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
Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
Mania (Kings of Grove Academy #1)
The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want
Vida contemplativa: Elogio de la inactividad
Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
Raving
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
Orientalism
The Great Gatsby
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: Moment by Moment
Animal Farm
The Odyssey
1984
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
The Republic
Yes Please by Amy PoehlerAs You Wish by Cary ElwesCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2014
234 books — 26 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerJohn Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
3,990 books — 4,417 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
228 books — 50 voters
The Death of Santini by Pat ConroyRelish by Lucy KnisleyCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonDr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelThe World According to Bob by James Bowen
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2013
200 books — 23 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


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Someone who thinks up a new theory is the last person who should be trusted with the job of testing it. A new theory should be tested by independent researchers who aren’t cronies of the theorist and who don’t have an axe to grind. It’s division of labor again: proposing theories and doing research to test them are jobs that should be carried out by different entities. “A good theory should go in advance of the evidence,” the evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller said in a recent interview ...more
Judith Rich Harris, No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality

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