Only 5-star books from my list
Top Rated AcademicRunPlaylist Books Public
Created by Ben Waber
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The Doctor Who Wasn't There by Jeremy A. Greene
5 stars
The Doctor Who Wasn’t There traces the long arc of enthusiasm for—and skepticism of—electronic media in health and medicine. Over …
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Conceptualizing Capitalism by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
5 stars
A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for …
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Capital In the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty, Ilse Utz, Arthur Goldhammer, and 1 other
4 stars
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, …
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5 stars
In an accessible and timely work of scholarship, celebrated historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and …
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Second Emancipation by Howard W. French
5 stars
The Second Emancipation, the second work in a trilogy from best-selling author Howard W. French about Africa’s pivotal role in …
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The Future is Foreign by Hilary J. Holbrow
5 stars
Japan is at the forefront of global population decline. The Future Is Foreign investigates how elite Japanese firms are responding …
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander
5 stars
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young …
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Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to …
