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Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy by Eric Liu

Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy

Eric Liu

320 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World by Edward Humes

Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World

Edward Humes

288 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction economics politics science medium-paced
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator by Jason M. Colby

Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator

Jason M. Colby

408 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

Black Girl, Call Home

Jasmine Mans

245 pages • paperback • 2021

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

182 pages • digital • 2017

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative slow-paced
Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology

Jess Zimmerman

224 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction feminism gender dark informative medium-paced
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson

The Emperor's Soul

The Cosmere

Brandon Sanderson

176 pages • paperback • 2012

5.0jmarquette's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot

Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

George Monbiot

352 pages • paperback • 2022

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction nature science informative medium-paced
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food

Chris van Tulleken

376 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction food and drink health science informative medium-paced
Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament by Randall Balmer
Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament
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Randall Balmer

Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament

Randall Balmer

242 pages • hardcover • 2006

5.0jmarquette's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced