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Our World

Learn more about the place we all call home, and the people who live here.

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This page brings together fascinating and important reads on history, science, social issues, international issues, travel and more.

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The code breaker : Jennifer Doudna, gene editing, and the future of the human race by Walter Isaacson

Caste : the origins of our discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Seven fallen feathers : racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city by Tanya Talaga

Peace and good order : the case for indigenous justice in Canada by Harold R. Johnson

Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight indigenous communities by Paul Seesequasis

Policing Black lives : state violence in Canada from slavery to the present by Robyn Maynard

The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The skin we're in : a year of black resistance and power Skin we are in by Desmond Cole

Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Brown : what being brown in the world today means (to everyone) by Kamal Al-Solaylee

I can't breathe : a killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi

White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin DiAngelo

Science and nature

Lab girl by Hope Jahren

Darwin comes to town : how the urban jungle drives evolution by Menno Schilthuizen

Will my cat eat my eyeballs? : big questions from tiny mortals about death by Caitlin Doughty

Humans : a brief history of how we f*ked it all up by Tom Phillips

Because internet : understanding the new rules of language by Gretchen McCulloch

Quackery : a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything by Lydia Kang

Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal by Mary Roach

A taste for the beautiful : the evolution of attraction by Michael Ryan

Something deeply hidden : quantum worlds and the emergence of spacetime by Sean Carroll

Bird Way : A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think. by Jennifer Ackerman

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua

Explore someplace new

Whatever you do, don't run : true tales of a Botswana safari guide by Peter Allison

The Escapist How One Man Cheated Death on the World's Highest Mountains by Gabriel Filippi

Atlas Obscura : an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders by Joshua Foer

Lingo : around Europe in sixty languages by Gaston Dorren

Notes from my travels : visits with refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Ecuador by Angelina Jolie

Sky burial : an epic love story of Tibet by Xinran

On the trail of Genghis Khan : an epic journey through the land of the nomads by Tim Cope

Many sides, many stories

Manitowapow : Aboriginal writings from the land of water by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet by Claire L. Evans

The cure for hate : a former white supremacist's journey from violent extremism to radical compassion by Tony McAleer

Invisible women : data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline Criado Perez

The heartbeat of Wounded Knee : native America from 1890 to the present by David Treuer

Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong by James W. Loewen

A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II by Sonia Purnell

Mobituaries : great lives worth reliving by Mo Rocca

The lady from the Black Lagoon : Hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara

Fun fact: We have literally hundreds of books that have "Untold Story" in the title.

Notable author

Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, activist and author of more than twenty books.

Call Them by Their True Names
How the right labels can cut through the lies that excuse, disguise, or encourage inaction in politics, police shootings, pipeline protests, and climate change.
A Paradise Built in Hell
Explores how and why, in the aftermath of a disaster, people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave.

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