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Why Acting Matters by David Thomson

Why Acting Matters

Why X Matters Series

David Thomson

178 pages • hardcover • 2015

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Reclaimers by Ana Maria Spagna

Reclaimers

Ana Maria Spagna

192 pages • hardcover • 2015

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West by Lucy R. Lippard

Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West

Lucy R. Lippard

200 pages • paperback • 2013

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction art essays politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Hangsaman

Shirley Jackson

218 pages • paperback • 1951

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics horror dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Anthony G. Greenwald, Mahzarin R. Banaji

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Anthony G. Greenwald, Mahzarin R. Banaji

254 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
This House of Grief by Helen Garner

This House of Grief

Helen Garner

300 pages • paperback • 2014

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction true crime dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving

Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race

Debby Irving

343 pages • digital • 2014

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Arlie Russell Hochschild

368 pages • hardcover • 2016

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

316 pages • digital • 2017

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer

The Ongoing Moment

Geoff Dyer

285 pages • paperback • 2005

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction art essays informative reflective slow-paced