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"

Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000–2000
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad
Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
The Six Loves of James I
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
Raving
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
Culture Creep: Notes on the Pop Apocalypse
The Great Gatsby
Orientalism
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo and Juliet
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
The Communist Manifesto
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
The Prince
Macbeth
Animal Farm
1984
The Odyssey
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
The Republic
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,703 books — 3,737 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Holocaust Industry by Norman G. FinkelsteinColumbine by Dave CullenA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 2000s
274 books — 28 voters
Books by Larry McMurtryAudition by Barbara  WaltersThe Age of Wonder by Richard  HolmesThe Fires of Vesuvius by Mary BeardA Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2008
71 books — 8 voters

The Fractal Geometry of Nature by Benoît B. MandelbrotThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnMolecular Cloning by Joseph SambrookDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-... by American Psychiatric Publis...
Heavily Cited
100 books — 3 voters


Hanna  Hasl-Kelchner
Fairness isn’t about charity. It’s smart business.
Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

Stephanie Witter
I’m the guy who knows how you can hurt so much that your insides feel like they’re cut and bleeding.
Stephanie Witter, Patch Up

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