Academic

1. The formal definition is that text should consist of arguments and debate, rather than simply present factual knowledge. Non-fiction studies, arguments, views.

2. Many books (mainly fiction) with a school setting have this tag.



See also:
* education
* high school
* school stories
...more

New Releases Tagged "Academic"

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance, #1)
Endless Anger (Monsters Within, #1)
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues
Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse
Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
The Great Gatsby
Orientalism
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Romeo and Juliet
The Communist Manifesto
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
The Prince
Macbeth
Animal Farm
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
The Odyssey
1984
Yes Please by Amy PoehlerAs You Wish by Cary ElwesCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastThe Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill LeporeThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
198 books — 16 voters
Relish by Lucy KnisleyThe Death of Santini by Pat ConroyThe World According to Bob by James BowenThe Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan BordoHyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2013
178 books — 14 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Holocaust Industry by Norman G. FinkelsteinThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonPlanting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2000s
260 books — 27 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
University Mysteries
41 books — 21 voters


Amos Oz
If you steal from one book you are condemned as a plagiarist, but if you steal from ten books you are considered a scholar, and if you steal from thirty or forty books, a distinguished scholar.
Amos Oz, A Tale of Love and Darkness

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