Josue's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 11 Jun 2025 02:51:25 -0700 60 Josue's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg How to Blow Up a Pipeline 51686708
In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse. We need, he argues, to force fossil fuel extraction to stop鈥攚ith our actions, with our bodies, and by defusing and destroying its tools. We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines.

Offering a counter-history of how mass popular change has occurred, from the democratic revolutions overthrowing dictators to the movement against apartheid and for women鈥檚 suffrage, Malm argues that the strategic acceptance of property destruction and violence has been the only route for revolutionary change. In a braided narrative that moves from the forests of Germany and the streets of London to the deserts of Iraq, Malm offers us an incisive discussion of the politics and ethics of pacifism and violence, democracy and social change, strategy and tactics, and a movement compelled by both the heart and the mind. Here is how we fight in a world on fire.]]> 208 Andreas Malm 1839760257 Josue 0 to-read 3.94 2021 How to Blow Up a Pipeline
author: Andreas Malm
name: Josue
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/06/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> El L贸rax 2157739 64 Dr. Seuss 1880507048 Josue 0 4.29 1971 El L贸rax
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Josue
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1971
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/05/28
shelves:
review:

]]> 驴Eres mi Mam谩? 386446
A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious Board Book adapation of P.D. Eastman's classic story, perfect for babies and toddlers.]]> 24 P.D. Eastman 0375815058 Josue 0 reading-club 4.46 1960 驴Eres mi Mam谩?
author: P.D. Eastman
name: Josue
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1960
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/05/27
shelves: reading-club
review:

]]> <![CDATA[El Ascensor Artificioso (Una Serie de Catastr贸ficas Desdichas, #6)]]> 131127 224 Lemony Snicket 0307209393 Josue 0 currently-reading 3.80 2001 El Ascensor Artificioso (Una Serie de Catastr贸ficas Desdichas, #6)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Josue
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2001
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/05/16
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Una Academia Muy Austera (Una Serie de Catastr贸ficas Desdichas, #5)]]> 243423 224 Lemony Snicket 0307209369 Josue 5 3.77 2000 Una Academia Muy Austera (Una Serie de Catastr贸ficas Desdichas, #5)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Josue
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2025/05/16
date added: 2025/05/16
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[El aserradero l煤gubre (Una serie de catastr贸ficas desdichas, #4)]]> 39798124
Te aconsejo que dejes este libro ya, de inmediato. Esta es, sin duda, la m谩s funesta de todas las aventuras de los hermanos Baudelaire.

Esta vez Violet, Klaus y Sunny se ven obligados a trabajar en un aserradero donde no hallar谩n m谩s que calamidades y desventuras escondidas tras cada tabl贸n.

Las p谩ginas de este libro contienen cosas tan desagradables como una gigantesca m谩quina de desbastar, un estofado asqueroso, un hombre con una nube de humo por cabeza, un hipnotizador y, c贸mo no, un terrible accidente.

Yo he prometido relatar la historia completa de estos tres pobres ni帽os, pero t煤 todav铆a est谩s a tiempo de cerrar el libro y hacer ver que esto nunca ha pasado.

Atentamente,

Lemony Snicket]]> 208 Lemony Snicket 8490438714 Josue 5 3.73 2000 El aserradero l煤gubre (Una serie de catastr贸ficas desdichas, #4)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Josue
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2025/05/09
date added: 2025/05/09
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[El ventanal (Una serie de catastr贸ficas desdichas, #3)]]> 41722237
If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leeches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain, and a doll named Pretty Penny, then this book will probably fill you with despair. I will continue to record these tragic tales, for that is what I do. You, however, should decide for yourself whether you can possibly endure this miserable story.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket]]> 133 Lemony Snicket Josue 0 3.38 2000 El ventanal (Una serie de catastr贸ficas desdichas, #3)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Josue
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2000
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/05/01
shelves:
review:

]]> How to Raise an Antiracist 59149034 The book that every parent, caregiver, and teacher needs to raise the next generation of antiracist thinkers, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist

The tragedies and reckonings around racism that have rocked the country have created a specific crisis for parents and other caregivers: How do we talk to our children about it? How do we raise our children to avoid repeating our racist history and the ongoing errors of the present? While we do the work of dismantling racist behaviors in ourselves and the world around us, how do we raise our children to be antiracists?

After he wrote the National Book Award鈥搘inning Stamped from the Beginning, readers asked Ibram Kendi, 鈥淗ow can I be antiracist?鈥� After he wrote the bestsellers How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, readers began asking a different question: 鈥淗ow do I raise an antiracist child?鈥� This is a question Dr. Kendi had been asking himself ever since he became a teacher鈥攂ut the question became more personal and urgent when he found out his partner, Sadiqa, was pregnant. Like many parents, he didn鈥檛 know how answer the question鈥攁nd wasn鈥檛 sure he wanted to. He didn鈥檛 want to educate his child on antiracism; he wanted to shield her from the toxicity of racism altogether.

But research and experience changed his mind: He realized that antiracism has to be taught and modeled as early as possible鈥攏ot just to armor them against the racism that is still indoctrinated and normalized in our children鈥檚 world, but to remind parents and caregivers to build a more just future for us all.

Following the model of his bestselling How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi combines vital scholarship with a compelling personal narrative of his own journey as a parent to create a work whose advice is grounded in research and relatable real-world experience. The chapters follow the stages of child development and don鈥檛 just help parents to raise antiracists, but also to create an antiracist world for them to grow and thrive in.]]> 288 Ibram X. Kendi 059324253X Josue 0 to-read 4.41 2022 How to Raise an Antiracist
author: Ibram X. Kendi
name: Josue
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America]]> 198563668
Racism has persisted throughout history鈥攂ut so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it. Through deep research and a gripping narrative that illuminates the lives of five key American figures, preeminent historian Ibram X. Kendi reveals how understanding and improving the world cannot happen without identifying and facing the racist forces that shape it.

In collaboration with award-winning historian and comic artist Joel Christian Gill, this stunningly illustrated graphic-novel adaptation of Dr. Kendi鈥檚 groundbreaking Stamped from the Beginning explores, with vivid clarity and dimensionality, the living history of America, and how we can learn from the past to work toward a more equitable, antiracist future.]]> 288 Ibram X. Kendi 1984859447 Josue 0 to-read 4.32 2023 Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
author: Ibram X. Kendi
name: Josue
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[La Habitacion de Los Reptiles (Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, #2)]]> 172330 192 Lemony Snicket 8426413544 Josue 5 3.91 1999 La Habitacion de Los Reptiles (Una Serie de Catastroficas Desdichas, #2)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Josue
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/25
date added: 2025/04/25
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Si Le Das Una Galletita a Un Raton]]> 2114902 40 Laura Joffe Numeroff 0060254386 Josue 5 4.43 1985 Si Le Das Una Galletita a Un Raton
author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
name: Josue
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/23
date added: 2025/04/25
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)]]> 78411
I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this book when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, continuing on through the entire story, disaster lurks at their heels. One might say they are magnets for misfortune.

In this short book alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.

It is my sad duty to write down these unpleasant tales, but there is nothing stopping you from putting this book down at once and reading something happy, if you prefer that sort of thing.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket]]> 162 Lemony Snicket 0439206472 Josue 0 4.02 1999 The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Josue
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/22
shelves:
review:

]]> The Case for Carbon Dividends 43068694 140 James K. Boyce 1509526552 Josue 0 currently-reading 4.33 2019 The Case for Carbon Dividends
author: James K. Boyce
name: Josue
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]> The Case for a Maximum Wage 36763322
In this engaging book, leading analyst Sam Pizzigati details how egalitarians worldwide are demonstrating that a 鈥渕aximum wage鈥� could be both economically viable and politically practical. He shows how, building on local initiatives, governments could use their tax systems to enforce fair income ratios across the board.

The ultimate goal? That ought to be, Pizzigati argues, a world without a super rich. He explains why we need to create that world 鈥� and how we could speed its creation.]]> 140 Sam Pizzigati 1509524924 Josue 5
The author had me at hello 鈥�

鈥淢ost of us shy away from excess. Everything works better, we understand, in moderation. Too much of anything, even essentials for our health and humanity, does us no good. Too much food can leave us dangerously obese. Too much strenuous exercise can break down our bodies. Even too much love can become suffocatingly obsessive.鈥漖]> 4.22 2018 The Case for a Maximum Wage
author: Sam Pizzigati
name: Josue
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/10
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves:
review:
It makes sense.

The author had me at hello 鈥�

鈥淢ost of us shy away from excess. Everything works better, we understand, in moderation. Too much of anything, even essentials for our health and humanity, does us no good. Too much food can leave us dangerously obese. Too much strenuous exercise can break down our bodies. Even too much love can become suffocatingly obsessive.鈥�
]]> <![CDATA[Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments]]> 56268953 "[Robinson's] clipped and rapid narration conveys the air of a terrifically excited professor eager to share his enthusiasm with his audience. Recommended for those on either side of the aisle seeking to engage on the big questions of our day with clarity and truth."鈥� Booklist

This program is read by the author.

The editor of Current Affairs artfully and efficiently debunks a series of common right-wing arguments.

Are taxes theft? Is abortion murder? Does regulation destroy jobs? Is white privilege a lie? Conservative talking points are everywhere, and through well-funded media like Fox News, Breitbart, and YouTube鈥檚 "Prager University," the right has an impressive record of packaging its views for a general audience. Clearly, the left needs to do a better job of fighting back.

Luckily, Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson has developed a reputation as a meticulous slayer of irrational and bigoted arguments. He has tangled with the likes of Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, and Charles Murray, exposing their flimsy logic and distorted facts with forensic thoroughness and savage wit. In Responding to the Right, Robinson blasts right-wing nonsense with devastating intellectual weaponry, revealing how everyone from Ann Coulter to the National Review uses fear and lies to manipulate the public. He gives a detailed explanation of how conservative arguments work and why we need to resist them, then goes through twenty-five separate talking points, showing precisely why each one fails.

This essential handbook is a stimulating source of issues to debate and a comprehensive challenge to dozens of dominant orthodoxies. It sets a new standard for leftist critique, and would be an invaluable addition to the arsenals of the millions of progressives fighting the political battles of our age.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin鈥檚 Press.]]> 384 Nathan J. Robinson 1250777747 Josue 0 currently-reading 3.82 Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments
author: Nathan J. Robinson
name: Josue
average rating: 3.82
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/03/06
shelves: currently-reading
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Un Beso en Mi Mano (The Kissing Hand) (The Kissing Hand Series) (Spanish Edition)]]> 21395616 The Kissing Hand, published by the Child Welfare League of America, is just the right book for any child taking that fledgling plunge into preschool--or for any youngster who is temporarily separated from home or loved ones. The rough but endearing raccoon illustrations are as satisfying and soothing for anxious children as the simple story. (Ages 5 and older) --Karin Snelson]]> 34 Audrey Penn Josue 0 4.48 1993 Un Beso en Mi Mano (The Kissing Hand) (The Kissing Hand Series) (Spanish Edition)
author: Audrey Penn
name: Josue
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1993
rating: 0
read at: 2025/03/05
date added: 2025/03/06
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance]]> 55145592
In The Truth Is Not Enough, Paul Mason offers a radical, hopeful blueprint for resisting and defeating the new far right. The book is both a chilling portrait of contemporary fascism, and a compelling history of the fascist phenomenon: its psychological roots, political theories and genocidal logic. Fascism, Mason powerfully argues, is a symptom of capitalist failure, and it has haunted us throughout the twentieth century.

History shows us the conditions that breed fascism, and how it can be successfully overcome. But it is up to us in the present to challenge it, and time is running out. From the ashes of Covid-19, we have an opportunity to create a fairer, more equal society. To do so, we must ask ourselves: what kind of world do we want to live in? And what are we going to do about it?]]> 320 Paul Mason 0141996390 Josue 4
鈥淚 felt anti-fascist鈥� ]]> 4.00 2021 How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance
author: Paul Mason
name: Josue
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/03
shelves:
review:
鈥淔ascism is, in summary, the fear of freedom triggered by a glimpse of freedom.鈥�

鈥淚 felt anti-fascist鈥�
]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There]]> 44585295 Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age.

Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state's political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration of geniuses per capita than at any other time in human history. Yet even geniuses go to the bathroom, argue with their spouse and enjoy a drink with friends.

Few of the city's other inhabitants enjoy the benefits of such a civilized society, though - as multicultural and progressive as Athens can be, many are barred from citizenship. No, for the average person, life is about making ends meet, whether that be selling fish, guarding the temple or smuggling lucrative Greek figs.

During the course of a day we meet 24 Athenians from all strata of society - from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite - and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in the life of the ancient city. We also get to spy on the daily doings of notable Athenians through the eyes of regular people as the city hovers on the brink of the fateful war that will destroy its golden age.

]]> 272 Dr Philip Matyszak 1782439773 Josue 4 3.94 2019 24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
author: Dr Philip Matyszak
name: Josue
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/22
date added: 2025/02/27
shelves:
review:

]]> Educated 35133922
Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent.

Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.]]> 352 Tara Westover 0399590501 Josue 0 to-read 4.46 2018 Educated
author: Tara Westover
name: Josue
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/20
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Freckleface Strawberry 1139607
1) Make them go away. Unless scrubbing doesn't work.

2) Cover them up. Unless your mom yells at you for using a marker.

3) Disappear.

Um, where'd you go?

Oh, there you are.

There's one other thing you can do:

4) LIVE WITH THEM!

Because after all, the things that make you different also make you YOU.

From acclaimed actress Julianne Moore and award-winning illustrator LeUyen Pham comes a delightful story of a little girl who's different ... just like everybody else.]]> 40 Julianne Moore 1599901072 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 3.99 2007 Freckleface Strawberry
author: Julianne Moore
name: Josue
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/19
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> Where the Wild Things Are 19543 38 Maurice Sendak 0099408392 Josue 5 4.25 1963 Where the Wild Things Are
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Josue
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1963
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/12
date added: 2025/02/16
shelves:
review:

]]> If You Give a Pig a Pancake 826585 "If you give a pig a pancake, she'll want some syrup to go with it..."

If you give a pig a pancake, she'll want some syrup to go with it. You'll give her some of your favorite maple syrup, and she'll probably get all sticky, so she'll want to take a bath. She'll ask you for some bubbles. When you give her the bubbles...

Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond have done it again! In keeping with their best-sellers 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' (1985) and 'If You Give a Moose a Muffin' (1991), chaos is the order of the day when an accommodating little girl who tries to keep up with the whims of a busy little pig.

Fans of 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' (1985) will love this joyful new addition! This book is a great introduction to the 'If You Give...' Series, and also a perennial favorite among children. With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale,听 'If You Give a Pig a Pancake' (1998) 听is perfect for beginning readers and story time. Sure to inspire giggles and requests to "read it again!" as well as entertain and delight readers for generations to come!

Age: Preschool-2+]]> 32 Laura Joffe Numeroff 0060266864 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.26 1998 If You Give a Pig a Pancake
author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
name: Josue
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> I Love My Hair! 1235546 32 Natasha Anastasia Tarpley 0316522759 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.43 1998 I Love My Hair!
author: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
name: Josue
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> Paddington Bear 705985 40 Michael Bond 0060278544 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.26 1972 Paddington Bear
author: Michael Bond
name: Josue
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1972
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV]]> 201138
Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book庐 from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Papa, Brother, and Sister have a new favorite hobby . . . watching TV. But when Mama feels like they are missing out on all the wonderful things around them, she makes a plan to get them away from the TV and into the outdoors. Includes over 50 bonus stickers!]]> 32 Stan Berenstain 0394865707 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.06 1984 The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV
author: Stan Berenstain
name: Josue
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1984
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room]]> 900065 Publishers Weekly.]]> 32 Stan Berenstain 0394856392 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.18 1983 The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room
author: Stan Berenstain
name: Josue
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1983
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> <![CDATA[I Was So Mad (A Golden Look-Look Book)]]> 386421 Mercer Mayer鈥檚 Little Critter is having quite the grumpy day in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book.

Here, the Critter family says 'No' to just about everything Little Critter wants to do. He can't keep frogs in the tub, or help paint the house. Finally, mad at the world, Little Critter announces he won't put up with it anymore! Thankfully, he latter reconsiders. Whether he鈥檚 cranky on the slide or stubborn in the sandbox, everyone will relate to this beloved story. A perfect way to teach children about their emotions and how to deal with them!

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter stories, which address all the major issues of growing up, are perennial favorites of parents and children alike.]]> 24 Mercer Mayer 0307119394 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.23 1983 I Was So Mad (A Golden Look-Look Book)
author: Mercer Mayer
name: Josue
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1983
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> No, David! 1062516 David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words:

No, David!

...And a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. But some things never change...

Here's the semi-autobiographical story of writer and artist David Shannon, the once little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!", and this is his story.

David Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington. He has written and illustrated numerous popular books for children, including How Georgie Saved Baseball, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists: and most recently A Bad Case of Stripes, a selection of the Junior Library Guild. In 1996, he also Illustrated Audrey Wood's The Bunyans, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ABC Children's Bookseller' Choice award Winner. David Shannon lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Heidi, and their dog, Fergus.

Edition ISBN: 9780590930024
Edition MSRP: $17鈦光伖 USD / $19鈦光伖 CAN]]> 32 David Shannon 0590930028 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.16 1998 No, David!
author: David Shannon
name: Josue
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 293595 32 Bill Martin Jr. 068983568X Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.25 1989 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
author: Bill Martin Jr.
name: Josue
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1989
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> Corduroy 231850 Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time...

Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he's the bear she's always wanted. Her mother, though, thinks he's a little shopworn鈥攈e's even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself up and be just the bear for Lisa. And where better to start than with a quick search through the department store for a new button!

Corduroy, with his unaffected simplicity and childlike emotion, is one of the best-loved bears in children's books. His story has become an irresistible childhood classic, as basic and appealing as a small bear's desire for a home and a friend and the perfect fulfillment found in the devotion of a young girl.

Don Freeman was born in San Diego, California, and moved to New York City to study art, making his living as a jazz trumpeter. With this loss of his trumpet on a subway train, Mr. Freeman turned his talents to art full-time. In the 1940s he began writing and illustrating children's books; his many popular titles include Beady Bear, Dandelion, Mop Top, Norman the Doorman, and his follow-up to Corduroy, A Pocket For Corduroy. At the time of his death in 1978, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Ingeniousness and humor, theatricality and commonality, humanity and beauty: these elements survive in his picture books."

Edition MSRP: U.S. $16鈦光伖 / CAN. $21鈦扳伆 (ISBN 978-0-670-24133-0)
Reinforced Binding. Age Group: 3-8.]]> 32 Don Freeman 0670241334 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.33 1968 Corduroy
author: Don Freeman
name: Josue
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1968
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)]]> 8073 An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a favorite of grown-ups and children everywhere.

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town鈥攅xcept for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers.

Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. The town was a mess and the people feared for their lives.

Something had to be done, and in a hurry.

Edition MSRP: $7鈦光伖 U.S. / $9鈦光伖 CAN (978-0-689-70749-0)]]> 32 Judi Barrett 0689707495 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.18 1978 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)
author: Judi Barrett
name: Josue
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1978
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> Love You Forever 310259 An extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent feels for their child鈥攆orever.

"A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever. I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be."

So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in l986, "Love You Forever" has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of translated copies around the world).

Sheila McGraw's soft and colorful pastels perfectly complement the sentiment of the book鈥攐ne that will be read repeatedly for years.]]> 32 Robert Munsch 0920668372 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.37 1986 Love You Forever
author: Robert Munsch
name: Josue
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1986
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> The Rainbow Fish 766020 The Rainbow Fish is an international bestseller and a modern classic. Eye-catching foilstamping, glittering on every page, offers instant child-appeal, but it is the universal message at the heart of this simple story about a beautiful fish, who learns to make friends by sharing his most prized possessions, that gives the book its lasting value.]]> 32 Marcus Pfister 1558580093 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.21 1992 The Rainbow Fish
author: Marcus Pfister
name: Josue
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1992
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs]]> 125507 You thought you knew the story of the 鈥淭he Three Little Pigs鈥濃� You thought wrong.
听
In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of 鈥淭he Three Little Pigs.鈥漖]> 32 Jon Scieszka 0140544518 Josue 0 to-read, reading-club 4.32 1989 The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Josue
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1989
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/12
shelves: to-read, reading-club
review:

]]> Antiracist Baby 52535437 Antiracist Baby introduces the youngest readers and the grown-ups in their lives to the concept and power of antiracism. Providing the language necessary to begin critical conversations at the earliest age, Antiracist Baby is the perfect gift for readers of all ages dedicated to forming a just society.]]> 24 Ibram X. Kendi 0593110412 Josue 0 to-read 4.03 2020 Antiracist Baby
author: Ibram X. Kendi
name: Josue
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/02/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Los carpinchos 57360468 48 Alfredo Soderguit 8412060083 Josue 5 Must read]]> 4.63 2020 Los carpinchos
author: Alfredo Soderguit
name: Josue
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/06
date added: 2025/02/06
shelves:
review:
Truly an allegory for solidarity across class, ethnicity, heritage and more!
Must read
]]> <![CDATA[Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation]]> 5199185 "Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes."

For Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene is perfume, this is not just an official slogan. It is a mantra, a duty, a way of life in a tightly monitored world where thinking is dangerous and books are forbidden.

In 1953, Ray Bradbury envisioned one of the world's most unforgettable dystopian futures, and in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the artist Tim Hamilton translates this frightening modern masterpiece into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel. As could only occur with Bradbury's full cooperation in this authorized adaptation, Hamilton has created a striking work of art that uniquely captures Montag's awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature.

Including an original foreword by Ray Bradbury and fully depicting the brilliance and force of his canonic and beloved masterwork, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is an exceptional, haunting work of graphic literature.]]> 151 Tim Hamilton 080905101X Josue 5 3.94 2009 Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
author: Tim Hamilton
name: Josue
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/06
date added: 2025/02/06
shelves:
review:

]]> 1984: The Graphic Novel 48930315 1984,听London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called the Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

With evocative, immersive art from Fido Nesti, this vision of George Orwell鈥檚 dystopian masterpiece provides a new perspective for longtime fans but is also an accessible entry point for young readers and adults who have yet to discover the iconic story that is still so relevant today.]]> 224 Fido Nesti 0358359929 Josue 5 4.23 2020 1984: The Graphic Novel
author: Fido Nesti
name: Josue
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/30
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[La oruga muy hambrienta (Spanish Edition)]]> 336162 16 Eric Carle 0399219331 Josue 5 4.19 1969 La oruga muy hambrienta (Spanish Edition)
author: Eric Carle
name: Josue
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1969
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/29
date added: 2025/01/29
shelves:
review:

]]> El 谩rbol generoso 41895 40 Shel Silverstein 9806053443 Josue 5 4.33 1964 El 谩rbol generoso
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Josue
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1964
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/22
date added: 2025/01/29
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education]]> 63689360 Their education has been stolen from them. Activists have spent the last forty to fifty years taking over education and transforming it into something not mere indoctrination but brainwashing. The transformation of education from education to neo-Marxist thought reform follows significantly from the work of a Brazilian Marxist by the name of Paulo Freire, who is little-known outside of South America and colleges of education. In this book, The Marxification of Education, James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses, breaks down the contents and impact of Freire鈥檚 disastrous work so that you can understand it and, hopefully, put a stop to it.

James Lindsay is an author, internationally recognized speaker, and the founder and president of New Discourses. He is best known for his relentless criticism of "Woke" ideology, the now-famous Grievance Studies Affair, and his bestselling books including Race Marxism and Cynical Theories, which has been translated into over a dozen languages. In addition to writing and speaking, Lindsay is the voice of the New Discourses Podcast and has been a guest on prominent media outlets including The Joe Rogan Experience, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and NPR.]]> 210 James Lindsay Josue 3 4.08 2022 The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire's Critical Marxism and the Theft of Education
author: James Lindsay
name: Josue
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/29
date added: 2025/01/29
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition]]> 55789065 A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug.

Timothy Snyder's New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used today could affect tomorrow; an urgent reminder to research everything for yourself and to the fullest extent; a point to use personalized and individualized speech rather than cliched phrases for the sake of mass appeal; and more.

In this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive art style in Belonging--at once a graphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative, and trove of memories--to breathe new life, color, and power into Snyder's riveting historical references, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visually striking rumination. In a time of great uncertainty and instability, this edition of On Tyranny emphasizes the importance of being active, conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance.]]> 128 Timothy Snyder 1984860399 Josue 5 4.48 2017 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition
author: Timothy Snyder
name: Josue
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/28
shelves:
review:

]]> Meditations 30659 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.]]> 254 Marcus Aurelius 0140449337 Josue 4 4.29 180 Meditations
author: Marcus Aurelius
name: Josue
average rating: 4.29
book published: 180
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Mi mundo adorado My beloved world: Memoria / Memory (Spanish Edition)]]> 17130353 The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.

Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself. 听She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney鈥檚 office, private practice, and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of forty. Along the way we see how she was shaped by her invaluable mentors, a failed marriage, and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, America鈥檚 infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book, destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery.

]]> 352 Sonia Sotomayor 0345804090 Josue 5 4.28 2013 Mi mundo adorado My beloved world: Memoria / Memory (Spanish Edition)
author: Sonia Sotomayor
name: Josue
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/22
date added: 2025/01/22
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation]]> 35794821
Adapted by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonsky, and authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, this is the first graphic edition of The Diary and includes extensive quotation directly from the definitive edition. It remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this classic work of Holocaust literature.]]> 151 Ari Folman Josue 5 4.37 2017 Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
author: Ari Folman
name: Josue
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/20
date added: 2025/01/22
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Story of the Jews : A 4,000-Year Adventure]]> 553824 304 Stan Mack 1580231551 Josue 5 4.03 1998 The Story of the Jews : A 4,000-Year Adventure
author: Stan Mack
name: Josue
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/19
date added: 2025/01/20
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution]]> 20299686 A full-color, lushly illustrated graphic novel that recounts the many-layered past and present of beer through dynamic pairings of pictures and meticulously researched insight into the history of the world's favorite brew.
Starting from about 7,000 BC,听The Comic Book Story of Beer traces beer's influence through world history, encapsulating early man's experiments with fermentation, the rise and fall of Ancient Rome, the (often beer-related) factors that led Europe out of the Dark Ages, the Age of Exploration, the spread of capitalism, the Reformation, and on up to the contemporary explosion of craft brewing. No book has ever told the story of beer in a graphic format as a liberating or emancipating force that improved the life of everyday people. Visually riffing on abstract subjects like pasteurization, "original gravity," and "lagering," artist Aaron McConnell has a flair for cinematic action and demonstrates versatility in depicting characters and episodes from beer's rich history. Hand-drawn in a classic, accessible style,听The Comic Book Story of Beer听makes a great gift, and will appeal to the most avid comic book geek and those who live for beer.]]> 180 Jonathan Hennessey 1607746352 Josue 5 4.02 2015 The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution
author: Jonathan Hennessey
name: Josue
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/01/18
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics]]> 36325824
Comics for Choice is edited by Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor, and 脴.K. Fox, and contains comics from exciting cartoonists like Sophia Foster-Dimino (Sex Fantasy), Leah Hayes (Not Funny Ha-Ha), Anna Bongiovanni (Grease Bats), Jennifer Camper (Rude Girls and Dangerous Women), Ally Shwed (Sex Bomb Strikes Again) and Kat Fajardo (Gringa!, La Raza Anthology), and reproductive justice scholars like Rickie Solinger, (Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know) Renee Bracey Sherman (Program Director, We Testify), and Dr. Cynthia Greenlee (Senior Editor, Rewire).

6.625"x10.25", 300 pages, perfect-bound, color cover with b&w interior.]]> 300 Hazel Newlevant Josue 0 to-read 4.36 2017 Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics
author: Hazel Newlevant
name: Josue
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross]]> 368632 Professor Allegro (Univ. of Manchester) has hitherto been known for his several excellent books on the Dead Sea Scrolls. In an unusual reversal, he has now produced a book that will make The Passover Plot seem the last refuge of theological ultra-conservatism. The thesis of the book is simple enough: Jesus did not exist, the Gospels were & are a hoax, & Christianity is the atavistic vestige of an ancient fertility cult in which the object of worship was a peculiarly phallic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, capable of producing psychedelic reactions. As farfetched as all this may seem, it cannot be denied that he has brought to this work the same care & scholarly detachment that have characterized his earlier, & more conventional, works; & he has made not one concession to the sensational nature of his thesis. The book is, in fact, a demanding one, which presupposes in the reader at least a working knowledge of the ancient Semitic tongues & of the sciences considered auxiliary to biblical studies. Only the most determined non-professional iconoclast will be willing to wade through his unrelenting jargon. None of which, of course, will affect the demand for what is probably to become a very controversial work.--Kirkus (edited)]]> 381 John Marco Allegro 0340128755 Josue 5 3.54 1970 The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
author: John Marco Allegro
name: Josue
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1970
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves:
review:

]]> Dune (Dune, #1) 44767458
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul鈥檚 family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad鈥橠ib, he will bring to fruition humankind鈥檚 most ancient and unattainable dream.]]> 658 Frank Herbert 059309932X Josue 4 4.33 1965 Dune (Dune, #1)
author: Frank Herbert
name: Josue
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1965
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/17
date added: 2025/01/17
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel]]> 43261020 A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel.

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

In 1945, George Orwell, called "the conscience of his generation," created an enduring, devastating story of new tyranny replacing old, and power corrupting even the noblest of causes. Today it is all too clear that Orwell's masterpiece is still fiercely relevant wherever cults of personality thrive, truths are twisted by those in power, and freedom is under attack.

Now, in this fully authorized edition, the artist Odyr translates the world and message of Animal Farm into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel. Old Major, Napoleon, Squealer, Snowball, Boxer, and all the animals of Animal Farm come to life in this newly envisaged classic. From his individual brushstrokes to the freedom of his page design, Odyr's adaptation seamlessly moves between satire and fable and will appeal to all ages, just as Orwell intended.]]> 176 Odyr 0358093155 Josue 5 4.21 2018 Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel
author: Odyr
name: Josue
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/14
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel]]> 40766383 Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us.

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.

Provocative, startling, prophetic, The Handmaid's Tale has long been a global phenomenon. With this stunning graphic novel adaptation of Margaret Atwood's modern classic, beautifully realized by artist Renee Nault, the terrifying reality of Gilead has been brought to vivid life like never before.]]> 240 Ren茅e Nault 038553924X Josue 5 4.22 2019 The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
author: Ren茅e Nault
name: Josue
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/14
date added: 2025/01/14
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization]]> 57924373 Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari鈥檚 #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution鈥攚hen humans fell into a trap we鈥檝e yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns.

What if humanity鈥檚 major woes鈥攚ar, plague, famine and inequality鈥攐riginated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy of productivity and efficiency? What if by seeking to control plants and animals, humans ended up being controlled by kings, priests, and Kafkaesque bureaucracy? Volume 2 of Sapiens: A Graphic History 鈥� The Pillars of Civilization explores a crucial chapter in human development: the Agricultural Revolution. This is the story of how wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, plague, famine, and inequality became an intractable feature of the human condition.

But it鈥檚 not all doom and gloom with this book鈥檚 cast of entertaining characters and colorful humorous scenes. Yuval, Zoe, Prof. Saraswati, Cindy and Bill (now farmers), Detective Lopez, and Dr. Fiction, all introduced in Volume 1, once again travel the length and breadth of human history, this time investigating the impact the Agricultural Revolution has had on our species. The cunning Mephisto shows them how to ensnare humans, King Hammurabi lays down the law, and Confucius explains harmonious society. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy; the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News; the story of urbanization is portrayed as a travel brochure, offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China; and the history of inequality unfolds in a superhero detective story; with guest appearances by historical and cultural personalities throughout such as Thomas Jefferson, Scarlett O'Hara, Margaret Thatcher, and John Lennon.

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 is a radical, witty and colorful retelling of the story of humankind for adults and young adults, and can be read on its own or in sequence with Volume I.]]> 256 David Vandermeulen 0063212234 Josue 5 4.24 2021 Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization
author: David Vandermeulen
name: Josue
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/13
date added: 2025/01/13
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Opal Deception: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels, #4)]]> 18781039 112 Eoin Colfer 1423145496 Josue 5 4.13 2014 The Opal Deception: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels, #4)
author: Eoin Colfer
name: Josue
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. The Graphic Novel]]> 17170412
But his last job plan goes awry, leaving his loyal bodyguard, Butler, mortally injured. Artemis鈥檚 only hope of saving his friend is to enlist the help of his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out. . . .

Praise for The Eternity Code:

鈥淩eaders will burn the midnight oil to the finish.鈥� 鈥擯ublishers Weekly (starred review)

鈥�. . . the action is fast and furious, the humor is abundant, characterizations are zany, and the boy genius works wonders鈥攁ll of which add up to another wild ride for Artemis鈥檚 fans.鈥� 鈥擝ooklist

鈥淐olfer鈥檚 young antihero might be getting more likeable all the time, but that hasn鈥檛 taken the edge off the Tom-Clancy-meets-Harry-Potter action.鈥� 鈥擜mazon.com]]> 112 Eoin Colfer 1423145771 Josue 5 4.04 2013 Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. The Graphic Novel
author: Eoin Colfer
name: Josue
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels, #2)]]> 5280062 The Arctic Incident, Book Two of this exciting new series. Colfer's mythical world, which features a secret underground community populated by fairies, satyrs, trolls, and gnomes who frequently find themselves at odds with the above-ground humans, offers a perfect blend of humor, magic, fantasy, and conflict.


In the first book of the series, Artemis battled both the underground inhabitants and Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police force. He also lost his beloved father, who is assumed to be dead. Now, after receiving a mysterious video email, Artemis finds himself in need of help from his recent enemies. The video shows a man bearing a striking resemblance to Artemis's father, sitting in the wasteland of arctic Russia. Artemis sets off to rescue the man, but first he must enlist some magical assistance.


Down in the underground world, chaos has arisen. An unknown traitor has stolen forbidden weapons and armed a horde of trolls, setting them loose to wreak havoc on the citizens. Clues lead Captain Holly Short straight to Artemis, and she exacts a small bit of revenge by kidnapping him, just as he once kidnapped her. But soon she learns that Artemis isn't behind the chaos, and if she's to have any hope of stopping it, she will need his help. As a result, these onetime adversaries must now join forces -- a mix that proves to be both charming and volatile.


Colfer has combined the magical appeal of 's Harry Potter series with a fantasy world reminiscent of 's. By stirring a few intriguingly conflicted characters and lots of nonstop action into the mix, he's created a winning recipe guaranteed to keep young readers glued to the pages for hours. (Beth Amos)

]]> 128 Eoin Colfer 1423114078 Josue 5 4.10 2009 The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels, #2)
author: Eoin Colfer
name: Josue
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels, #1)]]> 114725 In 2001, audiences first met and fell in love with a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind named Artemis Fowl. Since then, the series has sold over seven million copies in the United States alone. Now, this phenomenally successful series is being translated into a graphic novel format. Eoin Colfer has teamed up with established comic writer Andrew Donkin to adapt the text. For the first time, rabid fans will be able to see what Foaly's tin hat looks like; discover just how "Beet" Root got his name; and of course, follow their favorite criminal mastermind as he plots and connives in action-packed, full-color panels.]]> 128 Eoin Colfer 0786848812 Josue 5 3.72 2007 Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels, #1)
author: Eoin Colfer
name: Josue
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/12
date added: 2025/01/12
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability]]> 6402548
A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future.

In this remarkable challenge to conventional thinking about the environment, David Owen argues that the greenest community in the United States is not Portland, Oregon, or Snowmass, Colorado, but New York, New York.

Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water than other Americans. They live in smaller spaces, discard less trash, and, most important of all, spend far less time in automobiles. Residents of Manhattan鈥� the most densely populated place in North America 鈥攔ank first in public-transit use and last in percapita greenhouse-gas production, and they consume gasoline at a rate that the country as a whole hasn鈥檛 matched since the mid-1920s, when the most widely owned car in the United States was the Ford Model T. They are also among the only people in the United States for whom walking is still an important means of daily transportation.

These achievements are not accidents. Spreading people thinly across the countryside may make them feel green, but it doesn鈥檛 reduce the damage they do to the environment. In fact, it increases the damage, while also making the problems they cause harder to see and to address. Owen contends that the environmental problem we face, at the current stage of our assault on the world鈥檚 nonrenewable resources, is not how to make teeming cities more like the pristine countryside. The problem is how to make other settled places more like Manhattan, whose residents presently come closer than any other Americans to meeting environmental goals that all of us, eventually, will have to come to terms with.]]> 368 David Owen 1594488827 Josue 5 3.73 2009 Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability
author: David Owen
name: Josue
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/11
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color]]> 53260224 This explosive book of history and cultural criticism argues that white feminism has been a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women and all colonized women. It offers a long-overdue validation of the experiences of women of color. Taking us from the slave era鈥攚hen white women fought in court to keep "ownership" of their slaves鈥攖hrough the centuries of colonialism鈥攚hen they offered a soft face for brutal tactics鈥攖o the modern workplace, White Tears/Brown Scars

Examining subjects as varied as The Hunger Games, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the viral BBQ Becky video, and nineteenth-century lynchings of Mexicans in the American Southwest, Ruby Hamad builds a powerful argument about the entrenched systems of white supremacy that we are socialized within, a reality that we must apprehend in order to fight.]]> 284 Ruby Hamad 194822674X Josue 0 to-read 4.56 2020 White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
author: Ruby Hamad
name: Josue
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/10
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir 219129379 A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182.

This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents鈥� bitter divorce, moves around the country, switches identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meets his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.

Bassist, songwriter, and vocalist for renowned pop-punk trailblazers blink-182, Mark Hoppus, tells his story in听Fahrenheit-182. A memoir that paints a vivid picture of what it was like to come of age in the 1980s as a latchkey kid hooked on punk rock, skateboards, and MTV; Mark Hoppus shares how he came of age and forms one of the biggest bands of his generation. Threaded through with the very human story of a constant battle with anxiety and Mark鈥檚 public battle and triumph over cancer,听Fahrenheit-182听is a delight for fans and also a funny, smart, and relatable memoir for anyone who has wanted to quit but kept going.]]> 400 Mark Hoppus 0063318911 Josue 0 to-read 4.55 2025 Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
author: Mark Hoppus
name: Josue
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2025
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/09
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Candide 19380 Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that 鈥� contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss 鈥� all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.]]> 129 Voltaire 0486266893 Josue 4 3.76 1759 Candide
author: Voltaire
name: Josue
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1759
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind]]> 54110137 A hardcover edition of the first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's smash #1 New York Times and international bestseller recommended by President Barack Obama and Bill Gates, with gorgeous full-color illustrations and concise, easy to comprehend text for readers of all ages.

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one鈥攈omo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?

In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind鈥檚 creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be 鈥渉uman.鈥� From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted beliefs, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and view specific events within the context of larger ideas.听

Featuring 256 pages of full-color illustrations and easy-to-understand text covering the first part of the full-length original edition, this adaptation of the mind-expanding book furthers the ongoing conversation as it introduces Harari鈥檚 ideas to a wide new readership.]]> 248 David Vandermeulen 0063055082 Josue 5 4.36 2020 Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind
author: David Vandermeulen
name: Josue
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
shelves:
review:

]]> On Democracy 41154341 240 E.B. White 0062905430 Josue 5 4.26 2019 On Democracy
author: E.B. White
name: Josue
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves:
review:

]]> Left Is Not Woke 63091958
The intellectual roots and resources of wokeism conflict with ideas that have guided the left for more than 200 years: a commitment to universalism, a firm distinction between justice and power, and a belief in the possibility of progress. Without these ideas, Neiman argues, they will continue to undermine their own goals and drift, inexorably and unintentionally, towards the right. In the long run, they risk becoming what they despise.

One of the world's leading philosophical voices, Neiman makes this case by tracing the malign influence of two titans of twentieth-century thought, Michel Foucault and Carl Schmitt, whose work undermined ideas of justice and progress and portrayed social life as an eternal struggle of us against them. A generation schooled with these voices in their heads, raised in a broader culture shaped by the ruthless ideas of neoliberalism and evolutionary psychology, has set about changing the world. It's time they thought again.]]> 201 Susan Neiman 1509558314 Josue 3 3.63 2023 Left Is Not Woke
author: Susan Neiman
name: Josue
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016鈥�2021]]> 57615583 A chronicle of events that shook the world from the author of Capital in the Twenty鈥慒irst Century

Over the past four years, world鈥憆enowned economist Thomas Piketty documented his close observations on current events through a regular column in the French newspaper Le Monde. His pen captured the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Macron鈥檚 ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always through the lens of Piketty鈥檚 fight for a more equitable world.
听
This collection brings together those articles and is prefaced by an extended introductory essay, in which Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hypercapitalism that defines our current economic ideology. These essays offer a first draft of history from one of the world鈥檚 leading economists and public figures, detailing the struggle against inequalities and tax evasion, in favor of a federalist Europe and a globalization more respectful of work and the environment.]]> 360 Thomas Piketty 0300259662 Josue 0 to-read 3.39 Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016鈥2021
author: Thomas Piketty
name: Josue
average rating: 3.39
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> A Brief History of Equality 58985601 The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.

It's easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality.

Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It's a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.]]> 288 Thomas Piketty 0674273559 Josue 0 to-read 3.95 2021 A Brief History of Equality
author: Thomas Piketty
name: Josue
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/01/07
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[La ciencia de los detalles: Herramientas simples para mejorar tu comportamiento y el de la sociedad (Spanish Edition)]]> 206160304 Las decisiones importantes dependen de los peque帽os detalles.

Los detalles muchas veces son tan imperceptibles como poderosos. A qui茅n votamos (o si votamos), cu谩nto ahorramos, la frecuencia con la que hacemos ejercicio, ir (o no) al m茅dico, vacunarnos, tomar esa pastilla diaria que nos puede salvar la vida. Todas son decisiones importantes y, a veces, de vida o muerte. Y, aunque no nos demos cuenta, dependen de peque帽os detalles. Los detalles importan y esa es una buena noticia, porque significa que lograr cambios de comportamiento puede ser m谩s f谩cil 鈥搚 menos costoso鈥� de lo que pens谩bamos. Algo que se vuelve fundamental, no solo para nuestro bienestar individual, sino para el de nuestra comunidad y hasta el de nuestros pa铆ses. Pero tambi茅n es peligroso, porque significa que, si queremos tomar buenas decisiones, tenemos que prestar mucha m谩s atenci贸n a las peque帽as sutilezas que inciden en cada paso que damos. Esto es lo que hace la Econom铆a del Comportamiento y es lo que vienen haciendo muchos expertos (incluidos los autores de este libro): identificar esos detalles y usarlos para mejorar la forma en que tomamos decisiones. La ciencia de los detalles no es solamente un libro cient铆fico. Lleva las ense帽anzas de a帽os de investigaci贸n a la vida real, del laboratorio a la pista de baile de las decisiones.]]> 261 Nicol谩s Ajzenman 9501208370 Josue 0 to-read 4.19 La ciencia de los detalles: Herramientas simples para mejorar tu comportamiento y el de la sociedad (Spanish Edition)
author: Nicol谩s Ajzenman
name: Josue
average rating: 4.19
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/31
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters]]> 54390506
The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we鈥檝e been and where we鈥檙e going.

Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables, photographs, graphs).]]> 272 Andrew H. Knoll 0062853910 Josue 0 to-read 3.83 2021 A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
author: Andrew H. Knoll
name: Josue
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/31
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?]]> 6763725 81 Mark Fisher 1846943175 Josue 5 4.20 2009 Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
author: Mark Fisher
name: Josue
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/28
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters]]> 34914842 The New Yorker between April 1943 and June 1946. Most deal with efforts to establish the United Nations during World War II.]]> 204 E.B. White Josue 0 to-read 4.75 1946 The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters
author: E.B. White
name: Josue
average rating: 4.75
book published: 1946
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/28
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet]]> 55145261 A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.

Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.]]> 304 John Green 0525555218 Josue 0 to-read 4.37 2021 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
author: John Green
name: Josue
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Inventing the Christmas Tree 13594090 108 Bernd Brunner 0300186525 Josue 3 3.51 2011 Inventing the Christmas Tree
author: Bernd Brunner
name: Josue
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/27
date added: 2024/12/27
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey]]> 172732
This new, expanded edition features exclusive, unpublished photos taken by the 23-year-old Ernesto on his journey across a continent, and a tender preface by Aleida Guevara, offering an insightful perspective on the man and the icon.

Features of this edition include:

A preface by Che Guevara鈥檚 daughter Aleida
Introduction by Cintio Vintier, well-known Latin American poet
Photos & maps from the original journey
Postcript: Che鈥檚 personal reflections on his formative years: 鈥淎 child of my environment.鈥� 听

Published in association with the Che Guevara Studies Center, Havana

听]]> 175 Ernesto Che Guevara 1876175702 Josue 0 to-read 3.81 1992 The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
author: Ernesto Che Guevara
name: Josue
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1992
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent]]> 187149
Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.

Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably.

This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende鈥檚 inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.]]> 317 Eduardo Galeano 0853459916 Josue 0 to-read 4.31 1971 Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
author: Eduardo Galeano
name: Josue
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1971
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A People鈥檚 History of the United States: 1492 - Present]]> 2767 Zinn portrays a side of American history that can largely be seen as the exploitation and manipulation of the majority by rigged systems that hugely favor a small aggregate of elite rulers from across the orthodox political parties.
A People's History has been assigned as reading in many high schools and colleges across the United States. It has also resulted in a change in the focus of historical work, which now includes stories that previously were ignored

Library Journal calls Howard Zinn鈥檚 book 鈥渁 brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those鈥hose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.鈥漖]> 729 Howard Zinn 0060838655 Josue 0 to-read 4.08 1980 A People鈥檚 History of the United States: 1492 - Present
author: Howard Zinn
name: Josue
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1980
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Christmas: A Short History from Solstice to Santa]]> 43269156 Covering ancient ceremonies, mythology, the gospels, and traditions from around the world, this book uncovers听the fascinating background to听one of the biggest festive seasons鈥擟hristmas.

Have you ever wondered where Christmas comes from? Or why and how it has been celebrated throughout the centuries? This book takes you on an intriguing and entertaining journey through its social history.

Learn about the:

astrological associations
Nativity
excesses of the Roman festival of Saturnalia


Puritan ban of Christmas听
introduction and rise of听gift-giving

origins and developments of Santa Claus


food and traditions from around the world
history of its stories, songs and symbols

Andy Thomas is a lecturer and author on folklore, histories and conspiracy theories and has made numerous appearances on radio and TV. Beautifully illustrated, this book听tells the fuller story behind the sparkle and the merriment, and shows why Christmas has survived and still has meaning for us today.]]> 144 Andy Thomas 1782407804 Josue 4 3.85 Christmas: A Short History from Solstice to Santa
author: Andy Thomas
name: Josue
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/24
date added: 2024/12/24
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You]]> 52220686 Stamped from the Beginning for ages 12 and up.

A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America.

This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.

The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This is a remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning, winner of a National Book Award. It reveals the history of racist ideas in America and inspires hope for an antiracist future.

Stamped takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited.

Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative, Jason Reynolds shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideas--and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.]]> 294 Jason Reynolds 0316453692 Josue 0 to-read 4.46 2020 Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
author: Jason Reynolds
name: Josue
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/24
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[America's Undeclared War: What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop It]]> 1018792 368 Daniel Lazare 0151005524 Josue 0 to-read 3.92 2001 America's Undeclared War: What's Killing Our Cities and How We Can Stop It
author: Daniel Lazare
name: Josue
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2001
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/19
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Silent Spring 27333
The book appeared in September 1962 and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson鈥檚 book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement.]]> 378 Rachel Carson 0618249060 Josue 0 to-read 4.04 1962 Silent Spring
author: Rachel Carson
name: Josue
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1962
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/19
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture]]> 60653 This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. The author shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions. It is by isolating and identifying these conditions that we will be able to understand and cope with some of our own apparently senseless life styles. In a devastating attack on the shamans of the counterculture, the author states the case for a return to objective consciousness and a rational set of political commitments.

]]> 288 Marvin Harris 0679724680 Josue 4 3.95 1974 Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture
author: Marvin Harris
name: Josue
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1974
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/19
date added: 2024/12/19
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)]]> 199844040 听
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System of a Down, was 鈥渦nlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music a band of Armenian-Americans playing a practically unclassifiable clash of wildly aggressive metal riffs, unconventional tempo-twisting rhythms, and Armenian folk melodies, with me alternately growling, screaming, and crooning lyrics that could pivot from avant-garde silliness to raging socio-political rants in the space of a single line.鈥� After all, as Serj concedes, 鈥渋t鈥檚 not easy listening.鈥�
听
Even so, there鈥檚 no doubt that System鈥檚 music had struck a chord with millions of listeners across the globe ever since they burst on the scene in the mid-1990s. With nearly 40 million album sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, and a devoted legion of fans, the band dominated the alt-rock and metal scenes just as the world hurtled into a new millennium, redefining the very idea of what rockstars could and couldn鈥檛 talk about, could and couldn鈥檛 do, could and couldn鈥檛 represent.听
听
In听 DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM,听 Serj presents readers with a memoir that is far more than just a听rock 'n' roll fable. It's an immigrant's tale, it鈥檚 an activist's awakening, and it's a spiritual journey from darkness toward light. And all of this comes down to the fact that Serj himself has had the chance to live an extraordinary life鈥攖hanks to a combination of luck, circumstance, struggle, talent, and spiritual awakening. Born to Armenian parents in Beirut, Serj grows up hearing bombs drop outside his childhood home during the country鈥檚 civil war, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of seven. As a young man, he is immersed in the SoCal community of 鈥淟ittle Armenia,鈥� learning more and more about the brutal genocide faced by his ancestors while helping his parents adapt to the constraints and contradictions of the American Dream. Then, during a pivotal drive home from an LSAT class, Serj decides to turn away from a promising future in business and law to make music instead鈥攁 decision that leads him to touring five continents as the lead singer of a hugely popular rock band, hitting number #1 on the Billboard album charts the morning of 9/11, and then having the hit single from the same album banned from radio two days later. In the years that follow, his uniquely singular story continues, as he听evades glass bottles hurled at a cancelled show by angry Slayer fans, teams up with Tom Morello to push social justice causes on unsuspecting metalheads, argues with LAPD officers over the best way to quell rioting fans, and defines new sounds and singing tactics with Rick Rubin.听
听
Braiding together Serj鈥檚 thought-provoking insight with heartfelt and poetic prose,听 DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM retraces听Serj鈥檚 remarkable and unlikely journey, and explores what it鈥檚 taught him鈥攁bout music, about art, about activism, and about himself. It鈥檚 an unforgettable ride that will leave you breathless鈥攁nd an absolute delight for new fans and old ones alike.听]]> 352 Serj Tankian 0306831929 Josue 5
SOAD has long been a favorite acts of mine since middle school not only musically but also for its overt political lyrics - long before I even had the language to describe it as such. Thus diving into the life that influenced and molded someone鈥檚 political views/actions/being who inspired my own views/actions/being was enjoyable and full circle.

鈥渨e are all eternally interconnected. We cannot harm others without causing harm to ourselves. We cannot love others without loving ourselves. As such, those of us who fight for justice do so because we can鈥檛 live with ourselves if we don鈥檛. Injustice is spiritually disconcerting because it is an attack on ourselves and everything else around us, all at the same time.鈥漖]> 4.44 Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
author: Serj Tankian
name: Josue
average rating: 4.44
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/18
date added: 2024/12/18
shelves:
review:
An amazing read I didn鈥檛 know I needed.

SOAD has long been a favorite acts of mine since middle school not only musically but also for its overt political lyrics - long before I even had the language to describe it as such. Thus diving into the life that influenced and molded someone鈥檚 political views/actions/being who inspired my own views/actions/being was enjoyable and full circle.

鈥渨e are all eternally interconnected. We cannot harm others without causing harm to ourselves. We cannot love others without loving ourselves. As such, those of us who fight for justice do so because we can鈥檛 live with ourselves if we don鈥檛. Injustice is spiritually disconcerting because it is an attack on ourselves and everything else around us, all at the same time.鈥�
]]> <![CDATA[Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance]]> 12612 Hegemony or Survival demonstrates how, for more than half a century the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of staking out the globe. Our leaders have shown themselves willing-as in the Cuban missile crisis-to follow the dream of dominance no matter how high the risks. World-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky investigates how we came to this perilous moment and why our rulers are willing to jeopardize the future of our species.

With the striking logic that is his trademark, Chomsky tracks the U.S. government's aggressive pursuit of "full spectrum dominance" and vividly lays out how the most recent manifestations of the politics of global control-from unilateralism to the dismantling of international agreements to state terrorism-cohere in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our existence. Lucidly written, thoroughly documented, and featuring a new afterword by the author, Hegemony or Survival is a definitive statement from one of today's most influential thinkers.]]> 304 Noam Chomsky 0805076883 Josue 0 to-read 3.98 2003 Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
author: Noam Chomsky
name: Josue
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2003
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994鈥�2007)]]> 53968530 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well told...a worthy successor to its obvious inspiration, Michael Azerrad's 2001 examination of the '80s indie underground, 'Our Band Could Be Your Life.'"--New York Times Book Review

A raucous history of punk, emo, and hardcore鈥檚 growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they 鈥渟ell out鈥� and find mainstream fame, or break beneath the weight of it all
听
Punk rock found itself at a crossroads in the mid-90鈥檚. After indie favorite Nirvana catapulted into the mainstream with its unexpected phenomenon,听Nevermind, rebellion was suddenly听en vogue. Looking to replicate the band鈥檚 success, major record labels set their sights on the underground, and began courting punk鈥檚 rising stars. But the DIY punk scene, which had long prided itself on its trademark authenticity and anti-establishment ethos, wasn鈥檛 quite ready to let their homegrown acts go without a fight. The result was a schism: those who accepted the cash flow of the majors, and those who defiantly clung to their indie cred.
听
In听Sellout,听seasoned music writer Dan Ozzi chronicles this embattled era in punk. Focusing on eleven prominent bands who made the jump from indie to major,听Sellout听charts the twists and turns of the last 鈥済old rush鈥� of the music industry, where some groups 鈥渟old out鈥� and rose to surprise super stardom, while others buckled under mounting pressures. Sellout听is both a gripping history of the music industry鈥檚 evolution, and a punk rock lover鈥檚 guide to the chaotic darlings of the post-grunge era, featuring original interviews and personal stories from members of modern punk鈥檚 most (in)famous bands:
Green Day
Jawbreaker
Jimmy Eat World
Blink-182
At the Drive-In
The Donnas
Thursday
The Distillers
My Chemical Romance
Rise Against
Against Me!]]> 400 Dan Ozzi 0358244307 Josue 0 to-read 4.38 2021 Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994鈥2007)
author: Dan Ozzi
name: Josue
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Poverty, by America 61358638 Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?

In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.

Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.]]> 304 Matthew Desmond 0593239911 Josue 0 to-read 4.27 2023 Poverty, by America
author: Matthew Desmond
name: Josue
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Pageboy 60473073 Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page. A generation-defining actor and one of the most famous trans advocates of our time, Elliot will now be known as an uncommon literary talent, as he shares never-before-heard details and intimate interrogations on gender, love, mental health, relationships, and Hollywood.]]> 271 Elliot Page Josue 0 to-read 3.72 2023 Pageboy
author: Elliot Page
name: Josue
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Fahrenheit 451 13079982 Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury鈥檚 internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television 鈥渇amily.鈥� But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn鈥檛 live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.]]> 194 Ray Bradbury Josue 0 to-read 3.97 1953 Fahrenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Josue
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1953
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Here Is New York 10814 56 E.B. White 1892145022 Josue 5 4.29 1948 Here Is New York
author: E.B. White
name: Josue
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1948
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/16
date added: 2024/12/16
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth]]> 141310682 鈥楾he best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth鈥� Richard WilkinsonNo-one deserves to be a millionaire. Not even you. We all notice when the poor get when there are more rough sleepers and food bank queues start to grow. But if the rich become richer, there is nothing much to see in public and, for most of us, daily life doesn't change. Or at least, not immediately.In this astonishing, eye-opening intervention, world-leading philosopher and economist Ingrid Robeyns exposes the true extent of our wealth problem, which has spent the past fifty years silently spiralling out of control. In moral, political, economic, social, environmental and psychological terms, she shows, extreme wealth is not only unjustifiable but harmful to us all - the rich included.In place of our current system, Robeyns offers a breathtakingly clear limitarianism. The answer to so many of the problems posed by neoliberal capitalism - and the opportunity for a vastly better world - lies in placing a hard limit on the wealth that any one person can accumulate. Because nobody deserves to be a millionaire. Not even you.]]> 336 Ingrid Robeyns 0241578191 Josue 0 to-read 4.05 2023 Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth
author: Ingrid Robeyns
name: Josue
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/16
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows]]> 50915414 An Introduction to Carnism.

鈥淎n important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for the welfare of animals.鈥� 鈥� Yuval Harari,听New York Times听best-selling author of听Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

鈥淎n absorbing examination of why humans feel affection and compassion for certain animals but are callous to the suffering of others.鈥澨�鈥� Publishers Weekly

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows听offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls听carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing. Becoming aware of what carnism is and how it functions is vital to personal empowerment and social transformation, as it enables us to make our food choices more freely鈥攂ecause without awareness, there is no free choice.]]> 224 Melanie Joy 1590035011 Josue 0 to-read 4.05 2009 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
author: Melanie Joy
name: Josue
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2009
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/11
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America]]> 52048467
To reveal why this happened, How the South Won the Civil War traces the story of the American paradox, the competing claims of equality and subordination woven into the nation's fabric and identity. At the nation's founding, it was the Eastern "yeoman farmer" who galvanized and symbolized the American Revolution. After the Civil War, that mantle was assumed by the Western cowboy, singlehandedly defending his land against barbarians and savages as well as from a rapacious government. New states entered the Union in the late nineteenth century and western and southern leaders found yet more common ground. As resources and people streamed into the West during the New Deal and World War II, the region's influence grew. "Movement Conservatives," led by westerners Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan, claimed to embody cowboy individualism and worked with Dixiecrats to embrace the ideology of the Confederacy.

Richardson's searing book seizes upon the soul of the country and its ongoing struggle to provide equal opportunity to all. Debunking the myth that the Civil War released the nation from the grip of oligarchy, expunging the sins of the Founding, it reveals how and why the Old South not only survived in the West, but thrived.
]]> 272 Heather Cox Richardson 0190900903 Josue 3 4.26 2020 How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
author: Heather Cox Richardson
name: Josue
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/09
date added: 2024/12/09
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[How the States Got Their Shapes]]> 3090529
How the States Got Their Shapes is the first book to tackle why our state lines are where they are. Here are the stories behind the stories, right down to the tiny northward jog at the eastern end of Tennessee and the teeny-tiny (and little known) parts of Delaware that are not attached to Delaware but to New Jersey.

Packed with fun oddities and trivia, this entertaining guide also reveals the major fault lines of American history, from ideological intrigues and religious intolerance to major territorial acquisitions. Adding the fresh lens of local geographic disputes, military skirmishes, and land grabs, Mark Stein shows how the seemingly haphazard puzzle pieces of our nation fit together perfectly.]]> 332 Mark Stein 0061431389 Josue 4 3.50 2008 How the States Got Their Shapes
author: Mark Stein
name: Josue
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic鈥旳 Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)]]> 183258079 272 Ross King 1891011456 Josue 4 3.93 The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic鈥旳 Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)
author: Ross King
name: Josue
average rating: 3.93
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/28
date added: 2024/11/28
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women]]> 197103196

Second Class听is the most important book you will read all year. A political realignment is coming, and it鈥檚 my hope that the end result will work in favor of our all-too-neglected American working class. When that realignment comes, Batya and her book will help lead the way.

鈥斕鼼reg Lukianoff, CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and co-author of听The Coddling of the American Mind



Who is the American working class? Do they still have a fair shot at the American Dream? What do they think about their chances to secure the hallmarks of a middle-class life?

听

While writing this book, Batya Ungar-Sargon visited states across the nation to speak with members of the American working-class fighting tooth and nail to survive. In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories鈥攃leaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives鈥攁s well as what policies they think would improve them. Second Class combines deep reporting with a look at the data and expert opinion on America鈥檚 emergent class divide, in which the most basic elements of a secure and stable life are increasingly out of reach for those without a college education.

听

America has broken its contract with its laboring class. So, how do we get back to the American Dream? How do we once again become the land of opportunity, the promised land where hard work and commitment to family are enough to protect you from poverty? It鈥檚 not that hard actually. All it would take, as this book illustrates, is for those in power to once again respect the dignity of work鈥攁nd the American worker.]]> 226 Batya Ungar-Sargon 1641773626 Josue 3
Confusion. The author contradicts themselves none stop. Not sure what they are advocating for other than arguing that the American Dream is on life support and that it almost exclusively relies on 鈥渉ard work鈥� but mostly 鈥渉ard work鈥� by the father/men. It鈥檚 scary to think that there are folks out that that rely exclusively on work to find fulfillment in their life. Almost like a new form of the adage that hung above concentration camps during Nazi German: 鈥渨ork will set you free鈥�. That should send shivers down anyone鈥檚 spine. We should not solely live to work.

However as much as the author critics the Government all the solutions they鈥檝e laid out to ease the suffering of their first hand accounts rely exclusively on government involvement.

鈥淗igher wages. Housing. Better health care. Fewer migrants competing for their jobs. Trade policy that favored America.鈥�
In other words federal minimum wages that increase alongside inflation and other economic factors; spurring construction booms like the government did during the Great Depression/WWII; universal healthcare that is expanding the ACA; promulgating of geopolitical strategies that stabilize under resourced countries (many which were over extracted due to US involvement thus we owe them one); and robust tariffs not in the form of taxing imports but scrutinizing their production process because the reason why most imported goods are cheaper is due to their slave-like wages, and non existent regulation.

Overall, I agree with the author on the solutions but not on their execution and claims that the American Dream was built solely on hard work - it was always and NEEDS to be once again an endeavor underpinned by an all involving and behemoth federal government.]]> 3.96 2024 Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
author: Batya Ungar-Sargon
name: Josue
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/14
date added: 2024/11/24
shelves:
review:
Light 3.8.

Confusion. The author contradicts themselves none stop. Not sure what they are advocating for other than arguing that the American Dream is on life support and that it almost exclusively relies on 鈥渉ard work鈥� but mostly 鈥渉ard work鈥� by the father/men. It鈥檚 scary to think that there are folks out that that rely exclusively on work to find fulfillment in their life. Almost like a new form of the adage that hung above concentration camps during Nazi German: 鈥渨ork will set you free鈥�. That should send shivers down anyone鈥檚 spine. We should not solely live to work.

However as much as the author critics the Government all the solutions they鈥檝e laid out to ease the suffering of their first hand accounts rely exclusively on government involvement.

鈥淗igher wages. Housing. Better health care. Fewer migrants competing for their jobs. Trade policy that favored America.鈥�
In other words federal minimum wages that increase alongside inflation and other economic factors; spurring construction booms like the government did during the Great Depression/WWII; universal healthcare that is expanding the ACA; promulgating of geopolitical strategies that stabilize under resourced countries (many which were over extracted due to US involvement thus we owe them one); and robust tariffs not in the form of taxing imports but scrutinizing their production process because the reason why most imported goods are cheaper is due to their slave-like wages, and non existent regulation.

Overall, I agree with the author on the solutions but not on their execution and claims that the American Dream was built solely on hard work - it was always and NEEDS to be once again an endeavor underpinned by an all involving and behemoth federal government.
]]> <![CDATA[Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat]]> 13587130
Since prehistory, humans have braved sharp knives, fire, and grindstones to transform raw ingredients into something delicious - or at least edible. Tools shape what we eat, but they have also transformed how we consume, and how we think about, our food. Technology in the kitchen does not just mean the Pacojets and sous-vide of the modernist kitchen. It can also mean the humbler tools of everyday cooking and eating: a wooden spoon and a skillet, chopsticks and forks.

In Consider the Fork, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson provides a wonderful and witty tour of the evolution of cooking around the world, revealing the hidden history of everyday objects we often take for granted. Knives - perhaps our most important gastronomic tool - predate the discovery of fire, whereas the fork endured centuries of ridicule before gaining widespread acceptance; pots and pans have been around for millennia, while plates are a relatively recent invention. Many once-new technologies have become essential elements of any well-stocked kitchen - mortars and pestles, serrated knives, stainless steel pots, refrigerators. Others have proved only passing fancies, or were supplanted by better technologies; one would be hard pressed now to find a water-powered egg whisk, a magnet-operated spit roaster, a cider owl, or a turnspit dog. Although many tools have disappeared from the modern kitchen, they have left us with traditions, tastes, and even physical characteristics that we would never have possessed otherwise.

Blending history, science, and anthropology, Wilson reveals how our culinary tools and tricks came to be, and how their influence has shaped modern food culture. The story of how we have tamed fire and ice and wielded whisks, spoons, and graters, all for the sake of putting food in our mouths, Consider the Fork is truly a book to savor.]]> 327 Bee Wilson 046502176X Josue 5 3.83 2012 Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
author: Bee Wilson
name: Josue
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/23
date added: 2024/11/23
shelves:
review:
鈥淥ur kitchens are filled with ghosts. You may not see them, but you could not cook as you do without their ingenuity: the potters who first enabled us to boil and stew; the knife forgers; the resourceful engineers who designed the first refrigerators; the pioneers of gas and electric ovens; the scale makers; the inventors of eggbeaters and peelers鈥�
]]> <![CDATA[Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power]]> 101905
Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same time he tried to discover what makes different countries play a simple game so differently.

Kuper meets a remarkable variety of fans along the way, from the East Berliner persecuted by the Stasi for supporting his local team, to the Argentine general with his own views on tactics. He also illuminates the frightening intersection between soccer and politics, particularly in the wake of the attacks of 9-11, where soccer is obsessed over by the likes of Osama bin Laden. The result is one of the world's most acclaimed books on the game, and an astonishing study of soccer and its place in the world.]]> 302 Simon Kuper 1560258780 Josue 4 Fair read 4.03 1994 Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
author: Simon Kuper
name: Josue
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/23
date added: 2024/11/23
shelves:
review:
Fair read
]]> <![CDATA[Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry]]> 40614255 Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamental rules and unknowns of our universe clearly鈥攁nd with Tyson鈥檚 characteristic wit, there鈥檚 a lot of fun thrown in, too.

This adaptation by Gregory Mone includes full-color photos, infographics, and extra explanations to make even the trickiest concepts accessible. Building on the wonder inspired by outer space, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry introduces an exciting field and the principles of scientific inquiry to young readers.]]> 176 Neil deGrasse Tyson 0393356507 Josue 5 4.29 2019 Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
name: Josue
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/17
date added: 2024/11/17
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point]]> 122769171
America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is this happening here, and not in other diversifying nations? And what can we do to save our democracy?

With the clarity and brilliance that made their first book, How Democracies Die, a global bestseller, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt offer a coherent framework for understanding these volatile times. They draw on a wealth of examples鈥攆rom 1930s France to present-day Thailand鈥攖o explain why and how political parties turn against democracy: When political leaders realize they can no longer win at the ballot box, they begin to attack the system from within, condoning violent extremists and using the law as a weapon. Unfortunately, our Constitution makes us uniquely vulnerable. It is a pernicious enabler of minority rule, allowing partisan minorities to consistently thwart and even rule over popular majorities. Most modern democracies鈥攆rom Germany and Sweden to Argentina and New Zealand鈥攈ave eliminated outdated institutions like elite upper chambers, indirect elections, and lifetime tenure for judges. The United States lags dangerously behind.

In this revelatory book, Levitsky and Ziblatt issue an urgent call to perfect our national experiment. It鈥檚 a daunting task, but we have remade our country before鈥攎ost notably, after the Civil War and during the Progressive Era. And now we are at a crossroads: America will either become a multiracial democracy or it will cease to be a democracy at all.]]> 368 Steven Levitsky 0593443071 Josue 5 4.37 2023 Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
author: Steven Levitsky
name: Josue
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/15
date added: 2024/11/15
shelves:
review:
鈥淎 large majority of Republicans in Congress adopted consistently antidemocratic positions after the 2020 election and January听6, and more than 80听percent of them adopted mostly antidemocratic positions. Only 6听percent of Republicans behaved in a consistently democratic manner, and most of them had retired or lost primaries by 2022.鈥�
]]> <![CDATA[The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World]]> 58950736 From a New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, 鈥渁n essential book for our times鈥� (Ezra Klein), tracking the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech鈥檚 breakneck race to drive engagement鈥攁nd profits鈥攁t all costs fractured the world

We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks, in their pursuit of unfettered profits, preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. As Fisher demonstrates, the companies鈥� founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone.

Traversing the planet, Fisher tracks the ubiquity of hate speech and its spillover into violence, ills that first festered in far-off locales to their dark culmination in America during the pandemic, the 2020 election, and the Capitol Insurrection. Through it all, the social-media giants refused to intervene in any meaningful way, claiming to champion free speech when in fact what they most prized were limitless profits. The result, as Fisher shows, is a cultural shift toward a world in which people are polarized not by beliefs based on facts, but by misinformation, outrage, and fear.

His narrative is about more than the villains, however. Fisher also weaves together the stories of the heroic outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors who raised the alarm and revealed what was happening behind the closed doors of Big Tech. Both panoramic and intimate, The Chaos Machine is the definitive account of the meteoric rise and troubled legacy of the tech titans, as well as a rousing and hopeful call to arrest the havoc wreaked on our minds and our world before it鈥檚 too late.]]> 400 Max Fisher 031670332X Josue 0 to-read 4.27 2022 The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
author: Max Fisher
name: Josue
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future]]> 35356384
Drawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die--and how ours can be saved.]]> 320 Steven Levitsky 1524762938 Josue 5 4.16 2018 How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
author: Steven Levitsky
name: Josue
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/11
date added: 2024/11/11
shelves:
review:
鈥淯ltimately, then, American democracy depends on us鈥攖he citizens of the United States. No single political leader can end a democracy; no single leader can rescue one, either. Democracy is a shared enterprise. Its fate depends on all of us.鈥�
]]> <![CDATA[Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage]]> 86881 176 Paulo Freire 0847690474 Josue 5 4.32 1996 Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
author: Paulo Freire
name: Josue
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/23
date added: 2024/11/11
shelves:
review:

]]>