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Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas

Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength

Kat Armas

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction religion emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
American Brujeria: Modern Mexican-American Folk Magic by J. Allen Cross

American Brujeria: Modern Mexican-American Folk Magic

J. Allen Cross

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Caramelo

Sandra Cisneros

439 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

270 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction history politics race informative reflective medium-paced
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

426 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance by Drew G.I. Hart

Who Will Be A Witness: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance

Drew G.I. Hart

276 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton

The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

298 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Michel Foucault

352 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0tesslaah's review
nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced