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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Wendy Pearlman

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction sports challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement by André Spicer, Carl Cederström

Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement

André Spicer, Carl Cederström

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction psychology self help hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

Raja Shehadeh

160 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A History of the Amish, Revised and Updated by Steven M. Nolt

A History of the Amish, Revised and Updated

Steven M. Nolt

379 pages • first pub 1992 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history religion
A History of the Amish by Steven M. Nolt

A History of the Amish

Steven M. Nolt

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction history religion emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Woman from Tantoura by Radwa Ashour

The Woman from Tantoura

Radwa Ashour

368 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh

Wild Thorns

Sahar Khalifeh

207 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
fiction historical dark sad tense medium-paced
The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary by Atef Abu Saif

The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary

Atef Abu Saif

264 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction memoir politics emotional reflective medium-paced
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies

Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones

Carole Boyce Davies

311 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction biography feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced