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The Making of Asian America by Emily Woo Zeller, Erika Lee
"The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject. In the past fifty …
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A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
"If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you …
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The One-straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka (New York Review Books classics)
5 stars
Six decades ago in postwar Japan, long before Michael Pollan or Alice Waters, Masanobu Fukuoka, a laboratory scientist who had …
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
5 stars
Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the …
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Pollution Is Colonialism by Max Liboiron
5 stars
In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with …
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
"From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring how we form our identities in life, …
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Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
4 stars
Interior Chinatown is a 2020 novel by Charles Yu. It is his second novel and was published by Pantheon Books …
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My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
3 stars
My Year of Meats is the 1998 debut novel by Ruth Ozeki. The book takes advantage of the differences between …
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Heinemann African Writers Series; Red Classics)
4 stars
Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa, and he is one …
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As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
"As We May Think" is a 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush which has been described as visionary and influential, anticipating …
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
3 stars
Every day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That’s where Charles …
