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30 books

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up on and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld

Becoming Kareem: Growing Up on and Off the Court

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
nonfiction biography memoir sports emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

9 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Sigh, See, Start: How to Be the Parent Your Child Needs in a World That Won't Stop Pushing--A Science-Based Method in Three Simple Steps by Alison Escalante

Sigh, See, Start: How to Be the Parent Your Child Needs in a World That Won't Stop Pushing--A Science-Based Method in Three Simple Steps

Alison Escalante

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
nonfiction informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Ada Magnífica, Científica = Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

Ada Magnífica, Científica = Ada Twist, Scientist

Questioneers Picture Books

Andrea Beaty

32 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
fiction childrens science inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Changing World: Cold data for a warming planet by David Gibson

Changing World: Cold data for a warming planet

David Gibson

112 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

New Suns #1

Nisi Shawl

279 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous medium-paced
How to Entertain, Distract, and Unplug Your Kids: Tricks, Tools, and Spontaneous Screen-Free Activities by Matthew Jervis

How to Entertain, Distract, and Unplug Your Kids: Tricks, Tools, and Spontaneous Screen-Free Activities

Matthew Jervis

192 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus

Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?

Junauda Petrus

32 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
nonfiction childrens emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis

I Took the Moon for a Walk

Carolyn Curtis

32 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0iwburg's review
fiction childrens adventurous slow-paced