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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
by
Aldo Leopold
5,102 members
74 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:36 AM
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2
The Sea Around Us
by
Rachel Carson
2,322 members
21 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:38 AM
Member
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3
What the Best College Teachers Do
by
Ken Bain
1,188 members
15 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2020-11-14, 04:52 PM
Member
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4
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
by
Tom Nichols
1,048 members
31 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2022-07-25, 06:33 PM
Member
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5
Introduction to Electrodynamics
by
David J. Griffiths
961 members
3 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-28, 06:17 PM
Member
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6
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
by
Marion Nestle
938 members
11 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:54 AM
Member
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7
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
by
David J. Griffiths
770 members
9 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-28, 06:16 PM
Member
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8
Female Masculinity
by
Jack Halberstam
699 members
3 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:22 AM
Member
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9
We Who Are About To...
by
Joanna Russ
686 members
22 reviews
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:35 AM
Member
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10
The Oxford Companion to Wine
by
Jancis Robinson
684 members
5 reviews
½
4.3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:34 AM
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11
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: and Other Writings (Oxford World's Classics)
by
Thomas de Quincey
675 members
8 reviews
½
3.4
Score 1
Added 2021-06-07, 10:12 AM
Member
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12
Coming out under fire
by
Allan Bérubé
529 members
9 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-29, 04:52 PM
Member
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13
The Computer and the Brain
by
John von Neumann
460 members
8 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:13 AM
Member
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14
Microelectronic Circuits
by
Adel S. Sedra
450 members
1 review
3.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-28, 03:24 PM
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15
Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands
by
Gavan Daws
449 members
3 reviews
½
3.4
Score 1
Added 2022-01-15, 12:52 PM
Member
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16
Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
by
Charles Perrow
411 members
11 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2019-04-14, 06:04 PM
Member
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17
Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics
by
Cynthia Enloe
376 members
3 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:49 AM
Member
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18
Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide
by
Linda Babcock
332 members
6 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:37 AM
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19
The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination
by
Sarah Schulman
330 members
4 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-10-27, 08:12 PM
Member
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20
A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations
by
Daniel Fleisch
297 members
1 review
4.1
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:30 AM
Member
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21
The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation
by
Gary William Flake
296 members
4 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:09 AM
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22
The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
by
Diane Vaughan
261 members
8 reviews
½
4.3
Score 1
Added 2019-03-02, 08:16 AM
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23
Addiction By Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
by
Natasha Dow Schüll
260 members
3 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:44 AM
Member
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24
Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
by
David A. Mindell
248 members
9 reviews
½
4.4
Score 1
Added 2018-06-21, 02:27 PM
Member
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25
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals
by
Christopher Payne
242 members
6 reviews
½
4.5
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:08 AM
Member
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26
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire
by
Lisa M. Diamond
241 members
4 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:59 AM
Member
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27
White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
by
Anthea Butler
231 members
7 reviews
½
4.3
Score 1
Added 2022-08-19, 05:52 PM
Member
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28
The New World of Mr Tompkins: George Gamow's Classic Mr Tompkins in Paperback
by
George Gamow
227 members
3 reviews
½
3.5
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:31 AM
Member
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29
To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise
by
Bethany Moreton
217 members
9 reviews
2.9
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:00 AM
Member
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30
Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
by
Jennifer Michael Hecht
181 members
4 reviews
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:15 AM
Member
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31
The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
by
Katherine J. Cramer
170 members
1 review
4
Score 1
Added 2021-03-06, 08:45 AM
Member
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32
Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations
by
Scott Berinato
147 members
3 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2022-01-15, 12:30 PM
Member
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33
Why People Die by Suicide
by
Thomas Joiner
147 members
3 reviews
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:00 AM
Member
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34
The Fat Studies Reader
by
Esther Rothblum
145 members
½
4.3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:00 AM
Member
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35
The Broken Mirror: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
by
Katharine A. Phillips
140 members
1 review
3.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:36 AM
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36
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
by
Kurt W. Beyer
140 members
11 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2023-05-08, 06:06 PM
Member
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37
The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live
by
Todd Tucker
138 members
8 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2023-05-08, 06:05 PM
Member
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38
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
by
Abraham Flexner
137 members
4 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2017-10-27, 07:55 PM
Member
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39
Depression: A Public Feeling
by
Ann Cvetkovich
126 members
1 review
3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:24 AM
Member
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40
The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance
by
Eric R. Scerri
122 members
4 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-11-04, 11:12 AM
Member
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41
The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines
by
Brian Deer
122 members
4 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2025-02-09, 12:16 PM
Member
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42
Classical Ballet Technique
by
Gretchen Ward Warren
119 members
3 reviews
½
4.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:13 AM
Member
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43
The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder
by
Allan V. Horwitz
118 members
5 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:35 AM
Member
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44
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)
by
Susan D. Blum
117 members
3 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2021-03-06, 08:46 AM
Member
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45
One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal
by
Alice Domurat Dreger
115 members
3 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:03 AM
Member
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46
Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
by
Justin Farrell
114 members
2 reviews
½
3.4
Score 1
Added 2025-02-09, 10:15 AM
Member
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47
In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11)
by
Helen Knott
110 members
1 review
½
4.4
Score 1
Added 2020-11-14, 05:47 PM
Member
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48
Beautiful Geometry
by
Eli Maor
106 members
5 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:42 AM
Member
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49
Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World
by
The Project on Disney
106 members
4 reviews
2.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:22 AM
Member
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50
Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence
by
Rachel Sherman
105 members
6 reviews
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2020-11-14, 05:02 PM
Member
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51
This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America
by
Navied Mahdavian
99 members
10 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2024-02-24, 12:09 PM
Member
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52
Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice
by
Alissa Hamilton
98 members
3 reviews
½
3.6
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:11 AM
Member
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53
Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure
by
Alastair Gordon
96 members
7 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2019-01-31, 07:21 AM
Member
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54
What We Know About Climate Change
by
Kerry Emanuel
95 members
4 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:06 AM
Member
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55
Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance
by
Donald MacKenzie
93 members
3 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2019-12-15, 11:40 AM
Member
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56
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind
by
David Helfand
91 members
6 reviews
½
3.4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:26 AM
Member
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57
The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States
by
Carla Yanni
90 members
3 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:47 AM
Member
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58
American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System
by
E. Fuller Torrey
87 members
7 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:39 AM
Member
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59
Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine
by
Andrew F. Smith
82 members
3 reviews
½
2.6
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:27 AM
Member
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60
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
by
Andrew Scull
81 members
5 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2023-03-02, 07:03 PM
Member
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61
Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics
by
Hillary L. Chute
80 members
2 reviews
½
3.5
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:28 AM
Member
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62
Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays
by
Leigh Eric Schmidt
78 members
1 review
½
3.6
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:39 AM
Member
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63
Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better
by
Rob Reich
72 members
2 reviews
3
Score 1
Added 2020-11-14, 05:13 PM
Member
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64
Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy
by
Samantha King
71 members
2 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:47 AM
Member
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65
Is It Me or My Meds?: Living with Antidepressants
by
David A. Karp
69 members
3.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:01 AM
Member
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66
Free for All: Fixing School Food in America
by
Janet Poppendieck
67 members
2 reviews
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:53 AM
Member
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67
Shooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War
by
Lukasz Kamienski
66 members
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-12-16, 07:34 AM
Member
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68
Principles of Computer Hardware
by
Alan Clements
66 members
1 review
3
Score 1
Added 2021-11-20, 02:56 PM
Member
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69
Down from Troy: A Doctor Comes of Age
by
Richard Selzer
64 members
2 reviews
½
3.4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:18 AM
Member
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70
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic
by
Richard A. McKay
63 members
1 review
4.8
Score 1
Added 2023-05-08, 06:14 PM
Member
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71
Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness
by
Elizabeth Farrelly
63 members
3 reviews
½
3.3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:10 AM
Member
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72
Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University
by
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
62 members
3 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2021-10-27, 07:34 AM
Member
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73
The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values
by
James L. Shulman
60 members
1 review
½
3.4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:39 AM
Member
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74
Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City
by
Matthew Gandy
59 members
1 review
½
3.5
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:06 AM
Member
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75
Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon
by
Colin Burgess
58 members
1 review
½
4.3
Score 1
Added 2022-08-18, 08:21 PM
Member
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76
Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement
by
Gary Francione
58 members
2 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:16 AM
Member
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77
Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety
by
Nancy G. Leveson
58 members
2 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2019-04-14, 06:02 PM
Member
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78
Privatopia: Homeowner Associations and the Rise of Residential Private Government
by
Evan McKenzie
56 members
1 review
4.1
Score 1
Added 2024-02-24, 11:30 AM
Member
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79
The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures)
by
Bonnie J. Morris
52 members
3 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 09:32 PM
Member
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80
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History
by
Canyon Sam
52 members
1 review
½
3.6
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:17 AM
Member
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81
Race, Incarceration, and American Values
by
Glenn C. Loury
51 members
3 reviews
½
4.3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:04 AM
Member
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82
Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success
by
Thomas R. Bailey
51 members
3 reviews
3.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:56 AM
Member
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83
Exercise for Mood and Anxiety: Proven Strategies for Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Well-Being
by
Michael Otto
50 members
1 review
3.2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:39 AM
Member
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84
Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics
by
Leonard Mandel
49 members
3.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-28, 03:29 PM
Member
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85
The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission
by
Herb Childress
48 members
2 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2021-03-06, 08:44 AM
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86
The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition
by
Thomas H. Lee
48 members
1 review
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 09:31 PM
Member
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87
The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Critical University Studies)
by
Christopher Newfield
46 members
2 reviews
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2022-03-24, 08:42 PM
Member
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88
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
by
Marc Masters
45 members
3 reviews
½
3.6
Score 1
Added 2025-02-09, 10:13 AM
Member
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89
The Discrete Charm of the Machine: Why the World Became Digital
by
Kenneth Steiglitz
44 members
1 review
3
Score 1
Added 2019-11-08, 01:22 PM
Member
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90
Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
by
Tyler Colman
43 members
2.8
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:53 AM
Member
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91
Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation
by
Francesco Adinolfi
42 members
1 review
3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:21 AM
Member
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92
Fangirls: Scenes From Modern Music Culture
by
Hannah Ewens
42 members
1 review
2.8
Score 1
Added 2021-11-20, 02:55 PM
Member
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93
Someone Has to Fail: The Zero-Sum Game of Public Schooling
by
David F. Labaree
40 members
1 review
½
3.7
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:57 AM
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94
Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning
by
Audrey Watters
40 members
1 review
½
3.5
Score 1
Added 2022-03-24, 08:38 PM
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95
Exit Zero: Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago
by
Christine J. Walley
37 members
2 reviews
3.8
Score 1
Added 2020-05-17, 08:49 AM
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96
City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America
by
Laura J. Lawson
35 members
3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:51 AM
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97
The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side
by
Marco Fontani
35 members
4 reviews
½
2.6
Score 1
Added 2017-11-11, 12:45 PM
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98
Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America
by
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
33 members
½
3.3
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 07:21 AM
Member
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99
Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs
by
Jonathan Metzl
33 members
2
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 06:23 AM
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100
Daring Pairings: A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with Recipes from His Favorite Chefs
by
Evan Goldstein
31 members
4
Score 1
Added 2017-07-27, 05:50 AM
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