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High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris

High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America

Jessica B. Harris

304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
nonfiction food and drink history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman by Balogun Ojetade

Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman

Balogun Ojetade

174 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Red Record: By Ida B. Wells-Barnett by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
The Red Record: By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett

The Red Record: By Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

119 pages • first pub 1895 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Saidiya Hartman

462 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Logans #4

Mildred D. Taylor

288 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
fiction classics young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
The Shimmershine Queens by Camille Yarbrough

The Shimmershine Queens

Camille Yarbrough

144 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced
Spirituality Before Religions: Spirituality is Unseen Science...Science is Seen Spirituality by Kaba Hiawatha Kamene

Spirituality Before Religions: Spirituality is Unseen Science...Science is Seen Spirituality

Kaba Hiawatha Kamene

missing page info • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing: A Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach to Bilateral Body Mapping by Cornelia Elbrecht, Cathy A. Malchiodi

Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing: A Sensorimotor Art Therapy Approach to Bilateral Body Mapping

Cornelia Elbrecht, Cathy A. Malchiodi

345 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

Listening Woman

Leaphorn & Chee #3

Tony Hillerman

316 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

5.0lotusofthoth's review
fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced