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
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
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
The Six Loves of James I
Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
The Only Study Guide You'll Ever Need: Simple tips, tricks and techniques to help you ace your studies and pass your exams!
The Great Gatsby
Orientalism
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
The Communist Manifesto
Romeo and Juliet
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Macbeth
The Prince
Animal Farm
The Odyssey
1984
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
The Republic
People Like Us by Dana  MeleTruly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonPrep School Confidential by Kara TaylorPrivate by Kate BrianSeton Girls by Charlene  Thomas
Boarding School Mysteries
133 books — 86 voters
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
3,699 books — 3,732 voters

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyShakespeare by Bill BrysonBorn Standing Up by Steve  MartinMusicophilia by Oliver SacksWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2007
52 books — 10 voters
Rosemary by Kate Clifford LarsonHow To Be a Tudor by Ruth GoodmanSPQR by Mary BeardThe Witches by Stacy SchiffThe Arab of the Future 2 by Riad Sattouf
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2015
179 books — 17 voters


If there is one central intellectual reality at the end of the twentieth century, it is that the biological approach to psychiatry--treating mental illness as a genetically influenced disorder of brain chemistry--has been a smashing success. Freud's ideas, which dominated the history of psychiatry for the past half century, are now vanishing like the last snows of winter. ...more
Edward Shorter, A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac

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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

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