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"

I Could Give You the Moon
Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad
Mania (Kings of Grove Academy #1)
Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It
More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
Raving
Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
The Great Gatsby
Orientalism
The Communist Manifesto
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Romeo and Juliet
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
Crip Theory by Robert McRuerDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John CallahanTwirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed by Jeannie Davide-RiveraFeminist, Queer, Crip by Alison KaferIllness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
disability studies
200 books — 48 voters
A Patient's Point of View by Matthew    BlakeKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Radium Girls by Kate  MooreThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnIt's All Relative by A.J. Jacobs
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2017
192 books — 46 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
264 books — 954 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBlack Chalk by Christopher J. YatesThe Maidens by Alex MichaelidesNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
University Mysteries
54 books — 33 voters


She never knew how Hard it could truly get until She was drowning, just Beneath the surface, Unable to catch even a Breath of air as she Strangled herself, encumbering Herself with Meaningless tasks and studies, burdening Herself with Meaningless thoughts and duties, No matter how much her heart Willed her to rest, Her brain told her to Keep going, and, inevitably, She broke
-L.S.

Peter Gay
While it may be hard to live with generalizations, it is inconceivable to live without them.
Peter Gay, Schnitzler's Century: The Making of Middle Class Culture, 1815-1914

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