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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem

319 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction politics psychology race self help sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

152 pages • first pub -500 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective fast-paced
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

When the Angels Left the Old Country

Sacha Lamb

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
Weird Things People Say In Bookstores by Jen Campbell

Weird Things People Say In Bookstores

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1

Jen Campbell

119 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction short stories funny fast-paced
Jade War by Fonda Lee

Jade War

The Green Bone Saga #2

Fonda Lee

590 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

249 pages • first pub 1817 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction classics literary romance emotional slow-paced
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog

Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals

Hal Herzog

336 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by Géza Vermes

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

Géza Vermes

648 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history reference religion informative medium-paced
Canine Enrichment for the Real World: Workbook by Emily Strong, Allie Bender

Canine Enrichment for the Real World: Workbook

Emily Strong, Allie Bender

78 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction science informative slow-paced