September 1
- The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky is about the author's grandparents and their salon-like house full of books.
- F*ck Feelings: One Shrink's Practical Advice for Solving All of Life's Impossible Problems by Michael Bennet, MD and Sarah Bennett is a self-help guide written by a psychiatrist and his comedy-writer daughter.
- Maggie Smith: A Biography by Michael Coveney
- History's People: Personalities and the Past by Margaret MacMillan is her thoughts on the people she thinks have shaped history.
- Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution by Rachel Moran is Moran's own story of being a teen who turned to prostitution.
- The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf is about the travels and ideas of German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.
- What Philosophy Can Do by Gary Gutting explains how we can improve our discussions of modern issues using philosophy.
- Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running From Madness by Suzy Favor Hamilton is Hamilton's own story of her life as an Olympic runner turned call girl and how she finally stopped running from mental illness.
- A Strange Business: Art, Culture, and Commerce in Nineteenth Century London by James Hamilton is about culture and business in 19th century Britain.
- Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things by M.R. O'Connor examines the extremes scientists go to trying to save animals from extinction and questions if it's the best action.
- Chilled: How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again by Tom Jackson looks at the past and future of refrigeration.
- Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism by John Norris is about the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who worked in a time when journalism was dominated by men.
- Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux chronicles the people and customs of the south.
- Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner examines wins and losses in prediction and explores how to make better predictions.
2 comments:
Hi,
I am in your Gotham class. I think this concept is great. It is really a niche that needs to be filled.
Thank you, Bernadette! I'm excited to check out all of the great blogs from class. Best of luck to you.
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