An American residing in Chicago with two degrees in comparative religions. Lived in India for five years. Currently working in higher education. Always have four to five books in rotation and always up for new recommendations!
Some Favorite Genres: #fantasy #scifi #history #speculativefiction #politics #anthropology #religion #mysteries #philosophy #theology #ecology #environment #travel #solarpunk
Some Favorite Authors: Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, E.M. Forster, Ursula K. LeGuin, John Steinbeck, W. Somerset Maugham
Currently Cleaning Up my To Read Collection
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Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to …
"The Great Lakes--Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior--hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide …
"It comforts us to believe that the Holocaust was a unique event. But as Timothy Snyder shows, we have missed …
Gessen is one of my favorite journalists working today. They have such a sharp mind and clewr vision of the world as it is.
"Casi un millón de mujeres combatió en las filas del Ejército Rojo durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pero su historia …
"From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first …
"Voice from Chernobyl" / "Chernobyl Prayer" is one of my all time favorite books. This sounds like a fantastic read.
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the …
This looks like a lot of fun!
"In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters …
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
For three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated headlines in America and around the world, as …
he twenty-one stories in the book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin …
I really love Ruskin Bond and this has been a great collection of his short stories so far.
Writer, filmmaker, and organizer Astra Taylor takes a curious, critical, and ultimately hopeful look at …
This is the book version of the author's CBC Massey Lectures. You can find more about them here - www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/ideas/2023-cbc-massey-lectures-astra-taylor
I love the Massey lectures - I always listen to them every Autumn.
