pootriarch rated On Track: 4 stars
On Track by Rick Laubscher
San Francisco just wouldn't be the same without its colorful streetcars and cable cars. These vintage forms of public transit …
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mostly sapphic·witch·romance (pick two) and, in mentally calmer times, climate paranoia
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pootriarch rated Conflict in Ukraine: 4 stars
Conflict in Ukraine by Eugene B. Rumer, Rajan Menon
The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of …
pootriarch rated Privacy is Power: 2 stars
pootriarch rated Winners Take All: 3 stars
pootriarch rated These Truths: 3 stars
These Truths by Jill Lepore
"In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the …
pootriarch rated Spirits of San Francisco: 4 stars
pootriarch rated Very Important People: 4 stars
Very Important People by Ashley Mears
Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today’s New Gilded Age, the world’s …
pootriarch rated Tales of the Holy Mysticat: 3 stars
Tales of the Holy Mysticat by Rachel Adler
When Rabbi Rachel Adler, esteemed feminist theologian, decided her new apartment needed a cat, she searched the local shelters. One …
pootriarch rated We Have Been Harmonized: 2 stars
We Have Been Harmonized by Kai Strittmatter
Named a Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2020 by the Washington Post
As heard on NPR's Fresh Air, We Have …
pootriarch rated The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: 4 stars
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her …
pootriarch rated Playbook for Progressives: 3 stars
Playbook for Progressives by Eric Mann
Guide articulates what is required in the on-the-ground practice of organizing. Distills lessons learned from over forty years as an …
pootriarch rated Eastern Pyrenees: 2 stars
Eastern Pyrenees by Mary-Ann Gallagher (Footprint focus)
pootriarch rated How to Do Nothing: 3 stars
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …
pootriarch rated Hidden London: 2 stars
Hidden London by David Bownes, Chris Nix, Siddy Holloway, and 1 other
pootriarch rated A Song for a New Day: 5 stars
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One …