Books By Topic

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Showing posts with label nature/environmentalism. Show all posts

Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: class, economics, immigration, justice, nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, politics, social criticism, tech

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, existentialism, family, fiction, morality, nature/environmentalism, social criticism

Bewilderment by Richard Powers (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, justice, love, memory, mental health, morality, nature/environmentalism, nonconformity, science (or sci-fi), social criticism, tech

The Terror by Dan Simmons (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: colonialism/imperialism, fiction, historical, morality, mythology, nature/environmentalism, science (or sci-fi)

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: coping with trauma/loss, fiction, love, mental health, morality, nature/environmentalism, perception/truth/subjectivity, science (or sci-fi)

Parable of the Sower (FICTION) by Octavia Butler

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: American Dream, class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, family, fiction, identity, morality, nature/environmentalism, religion/spirituality, social criticism

The Overstory by Richard Powers (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40180098-the-overstory

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: American Dream, art, consumerism, economics, fiction, fiction's role, nature/environmentalism, nonconformity, power of language, time

Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18395049-butcher-s-crossing

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, coming of age, existentialism, fiction, historical, identity, morality, nature/environmentalism, search for self

The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26150770-the-big-picture

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: existentialism, morality, nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, power of language, religion/spirituality, science (or sci-fi), time

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27276428-the-gene?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: family, gender, historical, identity, morality, nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, race, science (or sci-fi), search for self, sexuality, tech

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/412732.The_Dharma_Bums?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, creativity, identity, memoir, nature/environmentalism, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, religion/spirituality, search for self

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7905092-freedom?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, class, consumerism, family, fiction, love, nature/environmentalism, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, search for self

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology by Robert Wright (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/681941.The_Moral_Animal?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: identity, justice, morality, nature/environmentalism, psychology, science (or sci-fi)

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12527.Pilgrim_at_Tinker_Creek?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: memoir, nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, religion/spirituality, search for self

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/475.Collapse?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: historical, nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, social criticism

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.Oryx_and_Crake?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: consumerism, dystopian, fiction, nature/environmentalism, social criticism, tech

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27333.Silent_Spring?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, science (or sci-fi), social criticism

Walden by Henry David Thoreau (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16902.Walden?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: consumerism, nature/environmentalism, non-fiction, nonconformity, search for self, social criticism

White Noise by Don Delillo (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11762.White_Noise?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, consumerism, family, fiction, nature/environmentalism, tech

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