Books like Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
12 books with a reading profile close to Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong
analytical, accessible
Ed Yong examines the complex symbiosis between animals and the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that inhabit their bodies.
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
analytical, accessible
Carlo Rovelli condenses the fundamental pillars of modern physics into seven distinct segments.
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
analytical, accessible
Richard Dawkins tackles questions that children ask about the world, such as who the first person was, what the sun is, why there are seasons, what causes earthquakes and rainbows, and why bad things happen.
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
analytical, accessible
Michael Pollan examines the human relationship with three distinct plant-derived psychoactive substances: opium, caffeine, and mescaline.
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
analytical, accessible
Neil deGrasse Tyson assembles a collection of essays that explain the laws governing the universe and the history of scientific discovery.
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Why To kill a mockingbird matters
analytical, accessible
Tom Santopietro examines the cultural history of Harper Lee’s novel and its 1962 film adaptation, analyzing how both works shaped American perceptions of justice and race.
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LONDON FALLING
analytical, accessible
Patrick Radden Keefe reconstructs the investigation into the unexplained death of a nineteen-year-old Londoner whose public identity masked a complex private existence.
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THE INVISIBLE COUP
analytical, accessible
Peter Schweizer argues that current patterns of mass migration are not accidental shifts in population but are instead calculated tools of political warfare.
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
analytical, accessible
Reni Eddo-Lodge examines the disconnect in British racial discourse, beginning with a viral blog post regarding the emotional labor required to explain prejudice to those who deny its existence.
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
analytical, accessible
Mikki Kendall identifies a fundamental disconnect between mainstream feminist rhetoric and the lived realities of localized communities.
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THE DAY AFTER
analytical, accessible
The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
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