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Category Archives: Non-fiction

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

How, and why, certain environmental factors led to sweeping civilizational changes in some parts of the world but not others.

Posted byCarlenMarch 25, 2024June 17, 2024Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation

In reimagining life beyond early marriage, single U.S. women created remarkable change.

Posted byCarlenFebruary 27, 2024March 28, 2024Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

A book about how to reorient the way we view and treat introverts.

Posted byCarlenJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

What the Eyes Don’t See

The story of the doctor who shed light on the Flint water crisis and revealed the government’s abandonment of civic responsibility.

Posted byCarlenNovember 29, 2023November 29, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

The Witches

A dive into America’s “tiny reign of terror,” the Salem witch trials.

Posted byCarlenOctober 23, 2023October 23, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools

A critical examination of high schools in wealthy suburbs, and the friction of increased academic competition between Asian Americans and whites.

Posted byCarlenSeptember 25, 2023October 4, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

A stark look at how important stable housing is to every aspect of our lives, and why it is out of reach for millions.

Posted byCarlenAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Manufacturing Consent

How media (openly and sneakily) defends the economic, social, and political agendas of privileged groups.

Posted byCarlenJuly 23, 2023September 5, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

The Great Starvation Experiment

Amidst the horrors of WWII, a daring experiment on willing human subjects to discover the many effects of starvation.

Posted byCarlenJune 25, 2023June 25, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

The Afghanistan Papers

Why the U.S. failed so spectacularly in Afghanistan, and why the government lied about it over and over.

Posted byCarlenMay 31, 2023May 31, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

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