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43 books

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Adam Hochschild

392 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Erica Meiners, Gina Dent, Beth Richie, Angela Y. Davis

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Erica Meiners, Gina Dent, Beth Richie, Angela Y. Davis

5 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction feminism race sociology informative reflective medium-paced
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

How to Hide an Empire

Daniel Immerwahr

528 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Jeremy Scahill

550 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Washington Bullets by Vijay Prashad

Washington Bullets

Vijay Prashad

162 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction essays history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson

The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America

Carol Anderson

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

Alain de Botton

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Coming Insurrection by The Invisible Committee

The Coming Insurrection

Semiotext(e) / Intervention

The Invisible Committee

135 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
nonfiction politics reflective slow-paced
Cairo Circles by Doma Mahmoud

Cairo Circles

Doma Mahmoud

382 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

The Golden Enclaves

The Scholomance #3

Naomi Novik

411 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0abeltirado's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced