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Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation

John Ehle

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  • Rosemary

    Kate Clifford Larson2015

    A biography of Rosemary Kennedy, documenting her early life, her forced lobotomy, and her subsequent decades of institutionalization.

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Denser prose

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  • Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

    Michel Foucault

    A philosophical history examines the shift from public torture to modern prison surveillance. It analyzes how power controls the body.

    elegiac → clinical, still history

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  • The Gulag Archipeligo 1918-1956: An Experiment In Literary Investigation I - Ii.

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    A history of the Soviet forced labor camp system based on survivor reports and the author's own imprisonment. It documents state-run repression.

    elegiac → bleak, still history

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  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    elegiac → meditative

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To recover

elegiac → earnest, still history

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  • Theodore Rex

    Edmund Morris2001

    A biography covering Theodore Roosevelt’s two terms as President, focusing on his domestic policy and the expansion of American global power.

    elegiac → wry, still history

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  • Profiles in Courage

    John F. Kennedy1955

    Biographical sketches of eight United States Senators who risked their careers to follow their consciences.

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  • The Boys in the Boat

    Daniel James Brown2013

    The 1936 University of Washington rowing team competes for Olympic gold in Nazi Germany. It follows Joe Rantz and his working-class teammates.

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Faster

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  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

    Neil deGrasse Tyson2017

    A summary of the origin of the universe, the laws of physics, and the nature of space and time.

    elegiac → playful

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  • Steal Like an Artist

    Austin Kleon2012

    A series of short, illustrated principles for creative work. It focuses on remixing existing ideas and establishing productive daily habits.

    elegiac → playful

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  • Poke the Box

    Seth Godin2011

    A short manifesto encouraging readers to start projects and take initiative. It argues that the greatest risk is staying in place.

    elegiac → earnest

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Slower

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  • Confessions

    Augustine of Hippo

    A 4th-century bishop writes a spiritual autobiography addressed to God. He recounts his sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity.

    elegiac → meditative

    pace-1·prose+2·bleak-3

  • How to Read a Book

    Mortimer J. Adler1940

    This is a guide to active reading techniques for different genres. It outlines levels of reading from basic literacy to syntopical analysis.

    elegiac → mysterious

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  • The Red Book: Liber Novus

    C.G. Jung2009

    A psychologist records his visions and internal dialogues in an illuminated manuscript created during a period of intense self-exploration.

    elegiac → dreamlike

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