BOOKS RECOMMENDED SHORT

Numbers correspond to 100 websites



CULTURAL WEBSITES

1 Walker, Lester R. (Author), Charles Moore (Preface), American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American HomeOverlook; Revised, Subsequent edition, 1998   Architecture

1 Rose, Jonathan F. P., The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life, Harper Wave, 2016   Urban Planning  (Architecture)

2 DK, The Art Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, DK, 2017   Art

4 Walker, Timothy D., Pasi Sahlberg (Foreword), Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms, W. W. Norton & Company, 2017   Reform  (Education)

6 Paine, Thomas, Moncure Daniel Conway, The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine (Writings of Thomas Paine), Library of America, 1995   Humanism

9 Palmer, Robert, Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta, Penguin Books, 1982   Music

10 Reston, James Jr., Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors, Anchor, 2006  Inquisition  (Mysticism)

10 Moreman, Christopher M., Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2 edition, 2017   Mysticism

10 Massing, Michael, Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind, Harper, 2018 Religion Historical  (Mysticism)

11 Damasio, Antonio, Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain, Mariner Books; Reprint edition, 2003   Pantheism

12 Kovach, Bill and Tom Rosenstiel, Blur: How to Know What's True in the Age of Information Overload, Bloomsbury USA; Reprint edition, 2011   Movies &Television

13 Ayers, Phoebe and Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, 2008   Wikipedia

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ECONOMIC WEBSITES

15 Pickett, Kate and Richard Wilkinson, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies StrongerBloomsbury Press; Reprint edition, 2011   Class Analysis

17 Restakis, John, Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of CapitalNew Society Publishers, 2010   Coops

18 Chayes, Sarah, Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, W. W. Norton & Company, 2015   Corruption

19 Bair, Sheila, Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself, Free Press, 2012   Economic Cycles

20 Jansson, Bruce S., The Sixteen-Trillion-Dollar MistakeColumbia University Press, 2002   Economic Improvement

20 Krugman, Paul, The Conscience of a LiberalW. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition, 2009   Economic Improvement

20 Nace, Ted, Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005   Economic Improvement

21 Brown, Kate, Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium DisastersOxford University Press; Reprint edition, 2015   Energy

22 Payne, Keith, The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die, Penguin Books; Reprint edition, 2018   Equal Opportunity

24 McAlevey, Jane,  Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor MovementVerso, 2012   Labor Movement

25 Pontusson, Jonas, Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe Vs. Liberal AmericaCornell University Press, 2005   Social  Democracy

26 Rossman, John, The Amazon Way on IoT: 10 Principles for Every Leader from the World's Leading Internet of Things Strategies, John E. Rossman, 2016   Technology

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HEALTH CARE WEBSITES

27 Mate, Gabor, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, Wiley, 2011   Alternative Medicine

28 Crawford, Dorothy H., Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History, Oxford University Press; Reprint edition, 2009  Infectious Disease (Antibiotics)

29 Christofferson, Travis, Dominic D'Agostino, Tripping over the Truth: How the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Is Overturning One of Medicine's Most Entrenched ParadigmsChelsea Green Publishing, 2017   Cancer

30 Coste, Joanne Koenig, Robert Butler, Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease, Mariner Books; 32098th edition, 2004   Dementia (Eldercare)

31 Blackburn, Dr. Elizabeth, Dr. Elissa Epel, The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer, Grand Central Publishing, 2017   Ageing (Eldercare)

31 Estep, PrestonThe Mindspan Diet: Reduce Alzheimer's Risk, and Keep Your Brain Young, Oneworld Publications, 2016   Dementia Diet (Eldercare)

31 Parashos, Sotirios, Rose Wichmann, Todd Melby,Navigating Life with Parkinson Disease (Neurology Now Books), Oxford University Press, 2012   Parkinson’s Disease (Eldercare)

31 Sahyouni, Ronald, Aradhana Verma, Jefferson Chen, Alzheimer's Disease Decoded: The History, Present, and Future of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016   Dementia (Eldercare)

32 Campbell-McBride, Dr. Natasha M.D., Put Your Heart in Your Mouth: Natural Treatment for Atherosclerosis, Angina, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Stroke, Arrhythmia, Peripheral Vascular DiseaseMedinform Publishing, 2016   Heart Disease (Health Care Information)

32 Dow, Dr. Mike, David Dow, Healing the Broken Brain: Leading Experts Answer 100 Questions about Stroke Recovery, Hay House Inc., 2017   Stroke  (Health Care Information)

34 Roossinck, Marilyn J., Carl Zimmer (Foreword), Virus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes, Princeton University Press, 2016   Infectious Disease (Immune System)

34 Hunter, Professor John, Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Essential Guide to Controlling Crohn's Disease, Colitis and Other IBDsRandom House UK, 2010  Inflammatory Bowel Disease  (Immune System)

34 Sompayrac, Lauren M., How the Immune System Works, Includes Desktop EditionWiley-Blackwell; 6 edition, 2019   Immune System

34 Rawls, William MD, Unlocking Lyme: Myths, Truths, and Practical Solutions for Chronic Lyme Disease, Vital Plan, Inc., 2017  Lyme Disease  (Immune System)

35 Welch, H. Gilbert, Lisa Schwartz, Steve Woloshin, Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health, Beacon Press, 2012   Excessive Health Care (Improving Health)

35 Blaser, Martin J., Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, Henry Holt and Co., 2014   Medical Errors (Improving Health)

35 Levy, Barry and Victor Sidel, Social Injustice and Public Health, Oxford University Press; 2 edition, 2013   Public Health (Improving Health)

35 Relman, ArnoldA Second Opinion, Public Affairs, 2007   Universal Health Care (Improving Health)

37 Beck, Aaron T., A. John Rush, Brian F. Shaw, Cognitive Therapy of Depression (Guilford Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology), The Guilford Press, 1987   Cognitive Therapy (Mental Health)

37 Torrey, E. Fuller, American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment SystemOxford University Press, 2013   Critique   (Mental Health)

37 Goodwin, Frederick K. and Kay Redfield Jamison, Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press; 2 edition, 2007   Illness  (Mental Health)

37 Gibson, Lindsay C. PsyD, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents, New Harbinger Publications, 2015   Self Help (Mental Health)

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HEALTH PROMOTION WEBSITES

38 Tulley, Gever amd Julie Spiegler, 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do), NAL Trade; Reprint edition, 2011 Accident Prevention

42 Moss, Michael, Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked UsRandom House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2014   Nutrition

43 Bowman, Katy, Joan Virginia Allen, Dynamic Aging: Simple Exercises for Whole-Body Mobility, Propriometrics Press, 2017   Exercise (Preventive Healthcare)

43 Wadman, Meredith, The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease, Viking, 2017  Vaccination  (Preventive Healthcare)

44 Fishman, Charles, The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, Free Press, 2012   Water Pollution

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INTERNATIONAL WEBSITES

45 Rodney, Walter, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Black Classic Press, 2011   Africa

46 Lankov, Andrei, The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist UtopiaOxford University Press; Upd Rev edition, 2014   Korea (Asia)

47 Applebaum, Anne, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956, Anchor; Reprint edition, 2013   Dictatorships

48 Lowe, Keith, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War IIPicador; Reprint edition, 2013   Europe

48 Dawisha, Karen, Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition, 2015   Russia (Europe)

50 Sikkink, Kathryn, Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity), Princeton University Press, 2017   Human Rights

52 Ngai, Mae M., Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America)Princeton University Press, 2005   Immigration

54 Grandin, Greg, Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism, Holt Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2007   Latin America

55 Ibrahim, Raymond, Victor Davis Hanson, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West, Da Capo Press, 2018  Mideast Early  (Middle East)

56 Jones, Reece, Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move, Verso, 2016   Refugees

57 Yassin-Kassab, Robin, Leila Al-Shami, Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, Pluto Press; Second edition, 2018    Syrian Civil War

59 Schmitz, David F., The United States and Right-Wing Dictatorships, 1965-1989Cambridge University Press, 2006   Modern    (US Foreign Policy)

60 Seager, Joni, The Women's Atlas, Penguin Books; Revised, Updated edition, 2018   Women’s Rights

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PRACTICAL WEBSITES

61 Toensmeier, Eric, Dr. Hans Herren, The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016   Alternative Agriculture

63 Aguayo, Rafael, Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality, Touchstone, 1991   Business (Finding Work)

65 Chiras, Dan, The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence Through Solar, Wind, Biomass, and Hydropower, New Society Publishers; Second Edition, 2011   Green Building  (Home Energy)

67 Branhagen, Alan, Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden, Timber Press, 2016   Native Plants

68 Plotnik, Arthur, The Urban Tree Book: An Uncommon Field Guide for City and Town, Three Rivers Press, 2000   Native Trees

69 Chiras, Daniel D., The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2002   Passive Solar

70 Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research, Fourth Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), University Of Chicago Press; Fourth Edition, 2016   Research & Staticstics

72 Thompson, Jerry, Simon Winchester (Foreword), Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North AmericaCounterpoint; Reprint edition, 2012   Volcanoes & Earthquakes

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SCIENCE WEBSITES

75 Eicher, David J. Alex Filippenko, The New Cosmos: Answering Astronomy's Big Questions Cambridge University Press, 2016   Astronomy

77  Bjornerud, Marcia, Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth, Basic Books; New edition, 2006   Earth Science

77 Roberts, Callum, The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the SeaPenguin Books; Reprint  edition, 2013   Oceans  (Earth Science)

79 Quammen, David, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, Simon & Schuster, 2018   Evolution Science

80 Goodell, Jeff, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, Little, Brown and Company, 2017   Global Warming

81 Carey, Nessa, The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and InheritanceColumbia University Press; Reprint edition, 2013   Human Genetics

82 Pevar, Stephen, The Rights of Indians and Tribes, Oxford University Press; 4 edition, 2012   Indigenous Modern   (Indigenous Americans)

83 Shaw, Scott Richard, Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects, University Of Chicago Press, 2014   Insects  (Life Sciences)

87 Solomon, Steven, Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, Harper Perennial; Reprint edition, 2011   Water

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SOCIAL WEBSITES

88 Sanger, Carol, About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twenty-First-Century AmericaBelknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2017   Abortion Debate

89 Katz, Alyssa, The Influence Machine: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Capture of American Life Spiegel & Grau, 2015   Money in Politics  (Democracy & Politics)

89 Mayer, Jane, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Doubleday, 2016   Right Wing  (Democracy & Politics)

90 Quinones, Sam, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate EpidemicBloomsbury Press, 2015   Drug Policy

91 Nirenberg, David, Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition, W. W. Norton & Company, 2014  Anti-Semitism (History)

92 Jones, Alex, Losing the News: The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy (Institutions of American Democracy Series)Oxford University Press; Reprint edition, 2011   Journalism

93 The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe, Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight, Back Bay Books; Mti Upd edition, 2015   Child Sex Abuse  (Law)

93 Shipp, Robbin, Nick ChilesJustice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System, Agate Bolden, 2014  Criminal Justice  (Law)

93 Kilgore, James, Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People's Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our TimeThe New Press, 2015   Incarceration  (Law)

93 Pfaff, John, Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform, Basic Books, 2017   Incarceration (Law)

93 Coyle, Marcia, The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution, Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition, 2014   Law

93 Teles, Steven, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives)Princeton University Press, 2010   Law

94 Crutchfield, Leslie R., McLeod Grant, Heather, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, Jossey-Bass; 2 edition, 2012   Nonprofits

95 Brown, Lester R., World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic CollapseW. W. Norton & Company, 2011   Population

96 Painter, Nell Irvin, Standing at Armageddon: A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era, W. W. Norton & Company, 2013   Historical  (Progressives)

96 WarrenElizabethA Fighting Chance,Metropolitan Books, 2014   Modern  (Progressives)

97 Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo, Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in AmericaRowman & Littlefield Publishers; Fourth Edition, 2013   Race

97 Klinkner, Philip A., and Rogers M. Smith, The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America, University Of Chicago Press, 2002   Race History  (Race)

98 Wilson, Edmund, Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War, W. W. Norton & Company, 1994   Civil War  (US History)

98 Baptist, Edward E., The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, Basic Books, 2014   Early  (US History)

98 Cronon, William, Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England, Hill and Wang; Revised edition, 2003   Early  (US History)

98 Johnson, Walter, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom, Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Reprint edition, 2017   Early  (US History)

98 Kruse, Kevin M., One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, Basic Books, 2015   Economic History  (US History)

98 Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James D. Houston, Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment, Ember, 2012   Japanese Internment  (US History)

98 Downey, Kirstin, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Anchor; Reprint edition, 2010   Modern  (US History)

99 Appy, Christian G., American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National IdentityPenguin Books; Reprint edition, 2016   Vietnam

99 Goscha, ChristopherVietnam: A New History, Basic Books, 2016   Vietnam

100 Winkler, Adam, Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in AmericaW. W. Norton & Company, 2013   Gun Control  (Violence)

100 Gilligan, James, Violence: Reflections on a National EpidemicVintage, 1997   Violence



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