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38 books

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Palestine by Joe Sacco

Palestine

Palestine #1-2

Joe Sacco

285 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction comics history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Mitchell Plitnick, Marc Lamont Hill

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Mitchell Plitnick, Marc Lamont Hill

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman

Daemon Voices

Philip Pullman

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by Eman Abdelhadi, M.E. O'Brien

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072

Eman Abdelhadi, M.E. O'Brien

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction speculative fiction emotional informative reflective medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded by Gord Hill, Pamela Palmater

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded

Gord Hill, Pamela Palmater

144 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction comics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

223 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Serpentine by Philip Pullman

Serpentine

His Dark Materials #3.6

Philip Pullman

80 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alyx's review
fiction childrens fantasy young adult adventurous reflective fast-paced