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Failing Gloriously and Other Essays by Shawn Graham

Failing Gloriously and Other Essays

Shawn Graham

160 pages • paperback • 2019

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

908 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

5.0brockter's review
fiction classics dystopian literary speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • paperback • 1963

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

428 pages • digital • 2016

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Mountain by Steven Konkoly

The Mountain

Ryan Decker #3

Steven Konkoly

395 pages • 2020

5.0brockter's review
fiction mystery mysterious tense fast-paced
Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik

Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

Jim Kwik

404 pages • digital • 2020

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative slow-paced
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

Martha S. Jones

352 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction feminism history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

256 pages • paperback • 1980 user-added

5.0brockter's review
fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification by David Waldstreicher

Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification

David Waldstreicher

208 pages • hardcover

5.0brockter's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced