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We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope by Steven Charleston

We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope

Steven Charleston

4 hours, 23 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history philosophy religion sociology
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

16 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans by Rafaela G. Castro

Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans

Rafaela G. Castro

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, and Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, and Sovereignty in Native America

Gregory D. Smithers

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by Miguel León-Portilla

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

Miguel León-Portilla

196 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction historical history adventurous informative fast-paced
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

Jeff Speck

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction business design informative slow-paced
Nocturna by Maya Motayne

Nocturna

A Forgery of Magic #1

Maya Motayne

15 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico by David Bowles

Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico

David Bowles

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Spin of Fate by A.A. Vora

Spin of Fate

The Fifth Realm #1

A.A. Vora

411 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Eduardo Galeano

317 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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