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Book Recommendations
Douglas A. Blackmon
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Referenced in:
The Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery
Michael D'Antonio
Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
Referenced in:
Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns
Sarah Berman
Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
Referenced in:
What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help
Jennie Allen
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
Referenced in:
What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help
Amber Scorah
Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
Referenced in:
Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses
Erich von Däniken
Chariots of the Gods
Referenced in:
Graduating to the Next Level | Ancient Aliens
Rick Perlstein
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Referenced in:
Redefining American Capitalism | Libertarianism
Smedley Butler
War is a Racket
Referenced in:
A Veteran's Warning | Smedley Butler
Radley Balko
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces
Referenced in:
The Quartering of Troops | Police Militarization
Phil Knight
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Referenced in:
Manufacturing a Better Foot | Running Shoes
James D. Hornfischer
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
Referenced in:
A Veteran's Story on Veterans Day
Jonathan Haidt
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Referenced in:
Hitting Rock Bottom | Just World and Shattered Assumptions
Lawrence Wright
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Referenced in:
Clearing the Planet | Scientology
Iris Chang
Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Referenced in:
Playing the Victim | Historical Revisionism and Japan
Eric Schlosser
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Referenced in:
The Time Winter Almost Came: A Brief History of the Cold War (Patreon Exclusive)
Hardy Green
The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills that Shaped the American Economy
Referenced in:
Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns
Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers
Referenced in:
If Veterans Ruled the World | Starship Troopers
Tony Robbins
Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement
Referenced in:
What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help
M. James Penton
Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses
Referenced in:
Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses
Lloyd Evans
How to Escape from Jehovah's Witnesses
Referenced in:
Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses
Lisa Duggan
Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed
Referenced in:
Redefining American Capitalism | Libertarianism
Alex Beam
American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
Referenced in:
American Exceptionalism but as a Religion | Mormons
Stephen Kinzer
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Referenced in:
A Veteran's Warning | Smedley Butler
Stephen Kinzer
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Referenced in:
Extracting Black Gold | History of Oil
Chris McDougall
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Referenced in:
Manufacturing a Better Foot | Running Shoes
Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo
Referenced in:
Accidentally Inspiring Colonialism | Marco Polo
Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy
Referenced in:
Abandoning All Hope | Heaven and Hell
Viktor Frankl
Man's Search For Meaning
Referenced in:
Death Anxiety | Death Comes for All
Brian Christian
The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive
Referenced in:
Asking Better: Getting to Know Knowing Better Better
Greg Grandin
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City
Referenced in:
Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns
Joe Haldeman
The Forever War
Referenced in:
If Veterans Ruled the World | Starship Troopers
Norman Vincent Peale
The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide to Mastering the Problems of Everyday Living
Referenced in:
What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help
Anthony James
'Knock Knock' Who's There?: 'The Truth' About Jehovah's Witnesses
Referenced in:
Temporary Residents in this World | Jehovah's Witnesses
Noliwe Rooks
Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Referenced in:
Segregation by Any Other Name | American Education
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
Referenced in:
Redefining American Capitalism | Libertarianism
Joanna Brooks
Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and the Problem of Racial Innocence
Referenced in:
American Exceptionalism but as a Religion | Mormons
Devin Leonard
Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service
Referenced in:
Delivering our Democracy | US Postal Service
Alex Epstein
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Referenced in:
Extracting Black Gold | History of Oil
Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Referenced in:
Acknowledging the Past | Columbus in Context
BBC Radio
Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained
Referenced in:
Losing Paradise | Angels and Demons
John Green
Paper Towns
Referenced in:
Imaginary Friends | Parasocial Relationships
Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Referenced in:
Playing the Victim | Historical Revisionism and Japan
Thomas Cahill
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
Referenced in:
Ireland: Europe's Appendix
