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virilain rated Atomic Habits: 5 stars
Atomic Habits by James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading …
virilain rated The Will to Change: 5 stars
The Will to Change by bell hooks
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look …
virilain rated The soul of an octopus: 5 stars
The soul of an octopus by Sy Montgomery
"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional …
virilain rated Braiding Sweetgrass: 5 stars
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As …
virilain rated These Truths: 5 stars
These Truths by Jill Lepore
"In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the …
virilain rated A People’s History of the United States: 5 stars
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is …
virilain rated Foundation and Empire: 5 stars
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its superior science and technology, the …
virilain rated Hood Feminism: 5 stars
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic …
virilain rated 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: 4 stars
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …
virilain rated The Three-Body Problem: 5 stars
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu
Cixin Liu's trilogy-opening novel about first contact with aliens and the clandestine struggle with them over Earth's future, and its …
virilain rated Foundation: 5 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
At Home by Bill Bryson
“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”
Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian …