Anyone have any nonfiction books you really enjoyed? I want some recommendations🤓 Subject doesn’t matter! As long it’s something you enjoyed, I wanna hear it!! - ThreadSky

The Devil in the White City. It’s the only non fiction book that I have ever really enjoyed because it was written like fiction. It was soooo goood!

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nicshrayber.com•104 days ago

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

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gvdeynde.bsky.social•104 days ago

Factfulness - Rosling
The way things work - Macaulay
Just six numbers - Rees
Letters of Note - Usher
Life - Nilsson

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robertleponge.bsky.social•104 days ago

My 3 fave books and 1 notable mention:
1: Endurance, Caroline Alexander
2: Unbroken, author who wrote Seabiscuit
3: Papillon, Henri Charriere

Notable mention to The Only Plane in the Sky, can't remember author name.

Loved all of them

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lakeofstarrs.bsky.social•104 days ago

Read My First Summer in the Sierra for the nature book club I'm in and it was (mostly) a pleasant little escape.

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lakeofstarrs.bsky.social•104 days ago

We also read Grandma Gatewood's Walk and it is steeped in inspiration. I live close enough to the Appalachian Trail museum that I was able to go see her exhibit there after finishing the book.

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blueharvestmoon.bsky.social•104 days ago

Anything by David McCulluch. Path Between The Seas is about the building of the Panama Canal. Fascinating.

John Adams (Pulizer Prize) 1776, Truman, or The Wright Brothers. All very good.

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junipermo.bsky.social•103 days ago

The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen. It’s by the childhood friend of a man, battling schizophrenia, who murders his girlfriend. Tragic but also informative about how our understanding of mental illness has developed over time.

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gerardhynes.com•105 days ago

Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies - about European countries that don't exist anymore. Some lasted hundreds of years, some declared independence and got crushed in a few days.

Reformation: Europe's House Divided by Diarmaid MacCulloch - sweeping, humane and well-written

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melindaleigh.bsky.social•105 days ago

Master Slave Husband Wife
Fascinating story of one couple's self liberation. I really was pulled into their story and felt myself cheering for each small victory and holding my breath right along with the Crafts.

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donadickinson.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Song of the Cell
By Siddhartha Mukherjee
Entangled Life
By Merlin Sheldrake

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laudss.bsky.social•105 days ago

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner got me into memoirs.

It also struck a chord with me. My mom had cancer when I was younger. My mom's been cancer free for over 10 years, but I could empathize with Zauner deeply.
The book made me feel seen while also understanding and seeing her pain.

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kingtubby1oz.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Wave. Susan Casey. Worth googling.

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shanegallagher.bsky.social•104 days ago

Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
T https://johnboyko.com/books/

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jacuna.bsky.social•104 days ago

Medgar and Myrlie by Joy Ann Reid
SO good!

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miffens.bsky.social•105 days ago

Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
"explores a range of psychological and physiological ailments and their connections to music. Its divided into 4 parts: Haunted by Music examines mysterious onsets of musical ability, musicophilia (and phobia); Part 2 looks at musical oddities like synesthesia

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miffens.bsky.social•105 days ago

parts three and four are entitled Memory, Movement, and Music and Emotion, Identity, and Music."

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jwill762.bsky.social•104 days ago

Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
by Grant Petersen

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karenbates57.bsky.social•104 days ago

Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh.

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dlane21.bsky.social•105 days ago

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onlettinggo666.bsky.social•104 days ago

Stokely Speaks (a collection of speeches and articles), The State and Revolution by Lenin, Under The Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers by Ahmed White, Audre Lorde: Selected Seminars and Interviews 1984-1992
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debaundan.bsky.social•104 days ago

I’m really enjoying “Challenger” by Adam Higginbotham right now.

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dilyokie.bsky.social•104 days ago

Devil in the White City is one of the few non fiction books I’ve read and actually enjoyed. It almost reads like fiction and the story is very compelling

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me.nzen.ski•103 days ago

“On Trails: An Exploration” by Robert Moor, and “Underland: A Deep Time Journey” by Robert Macfarlane.

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jca832.bsky.social•104 days ago

Politics on the Edge Rory Stewart?

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jca832.bsky.social•104 days ago

Or Culture is not an Industry by Justin O’Connor

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cheshire137.bsky.social•105 days ago

I enjoyed The Hot Zone by Richard Preston.

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menalippe.bsky.social•104 days ago

I had a full list written out, and was like damn they're all interesting, but so depressing.

Um, so I'll go with Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke.

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jmplourde.com•105 days ago

A mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley
Factulness by Hans Rosling
Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

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cozyash.bsky.social•104 days ago

I just recommended Oakley’s book to someone this week! I second this one. Especially for young college students!

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jmplourde.com•104 days ago

I read the book when I started university and it helped me a lot. It still help me to this day

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noondaysun.bsky.social•104 days ago

Culture and imperialism by Edward Said; Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkin; Debt by David Graeber; Doppelgänger by Naomi Wolf whoops I mean Klein.

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sswift74.bsky.social•104 days ago

American Prometheus was great!

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thomashogan.bsky.social•105 days ago

Atomic Habits was the impetus for me starting my running journey. It just took me a second to realize I had actually internalized the lessons.

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surahz.bsky.social•104 days ago

Measure of a Man: from Auschwitz survivor to presidents tailor

Escape from camp 14: one man’s remarkable odyssey from North Korea

Double cross: true story of the d-day spies

All are remarkable stories!

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siobhanblue.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Forest Unseen by George David Haskell. He spent one year closely examining a square meter of old growth forest in Eastern Tennessee. You are looking over his shoulder as he describes the activity and changes. His writing is poetry.

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seanemcd.bsky.social•104 days ago

I'm not a non-fiction kind of guy, but I loved this book

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heyitsquin.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is still a book I mention even thought it’s been a few years since I read it.

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kaybs1.bsky.social•104 days ago

I’m rereading Korda’s biography of Lawrence of Arabia—Hero; also Adrian Goldsworthy’s biography of Caesar is excellent- one a searing commentary on colonialism and the second on the demise of republic- nothing new under the sun.,.

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darlenel.bsky.social•104 days ago

I loved this book!

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hectorcoronado.bsky.social•103 days ago

My favorite book of the year, “There’s Always This Year,” by Hanif Abdurraqib. It’s a beautiful exploration of the meanings of home, hope, love & loss.

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rickee1368.bsky.social•104 days ago

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt was infinitely fascinating and so very well-written.

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camirene.bsky.social•105 days ago

“Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver

“Doppleganger” by Naomi Klein

“Radium Girls” by Kate H Moore

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producttalk.bsky.social•104 days ago

Loved Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

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aunteef.bsky.social•105 days ago

I read Radium Girls for book club, really interesting but unsettling as hell 😬

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camirene.bsky.social•105 days ago

Absolutely. I keep thinking about what will be the radium-like thing of our time. And the glowing!

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crookedbeat.bsky.social•104 days ago

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe is fabulous! The book presents context, events and biographies of the conflict in Northern Ireland and also deals with how history is recorded and remembered

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millardfillmore.bsky.social•104 days ago

It is excellent. The story of Dolours Price, her role in the abduction and murder of Jean McConville, and the larger story of the lives of IRA members during the Troubles is fascinating and affecting. A miniseries has just come out on Hulu.

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codefreedomritr.bsky.social•105 days ago

Black Against Empire. I’m about due for a reread of that one

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ceeoreo.dev•105 days ago

Ooh this is next up on my list after i finish my current one

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merrynmac.bsky.social•104 days ago

All of Philippe Sands books. I mean, there aren’t loads, sadly, but he’s a brilliant writer. The Ratline and East West Street are just astonishing. I have just started The Last Colony, which is shaping up to be as absorbing as the others.

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datalibrarian.bsky.social•104 days ago

I really enjoyed (for lack of a better word) this one

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simonrae.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Good Friday Agreement
Siobhán Fenton
Biteback Publishing
2018

I learned a lot about the Troubles in Northern Ireland from this, the background and history of the Agreement.

And nicely written.

I have others, Art History or Online Teaching and Learning but not on my shelf to hand 😕

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houseofgubbins.bsky.social•104 days ago

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nancapetown.bsky.social•104 days ago

Jared Diamond. Guns germs and Steel

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msinclair77.bsky.social•105 days ago

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charlotte-spicer.bsky.social•104 days ago

Also, From Plagues to Miracles by Robert Rosenthal, MD.

A great insight to the human ego and psyche.

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charlotte-spicer.bsky.social•104 days ago

A Course in Miracles. If you're ready, it will change your life.

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kevincounihan.bsky.social•105 days ago

Killers of the Flower Moon was really good, as someone who doesn't usually read non-fiction.

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gmatthewg.bsky.social•104 days ago

Wish the movie had stuck more to the book. Blown opportunity

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mimimcbroom.bsky.social•104 days ago

I agree, if I had seen the movie first, I would have never read the book. The book is (as is so often the case) so much better than the movie.

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theonlyjohn.bsky.social•104 days ago

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat- a nice overview of how various elements influence cooking

The Second Founding by Eric Foner- a history of the Reconstruction era

The End of Everything by Katie Mack- a good summary of various astrophysics topics

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bnolta.bsky.social•105 days ago

The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes. Fantastic exploration of the physics, history, and politics behind the bombs development. His followup about the H-bomb, Dark Sun, is also excellent.

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erajoy.bsky.social•104 days ago

Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Evicted by Matthew Desmond

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theverveine.bsky.social•104 days ago

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord; Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants; Other Minds by Peter Godfrey Smith; Humankind: a Hopeful History; Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void; and Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction

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collinsportgirl.bsky.social•105 days ago

American Sideshow by Marc Hartzman , Swanson on Swanson by Gloria Swanson, Prelude to a century: the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair by Patrick Murphy

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arkejog.bsky.social•105 days ago

“Thank you for your service” by D Finkel ~ story of how traumatic brain injury among military service folks can impact the return to civilian life. Written by a journalist who was embedded with an infantry battalion and then followed the soldiers on their return home. The neuroscience of PTSD.

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beebeesea.bsky.social•105 days ago

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe was super captivating and there is a new fictional show on Hulu that follows the stories in the nonfiction work. Show is supposed to be good!

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phall2.bsky.social•104 days ago

His stuff is a must read for me. It is excellent.

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soooz7.bsky.social•104 days ago

Radium Girls by Kate Moore
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (creative nonfiction)
Four Fish by Paul Greenberg

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missmary1609.bsky.social•104 days ago

When I grow up I want to be a chair by Ryan Rae Harbuck.

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jeanward1.bsky.social•104 days ago

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getawaycxr.bsky.social•105 days ago

wasn’t a big nonfiction girlie till i discovered memoirs haha

faves in order:

-I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
-A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
-An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison

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quadeus.bsky.social•104 days ago

Becoming Superman, an autobiography by J M Straczynski @straczynski.bsky.social, creator of Babylon Five, writer on Murder She Wrote, Spiderman, the Real Ghostbusters, He-Man, Superman, and more. His story is incredible, a truly heroic man.

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giopassarelli.bsky.social•105 days ago

How to lose a country, by Ece Temelkuran

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harperhugodarling.bsky.social•104 days ago

How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo is fantastic and a favourite of the year for me!

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distinctlykara.bsky.social•105 days ago

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. Wildflower by Drew Barrymore. Currently reading To Be Loved by Berry Gordy

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librairieserieb.bsky.social•104 days ago

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tokay13.bsky.social•104 days ago

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

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tdebuitlear.bsky.social•104 days ago

Pursuit. The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck, by Ludovic Kennedy. True war story, beautifully written.

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ghclark.bsky.social•104 days ago

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

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24hourlibrary.bsky.social•105 days ago

Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham and How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe, from the Origins of Atoms to the Big Bang by Harry Cliff are both excellent.

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tannins.bsky.social•104 days ago

Read this many years ago. It’s still with me.

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luc-novinho.bsky.social•104 days ago

Time’s Echo by Jeremy Eichler is the greatest nonfiction book of the decade.

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jacklamorte.bsky.social•104 days ago

Hitler by Volker Ulrich. Was interesting to read about the wretch that became one the worst people this planet has ever known.

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casualobserver2024.bsky.social•104 days ago

Anything written by Christopher Moore. And of course, Tom Robbins

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djeth.bsky.social•104 days ago

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

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manders76.bsky.social•104 days ago

This was good. The audiobook was narrated by the author.

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aarongodoy.bsky.social•105 days ago

Salt by Mark Kurlansky! It's about how human's pursuit/need for salt drove history

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melitat.bsky.social•104 days ago

Factfulness, by Hans Rosling. A great antidote to gloom and a positive look at what humans can achieve.

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pigeonandquill.bsky.social•104 days ago

Agatha Christie, by Lucy Worsley. An excellent deep dive into the lady behind all the mystery novels. 👌

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ctrlaltrevolt.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (really, anything by Simon Sinek, but this one is my fave)

The Butchering Art and/or The Facemaker by Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

Dr Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

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sarapucciauthor.bsky.social•104 days ago

Good life good vibes

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leehav.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Place of Tides by James Rebanks

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carinasky40.bsky.social•104 days ago

Anything by Mary Roach!

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balloonpuddle.bsky.social•104 days ago

Think Again by Adam Grant. He does a great job of breaking down psychological concepts with stories/analogies so it’s an engaging read.

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booksnflowers.bsky.social•104 days ago

Just finished this. Reads like fiction, but is true and jam packed with jaw dropping moments. Homer Hickman is one of my favorite WV authors. His writing voice is a comfort to read.

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winzillah.bsky.social•104 days ago

"The Great Displacement" by Jake Bittle. He does a good job of looking at the factors that are leading to population displacement within the US. There's a lot of compassion in the writing.

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knittymama.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Tree by Colin Tudge…..natural history of trees….going ALL the way back….sounds dry and scientific but held me from the first page to the end

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emimiwriter.bsky.social•105 days ago

3 that will stick with me:
Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner

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whatthefunkk.bsky.social•104 days ago

“The Fifth Risk” by Michael Lewis. VERY eye-opening.

“The Premonition” by Michael Lewis.

“Bone Deep” by Charles Bosworth Jr.

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jennog.bsky.social•104 days ago

Anything by Mary Roach! Bonk, Gulp, etc

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sunraa.bsky.social•105 days ago

Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book

Walker Percy

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amcphersonafc1.bsky.social•104 days ago

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor . Almost unbelievable tale of human determination in the face of the enemy

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alpineolive.bsky.social•105 days ago

Desert Solitaire and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.

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mimimcbroom.bsky.social•104 days ago

Virginia Hall was a stone-cold bad ass.

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gerdduerner.bsky.social•104 days ago

"Round Up the Usual Suspects", by Aljean Harmetz, is an excellently researched piece about the making and times of "Casablanca".

In a similar vein, I also vastly enjoyed reading Lauren Bacall's autobiography.

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tomhackett10.bsky.social•104 days ago

How They Broke Britain - James O’Brien

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andrewfherrmann.bsky.social•104 days ago

Revolutionized my thinking about surplus, aka “useless,” bodies in an exploitative capitalist health system. It’s heavy, but worth it.

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amyb-abq.bsky.social•105 days ago

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Sunbelt Blues, The Lemon Tree

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roadie2.bsky.social•104 days ago

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oldmanhippy.com•104 days ago

On Writting

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rooney16.bsky.social•104 days ago

Destiny of the Republic

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theylienn.bsky.social•105 days ago

Books I've read in no particular order going back a few years that I still think about:
-"The Body Keeps the Score" (Difficult, but fascinating read) by Vessel van der Kolk
-"The Drama of the Gifted Child, The Search for the True Self" by Alice Miller
-"Generations" by Neil Howe & William Strauss

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theylienn.bsky.social•105 days ago

-"Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research" by Stanislav Grof
-"Atomic Habits" by James Clear

Now, I ask anyone that sees this for books about the history and impacts of colonization in different countries, anarchistic organization, global social movements and similar topics.

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paliscotchi.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is a great book

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surf19.bsky.social•104 days ago

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mkuzmicki.bsky.social•104 days ago

In Cold Blood

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franflaneuse.bsky.social•104 days ago

Fascinating.

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cosmicfairiex.bsky.social•105 days ago

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batpool129.bsky.social•105 days ago

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ajdearnshaw.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Mushroom at the End of the World

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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laurasmolcha.bsky.social•104 days ago

How The Word Is Passed by Clint Smith. Really engaging, moving, and enraging all at the same time.

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iat3ntd34d.bsky.social•104 days ago

All of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett (except Small Gods, I didn't really care for that one).

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glendathegoodwitch.bsky.social•104 days ago

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ryanlajoie.bsky.social•105 days ago

One Summer by Bill Bryson

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jameeall0ver.bsky.social•105 days ago

Highly recommend Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies & Rising

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spiggitzfan.bsky.social•104 days ago

Mental Floss made a cpl history books (highlights) that are interesting & funny.
Howard Zinn's The People's History of the United States is a deep dive & very informative.

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mikadesign.bsky.social•105 days ago

I really enjoyed Educated by Tara Westover. A very unique memoir!

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phall2.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs. It genuinely reads like fiction but you can look into the basis of the story with the footnotes. It is excellent.

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mspcv.bsky.social•105 days ago

Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of her Century by Lorene Cary was very sweet and touching. It brought back memories of my grandmother.

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alixsharkey.bsky.social•104 days ago

Gotta say I thought this was pretty good

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ant1nette.bsky.social•105 days ago

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adh0415.bsky.social•105 days ago

Dinner for Vampires by
Bethany Joy Lenz

And

The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by
Edward Humes

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diamondjackie.bsky.social•104 days ago

Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston. History, adventure, travel, this book is an amazing read.

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anewhome.bsky.social•104 days ago

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meilintannc.bsky.social•104 days ago

Heaven is a Place on Earth by Adrian Shirk, Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty, and The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein!

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love45acp.bsky.social•104 days ago

https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-the-south-won-the-civil-war-oligarchy-democracy-and-the-continuing-fight-for-the-soul-of-america-heather-cox-richardson/

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drgfromohio.bsky.social•104 days ago

Mama’s Boy by Dustin Lance Black is my favorite memoir. I thought I would learn about his struggle with his sexuality.. but it was so much more.. family, grief, and the power of love.

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siobhanbw.bsky.social•104 days ago

Findings by Kathleen Jamie
Wonderfully written essays on a Sottish/nature theme. More-ishly dangerous as late night reading!

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siobhanbw.bsky.social•104 days ago

Just realised she is on here
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@kathleenjamie.bsky.social

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beth06.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Wager, murder, mutiny and mayhem on the high seas !

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sitnstitch.bsky.social•104 days ago

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sitnstitch.bsky.social•104 days ago

Wordy Shipmates & Assassination Vacation by Sara Vowell, Salt by Kurlansky, Radium Girls, Devil in the White City, Susie Edge’s Mortal Monarchs, and currently listening to Threads of Life by Clare Hunter

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meganweiss.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Defining Decade by Dr. Meg Jay

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trombonejo.bsky.social•97 days ago

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein; The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey; anything by Robert MacFarlane; Empire of Pain by Patrick Rodden Keefe; Three Women by Lisa Taddeo; Strong Female Character by Fern Brady; The Silk Road: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan; (cont)

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trombonejo.bsky.social•97 days ago

The Day that went Missing by Richard Beard; A Thread of Violence by Mark O'Connell; We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole

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itsjujubae.bsky.social•105 days ago

The Book of Juju Africana Spirituality for Healing Liberation and Self-Discovery but I’m biased 🤭

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musiccatscoffee.bsky.social•105 days ago

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee was one of the best non fiction books I’ve ever read. I learned so much

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v-k-velasco.bsky.social•104 days ago

Not Tonight Josephine by George Mahood was a really fun read!

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suejehanne.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Emortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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celesteperilla.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

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petunia-7.bsky.social•104 days ago

Into Thin Air

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tkberger.bsky.social•104 days ago

I’ve read it, what, 4 times now? 5? Have read many of Krakauer’s but something about this one keeps pulling me back.

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jonathanstreetman.bsky.social•104 days ago

I’ll go with Michael Finkel’s “The Art Thief” for some narrative non-fiction. Really fascinating.

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zhdar.bsky.social•105 days ago

"My War Gone By, I Miss It So" by Anthony Loyd. A brilliant book; one of the best I have ever read.

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trulyappalled.bsky.social•104 days ago

It will resonate for those of us who know there is nothing more thrilling than “being shot at with no result”

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zhdar.bsky.social•104 days ago

Isn't that a Churchill quote?

Have you read the above book?

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trulyappalled.bsky.social•104 days ago

Yes and yes

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zhdar.bsky.social•104 days ago

What did you think of it? The book I mean. I would be interested to know if you were as moved by it as I was.

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trulyappalled.bsky.social•103 days ago

I read it maybe 15 years ago or so when it first came out, so my memory is hazy. I recall his heroin addiction. But what I most remember is understanding the seduction and frisson of excitement from living or traveling in a conflict zone, something I experienced in my youth before becoming a mother

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devoidconscious.bsky.social•104 days ago

The last one I read was “CrazyHorse The Lakota Warrior Life and Legacy”. There was some hard parts to read thru but there’s hope still <3

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propstar.bsky.social•104 days ago

Batavia's graveyard was a crazy read about a shipwreck off the coast of Australia during the age of sail.

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alwilk.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is great. The author’s Real-life events told in an intimate and provoking way.

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theedfather.bsky.social•104 days ago

Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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lifesambrosia.bsky.social•104 days ago

I listened to Cultish by Amanda Montell and found it fascinating!

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laage.se•105 days ago

'Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right' by Jane Mayer.

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gabcody.bsky.social•104 days ago

Six Frigates. Currently listening to The Warmth of Other Suns. The Botany of Desire.

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edamamejones.bsky.social•104 days ago

Irreverent entertaining informative

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quietvoice.bsky.social•104 days ago

Red Notice by Bill Browder (and its sequel) but a wee dark for current times. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 👍 The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (humour). In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (classic)

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ddbiel.bsky.social•104 days ago

So many!! What topics are you interested in?

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xxmoonyxx.bsky.social•104 days ago

Sex cult nun by faith jones

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ctcharger.bsky.social•105 days ago

Best business book I ever read. Instead of cutting 10% of the workforce, everyone took a 10% cut. The lowest paid worker can afford the median house by design. Everyone's an owner. Every employee can read their financial statements and knows how they contribute.

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marcelleabela.bsky.social•104 days ago

“Sculpting in Time” by Andrei Tarkovsky.

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click2carney.bsky.social•105 days ago

An Immense World by Ed Yong

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cloudthings.bsky.social•102 days ago

I loved learning about the umwelt of Panamaian Treehoppers! It's a brilliant book. ♡

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eric-enbom.com•104 days ago

Endurance by Ernest Lansing. Probably the best telling of the Shackleton adventure.

American Kingpin by Nick Bolton is a fascinating dive into the dark web and modern day black market.
Both quite different but equally good non fic books

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lani808.bsky.social•105 days ago

Tales of Novia (4 book series) by Jessica Cage. I promise you will love it!💜

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gpc-4.bsky.social•105 days ago

About the Sentinelese and their island.

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g0bills.bsky.social•104 days ago

Read "Say Nothing" on my last break from school. I couldn't put it down.

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shivan.xyz•105 days ago

I really enjoyed "Six In A Bed" by Roanne van Voorst. Provides an interesting perspective of love in the present and future.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201768428-six-in-a-bed

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energycheckup.bsky.social•83 days ago

The End of Love: Racism, Sexism and the End of Romance by Sabrina Strings ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

https://www.sabrinastrings.com/books

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ceeoreo.dev•105 days ago

adding to my list! Tysm!!

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shivan.xyz•105 days ago

Oh great. Let us know what you think about it.

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sharono48.bsky.social•104 days ago

"Waypoints" Sam Heughan

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isabelschott.bsky.social•104 days ago

Unmasking Autism by Dr Devon Price

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brendythefrenzy.bsky.social•104 days ago

The Wager, by David Gran
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Barbarian days by William Finnegan

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lorrihuff.bsky.social•104 days ago

I just read Lisa Marie Presley's book.... 😪

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jpyvr.bsky.social•104 days ago

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe... About the worst family in the world, the Sacklers, and how they made millions of dollars by addicting millions of people to their patented drug, Oxycontin, and basically got away with it.

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shoutman22.bsky.social•104 days ago

Anything by Erik Larson.

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helenlaird.bsky.social•105 days ago

Neverland The pleasures and perils of fandom. Vanessa Kisuule.

Also poems by her Recipe for sorcery is wonderful.

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willisweb.com•104 days ago

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33931044-the-butchering-art

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riposo.bsky.social•104 days ago

"We believe the children" By Richard Beck. About the satanic daycare panic in the 80s

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healingcentred.bsky.social•104 days ago

Lets see if this works. I shared 4 recommendations just the other day
https://bsky.app/profile/healingcentred.bsky.social/post/3laz6fmnrn222

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kgmcbride.bsky.social•105 days ago

"1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus" by Charles C. Mann

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queenbear888.bsky.social•104 days ago

'Why Nations Fail' by D. Acemohlu and J. A. Robinson. 'Cobalt Red' by S. Kara. 'How to Hide an Empire' by D. Immerwahr.

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atomic-collage.bsky.social•104 days ago

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Kurt Kohlstedt and Roman Mars! Really good look into the finer details of urban design that we don't really think about too deeply or often. I still catch myself looking out for those details now, years after reading it!

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flygokon.bsky.social•104 days ago

A Fatal Thing happened on the way to the Forum by Emma Southon

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2slices.bsky.social•105 days ago

Democracy, Race, and Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander
By Nina Banks

Features the writing and speeches of activist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander—the first Black American economist

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thatmouthybroad.bsky.social•104 days ago

Angela’s Ashes. Still one of my favorites.

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missilltellyouwhat.bsky.social•104 days ago

Gang Leader for a Day, Sudhir Venkatesh
Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre

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intuitcreates.bsky.social•104 days ago

before we were trans by kit heyam.

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rmmcdowell.bsky.social•104 days ago

Just finished How to Survive a Plague by David France. SO good!!

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scwilliams.bsky.social•105 days ago

“The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber and David Wengrow. Its so informative and urgently relevant. also very long. i recommend audiobook form.

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davidchrzanowski.bsky.social•104 days ago

I enjoyed reading everyone’s choices- here’s my own, since you’ll be reading til well after you retire!
Forgotten, by Linda Hervieux, The Day of the Battle by Rick Atkinson, 1599: A Day in the Life of William Shakespeare, Tosh: Growing Up In Wallace Berman’s World, by Tosh Berman.

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tashaonthemoon.bsky.social•105 days ago

War Against All Puerto Ricans by Nelson Antonio Denis
Fantasy Island by Ed Morales
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk

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weelasswithabook.bsky.social•104 days ago

Black and British - David Olusoga
Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe
Soul of an Octopus - Sy Montgomery
Cosmos - Carl Sagan
Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez

Mixed bag of subjects, all 5🌟 reads ❤️

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weelasswithabook.bsky.social•104 days ago

Ooh and The Universe in your Hand (I forgot the author), but it's such an accessible read for anyone interested in astronomy, but finds it intimidating.

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dixondaver.bsky.social•105 days ago

Edward T. Hall's *Beyond Culture*

Barbara Tuchman's *The Guns of August*

Hampton Sides' *Blood and Thunder*

David Hirst's *The Gun and the Olive Branch*

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dixondaver.bsky.social•105 days ago

And Wesley Morgan's *The Hardest Place*!

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