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Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

I love the way [b:Toni Morrison|6149|Beloved|Toni Morrison|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165555299s/6149.jpg|736076] writes. It's easy to get into her renditions.
Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

Richard Wright

4.0
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

Mark Mathabane

4.0
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

4.0
Light Years by James Salter

Light Years

James Salter

5.0
The Sinistra Zone by Ádám Bodor

The Sinistra Zone

Ádám Bodor

3.0
creative! an entire world created from scratch, resplendent with odors and colors. irreverent came to mind over and over again. a weird book with ample detail and richness, despite characters I had no connection to. well written. plot lacked direction.
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids by Meghan Daum

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

Meghan Daum

2.0
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography

Zora Neale Hurston

3.0
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

5.0
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by Tony Angell, John M. Marzluff

Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

Tony Angell, John M. Marzluff

5.0
so this book isn't written for technical scientists but it was informative and interesting with tons of anecdotal evidence as to the brain power and social intelligence of corvids.