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How to Disappear and Why: Essays
By Kyle Minor
This ruminative collection may especially appeal to writers.
men i hate: A Memoir in Essays
By Lynette D’Amico
A couple in transition finally starts a long-overdue conversation.
On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right — a Personal History
By Josiah Hesse
A man reflects on becoming an “exvangelical.”
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
By Michael Pollan
Are we aware enough to grasp awareness?
Scale Boy: An African Childhood
By Patrice Nganang
A challenging, rewarding chronicle of a young man’s life in Cameroon.
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
By Frank Dikötter
The USSR played a key role in Mao’s rise and rule.
American Poison
By Daniel Stone
A timely tale about corporate whitewashing that contaminated a nation.
Making Sense of Slavery
By Scott Spillman
A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.
