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Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

290 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Philip Gourevitch

355 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

319 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Maryanne Vollers, Yeonmi Park

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Maryanne Vollers, Yeonmi Park

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy

Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

Serhii Plokhy

404 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0alessi_rhodes's review
nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced