Category: Biography & History

• The Woman They Could Not Silence

  

  The story of Elizabeth Packard, a woman who history has forgotten, but whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices.

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  March 21, 2023

  Biography & History, Nonfiction, Reviews, Social Issues

  2021 Release, Author: J-N, Biography, Book Review, Feminist, History, Nonfiction, Rating: 4.5 stars, Social Issues

• Under the Banner of Heaven

  

  A multi-layered work of investigative journalism that explores a savage double murder within one of America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities.

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  February 26, 2023

  Biography & History, Nonfiction, Reviews, Social Issues

  Adapted Book, Author: J-N, Backlist Book, Book Review, History, Nonfiction, Rating: 3.5 stars, Religion, True Crime

• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

  

  The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.

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  January 7, 2023

  Biography & History, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Reviews

  2020 Release, Author: A-D, Book Review, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Rating: 3 stars, True Crime

• Maus

  

  The story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s story. 

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  February 2, 2022

  Biography & History, Graphic Novel, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Reviews, Social Issues

  Author: S-V, Backlist Book, Banned Book, Book Review, Graphic Novel, History, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Rating: 4 stars