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Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55643287-how-the-word-is-passed

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, education, historical, identity, justice, morality, non-fiction, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, social criticism

Stoner by John Williams (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166997.Stoner

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, alienation, American Dream, class, education, existentialism, family, fiction, identity, search for self

Indignation by Philip Roth (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6953335-indignation

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, coming of age, education, family, fiction, identity, love, morality, nonconformity, search for self

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education by Mychal Denzel Smith (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195970-invisible-man-got-the-whole-world-watching

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, education, gender, identity, justice, media, memoir, mental health, morality, non-fiction, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, search for self, sexuality, social criticism

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: American Dream, education, historical, identity, justice, memoir, morality, non-fiction, oppression, politics, race, social criticism

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17143.Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, coming of age, creativity, education, family, fiction, identity, memory, morality, oppression, power of language, race, religion/spirituality, sexuality

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30512.Paddy_Clarke_Ha_Ha_Ha?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, education, family, fiction, identity, memory, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self, time

Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir by John Edgar Wideman (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137898.Brothers_and_Keepers?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: American Dream, class, economics, education, family, identity, justice, memoir, non-fiction, oppression, race, social criticism

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51537.Amazing_Grace?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, education, gender, identity, justice, mental health, morality, non-fiction, race, social criticism

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, creativity, education, identity, mental health, non-fiction, power of language, psychology, search for self, social criticism

"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" by Beverly Daniel Tatum (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16280._Why_Are_All_The_Black_Kids_Sitting_Together_in_the_Cafeteria_

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: assimilation, class, education, identity, justice, non-fiction, oppression, race, social criticism

The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us by Nicholas Carr (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622254-the-glass-cage?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: consumerism, creativity, education, identity, memory, mental health, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, science (or sci-fi), social criticism, social media, tech

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9778945-the-shallows?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: creativity, education, identity, memory, mental health, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, science (or sci-fi), social criticism, social media, tech

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24612127-reclaiming-conversation?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: education, family, identity, media, mental health, non-fiction, power of language, psychology, social criticism, social media, tech

The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Nashimi (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18505784-the-pearl-that-broke-its-shell

Posted by Anonymous

Labels: education, fiction, gender, oppression

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (NONFICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17851885-i-am-malala

Posted by Anonymous

Labels: coming of age, education, gender, non-fiction, oppression

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (NONFICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6260997-half-the-sky?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Anonymous

Labels: education, gender, non-fiction, oppression, politics, social criticism

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (NONFICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7603.Reading_Lolita_in_Tehran?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Anonymous

Labels: education, fiction's role, gender, non-fiction, oppression, politics, social criticism

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/991197.The_Complete_Persepolis?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Anonymous

Labels: education, fiction, gender, oppression, revolution, social criticism

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