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Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South by Jaha Nailah Avery

Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South

Jaha Nailah Avery

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
All New Square Foot Gardening, 3rd Edition by Mel Bartholomew, Square Foot Gardening Foundation

All New Square Foot Gardening, 3rd Edition

All New Square Foot Gardening #9

Mel Bartholomew, Square Foot Gardening Foundation

272 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
Modern Sourdough:Sweet and Savoury Recipes from Margot Bakery by Patricia Niven, Michelle Eshkeri

Modern Sourdough:Sweet and Savoury Recipes from Margot Bakery

Patricia Niven, Michelle Eshkeri

missing page info • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction informative lighthearted slow-paced
Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook by Melissa Thompson

Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook

Melissa Thompson

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction cookbook emotional informative medium-paced
The Cut Flower Handbook: Select, Plant, Grow, and Harvest Gorgeous Blooms by Lisa Mason Ziegler

The Cut Flower Handbook: Select, Plant, Grow, and Harvest Gorgeous Blooms

Lisa Mason Ziegler

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction nature informative lighthearted medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Finding Me: A Memoir

Viola Davis

9 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

Jane Wong

281 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel E. Cargle

A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining

Rachel E. Cargle

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0rootedreader's review
nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced