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Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back by Douglas Rushkoff

Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back

Douglas Rushkoff

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction economics history politics informative slow-paced
The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments by Jim Baggott

The Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments

Jim Baggott

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size by Tor Norretranders

The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size

Tor Norretranders

480 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable

608 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows by Gabor S. Boritt

The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows

Gabor S. Boritt

415 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Storms Of My Grandchildren: The Truth About The Climate Catastrophe And Our Last Chance To Save Humanity by James Hansen

Storms Of My Grandchildren: The Truth About The Climate Catastrophe And Our Last Chance To Save Humanity

James Hansen

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced
Henry Clay: The Essential American by David Stephen Heidler

Henry Clay: The Essential American

David Stephen Heidler

595 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
The Korean War: A History by Bruce Cumings

The Korean War: A History

Modern Library Chronicles #33

Bruce Cumings

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 by Pauline Maier

Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Pauline Maier

587 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America by Philip Dray

There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America

Philip Dray

818 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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