Recommended reading
Following are some books that I recommend. For more information, you can click on any that interest you.
Wild Flower– The True Story of a Romanian Girl in Africa (special edition)
This Special Edition of Wild Flower– The True Story of a Romanian Girl in Africa benefits Soroptimist International President’s Appeal. It tells the thrilling story of Nina Smart’s escape from female genital mutilation in West Africa.
read moreI Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year is the definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump’s final year in office, by Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters and authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller, A Very Stable Genius.
read moreWhen the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
In When the Stars Begin to Fall, Theodore R. Johnson makes a compelling case for a pathway to the national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism.
read moreJackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating realm they inhabit—and how this realm harms us all.
read moreTangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City
Rosa Brooks presents a revelatory account of what it’s like inside the “blue wall of silence” from street shootings and domestic violence calls to the behind-the-scenes police work during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential inauguration.
read moreLucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
The inside story of the historic 2020 presidential election and Joe Biden’s harrowing ride to victory
read moreOn Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and impassioned” manifesto (The Washington Post).
read moreKill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
An insider’s account of how politicians representing a radical white minority of Americans have used “the world’s greatest deliberative body” to hijack our democracy.
read moreReinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years: Find Joy, Excitement, and Purpose After You Retire
Lee Gale Gruen’s book offers a detailed guide for retirees, those soon to retire, baby boomers, and seniors to reinvent themselves in this new stage of their lives by finding joy, excitement, and purpose in their retirement.
read moreThe Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter backed by the USA.
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