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Societal Ills Books
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The Help (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 3,031,794 ratings — published 2009
Same Place, Same Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as societal-ills)
avg rating 4.15 — 532 ratings — published 1996
The Client (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 463,654 ratings — published 1993
White Fragility: Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults)
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avg rating 3.81 — 347 ratings — published
Jungle Pilot (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,207 ratings — published 1959
Best Sellers From Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Moneychangers/Our John Willie (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 1976
Reader's Digest Condensed Books; 1975 #1, Volume 102: Our John Willie / Centennial / Harlequin / Eric (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)
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avg rating 4.13 — 31,582 ratings — published 2009
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
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avg rating 4.37 — 3,652,324 ratings — published 2018
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 1,068,168 ratings — published 2017
Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 167 ratings — published 2005
The Widow of the South (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 18,634 ratings — published 2005
The Cay (The Cay, #1)
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avg rating 3.80 — 38,412 ratings — published 1969
The Regime: Evil Advances (Before They Were Left Behind, #2)
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avg rating 4.07 — 5,937 ratings — published 2005
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 245,736 ratings — published 2014
The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
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avg rating 3.65 — 28,321 ratings — published 2002
An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 232 ratings — published 2010
Worthy Brown's Daughter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 2,422 ratings — published 2014
Breaking Free (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 16,078 ratings — published 2017
The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,219 ratings — published 2015
Jesus Out to Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,191 ratings — published 2007
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 15,198 ratings — published 2006
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,488,950 ratings — published 1969
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 212 ratings — published 1998
Wrapped in Rain (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 17,191 ratings — published 2005
The First Hostage (J. B. Collins, #2)
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avg rating 4.45 — 5,837 ratings — published 2015
Uglies (Uglies, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 709,191 ratings — published 2005
The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder (Herringford and Watts, #1)
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avg rating 3.46 — 1,176 ratings — published 2016
The Last Wild (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 4,087 ratings — published 2013
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,741,634 ratings — published 2010
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 9,963,553 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 4,180,315 ratings — published 2009
What Does Peace Feel Like? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 203 ratings — published 2003
Ron's Big Mission (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 1,246 ratings — published 2009
Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country)
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avg rating 3.93 — 392 ratings — published 2010
We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 645 ratings — published 1993
“Drugs are also a part of school life in particular marijuana. Alcohol beverages, prostitution - not so much on campus - but that is a way of survival for some young women and young men. These are societal ills.”
― The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
― The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
“The first thing to do is recognise that the rise of charlatans is a symptom of people being left behind. Charlatans are a symptom of the ills in our society more than they are a cause. And we need to be as angry about the ills that are making some voters seek out an alternative as they themselves are.
Charlatans have been successful because they have effectively sold false remedies to the people who feel that the existing political structure hasn't worked for them. Just as the original charlatans could only ply their wares because a lot of people were very ill, so the modern-day charlatans are selling false remedies to legitimate grievances.
Charlatans have employed two of the most powerful emotive forces to further their aims: anger and fear.
Even if voters are sceptical about the alleged solutions of the charlatans, the fact that the populists are seemingly angry on their behalf has registered with them in a positive way. (pp. 98-99)”
― On Charlatans
Charlatans have been successful because they have effectively sold false remedies to the people who feel that the existing political structure hasn't worked for them. Just as the original charlatans could only ply their wares because a lot of people were very ill, so the modern-day charlatans are selling false remedies to legitimate grievances.
Charlatans have employed two of the most powerful emotive forces to further their aims: anger and fear.
Even if voters are sceptical about the alleged solutions of the charlatans, the fact that the populists are seemingly angry on their behalf has registered with them in a positive way. (pp. 98-99)”
― On Charlatans
