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Cultural

"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A Psychologist Explains the Development of ...

Beverly Daniel Tatum

Basic Books, 2003

5-Star Review
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

A must read that is to be shared with family and friends
The story of what a dedicated individual with sound ideas and beliefs can accomplish by staying free of government influence and funding, told to the reader in compelling prose. Greg Mortenson's story is changing the hearts and minds of people all around the globe.

The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality

Jerome R. Corsi

Threshold Editions, 2008

Detailed and Informative
Reading the negative reviews, it is clear that many of them have not read this book. I've just finished the audiobook and the statement that "this book makes absolutely no attempt to be objective in any way" is simply untrue and an outright lie. It certainly makes ...

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ...

Ron Hall, Denver Moore

Thomas Nelson, 2008

Thought-provoking book
This book was recommended to me by a classmate and it should be read by everyone; the title says it all. Man's inhumanity to man, human frailty and even some humor. It's a book to make you think. Product-wise, the book was received in a timely fashion and in good ...

The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography (9th Edition)
James M. Rubenstein

Prentice Hall, 2007

Trusted for its timeliness and readability, this book introduces geography by emphasizing the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. Two years after Rubenstein's Update Edition was created to encompass the events of September 11, 2001, this revision also begins the careful process of putting those events into perspective. Provides ...

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Anne Fadiman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

What else can I add? Except this is my favorite book, ever.
If anyone's been patient enough to read all hundred-plus reviews up to this point, they already know what this book is about, how well-written it was, how well researched, and how terribly humane. All I can add is that, though I read (well, start, at any rate) ...

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

Three Rivers Press, 2004

It's even better than 5 stars
I wish that every American could read this book! I was moved and impressed as I learned about who Barack Obama is. This book was written shortly after graduating from law school and before Obama entered politics. It highlights what an intelligent, perceptive, ...

The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition

James McBride

Riverhead Trade, 2006

inspirational
loved this book. my son is also bi-racial. i was born in 1956 and could really relate and re-read the book with my son. he never experienced most of the things in the book so it was an incredible sharing and bonding experience for us and it opened a whole new dialogue ...

Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice

Derald Wing Sue, David Sue

Wiley, 2007

Challenging and necessary
I teach a masters level counseling psychology course. I require this book for my students. I don't require that they agree with it, but I require that they are open enough to reading it and having an intelligent discussion about issues of diversity in therapy. Many ...

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2004

Krakuer takes a different direction
I truly enjoyed Into Thin Air. Under the Banner of Heaven was completely different subject matter. I found this no less engaging, Krakuer again draws you in with nothing more than what it is, a great story needing to be told.

Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China

Philip P. Pan

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Amazing book
There are a lot of excellent books on modern China out there, but this one is a cut above. I think, as a newspaperman, Mr. Pan knows how to grab and hold his reader's attention. I was unable to put it down for a few days. He also gets very deep into the story, talking ...

The Age of American Unreason

Susan Jacoby

Pantheon, 2008

Maybe being a scientist and an intellectual is worthwhile after all
I enjoyed this book tremendously. I liked best Jacoby's critique of today's newspapers for reporting at face value patently false statements by politicians, as if actual facts made no difference at all. I did disagree with a few of Jacoby's points. She is too ...

Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing

Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, ...

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007

Very Eye Opening
i was reading this book for my english 101 class and it was quite interesting to read the stories. very good book

Racial and Ethnic Groups, 11th Edition

Richard T. Schaefer

Prentice Hall, 2007

Updated edition of a classic.
Racial and Ethnic Groups is extremely well researched, informative and entertaining. I read this book from cover to cover for pleasure. Then I read several of the books listed in the bibliography. This is clearly the best book available for anyone taking or teaching a ...

Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge
William A. Haviland, Harald E. L. Prins, ...

Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

Explore the most fascinating, creative, dangerous, and complex species alive today: you and your neighbors in the global village. With compelling photos, engaging examples, and select studies by anthropologists in far-flung places, the authors of CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: The Human Challenge provide a holistic view of anthropology to help you make ...