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Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

224 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda French Gates

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Melinda French Gates

7 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2019

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction feminism memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day

You're Never Weird on the Internet

Felicia Day

260 pages • hardcover • 2015

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir funny inspiring fast-paced
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Kory Stamper

320 pages • hardcover • 2017

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir reference funny informative slow-paced
Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis by George Sayer

Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis

George Sayer

457 pages • paperback • 1988

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction biography reflective relaxing slow-paced
Jim Henson: The Works: The Art, the Magic, the Imagination by Christopher Finch

Jim Henson: The Works: The Art, the Magic, the Imagination

Christopher Finch

268 pages • hardcover • 1993

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction art biography dark slow-paced
The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen

The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook

America's Test Kitchen

726 pages • 2005

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction cookbook informative slow-paced
Letters to Children by C.S. Lewis

Letters to Children

C.S. Lewis

128 pages • paperback • 1985

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction childrens inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan

The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Tim Madigan

272 pages • hardcover

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction childrens history young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced