Rank | Info | Synopsis | |
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1 | The Body Keeps The Score |
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. | Buy now! |
2 | Nomadland |
A look at an expanding low-cost labor pool, which largely consists of transient older adults, and what this might portend. | Buy now! |
3 | Becoming |
The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husbands political ascent. | Buy now! |
4 | White Fragility |
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue. | Buy now! |
5 | Hidden Valley Road |
From 1945 to 1965, a family in Colorado had 12 children, six of whom went on to develop schizophrenia. | Buy now! |
6 | Braiding Sweetgrass |
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals. | Buy now! |
7 | Thinking, Fast And Slow |
When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions. | Buy now! |
8 | The Warmth Of Other Suns |
An account of the Great Migration of 1915-70, in which six million African-Americans abandoned the South. | Buy now! |
9 | Sapiens |
How Homo sapiens became Earths dominant species. | Buy now! |
10 | Just Mercy |
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipients memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death. | Buy now! |
11 | The Body |
An owners manual of the human body covering various parts, functions and what happens when things go wrong. | Buy now! |
12 | Hood Feminism |
A critique of how today's mainstream feminism overlooks basic needs such as access to food, education, living wages and medical care. | Buy now! |
13 | Born A Crime |
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of The Daily Show. | Buy now! |
14 | The Choice |
Dr. Eger recounts her life and survivors guilt during and after her imprisonment in Auschwitz. | Buy now! |
15 | The Color Of Law |
A case for how the American government abetted racial segregation in metropolitan areas across the country. | Buy now! |