nonfiction education reference informative inspiring medium-paced
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

Rivka Galchen

8 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
fiction historical literary dark funny slow-paced
Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence by Kellie Carter Jackson

Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence

America in the Nineteenth Century

Kellie Carter Jackson

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
fiction contemporary fantasy literary science fiction challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan

The Living Sea of Waking Dreams

Richard Flanagan

7 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
fiction contemporary literary magical realism mysterious reflective slow-paced
People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories by Ao Omae

People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories

Ao Omae

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
fiction contemporary literary short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

The Christmas Books #1

Charles Dickens

116 pages • first pub 1843 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

189 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

madgerdes's explanation
nonfiction memoir self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty

Delta Wedding

Eudora Welty

302 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

1.0madgerdes's review
fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced