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September - A book you want to learn from
School season is upon us. So look at your shelves and pick up that book that you know will make you a better person and expand your knowledge of the world.
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

nonfiction comics history
emotional sad slow-paced

296 pages | first published 1986

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Flags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley, Ron Powers

Flags of Our Fathers

James D. Bradley, Ron Powers

nonfiction history
emotional sad slow-paced

382 pages | first published 2000

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Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge by Edward Kritzler

Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge

Edward Kritzler

nonfiction historical history
adventurous slow-paced

336 pages | first published 2008

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Be the Person You Want to Find: Relationship and Self-Discovery by Cheri Huber, June Shiver

Be the Person You Want to Find: Relationship and Self-Discovery

Cheri Huber, June Shiver

nonfiction psychology self help
informative inspiring slow-paced

228 pages | first published 1997

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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Thomas C. Foster

nonfiction
informative reflective slow-paced

314 pages | first published 2003

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Walking: One Step at a Time by Erling Kagge, Becky L. Crook

Walking: One Step at a Time

Erling Kagge, Becky L. Crook

nonfiction essays nature philosophy travel
inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

192 pages | first published 2019

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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

nonfiction nature science
informative reflective slow-paced

229 pages | first published 2009

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Malcolm Gladwell

nonfiction business psychology
informative reflective fast-paced

301 pages | first published 2000

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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England by John Putnam Demos, William Cronon, Tere LoPrete

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

John Putnam Demos, William Cronon, Tere LoPrete

nonfiction history science
informative slow-paced

288 pages | first published 1983

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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Brené Brown

nonfiction psychology self help
informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

287 pages | first published 2012

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