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🥬 Migrant Farmworkers

Stories and accounts of the laborers who harvest America's food, illuminating lives defined by backbreaking work, exploitation, and fierce determination.
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
4.00
99
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields 90%
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997
4.00
99 ratings
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
Mexifornia
by Victor Davis Hanson • 2003
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
3.93
760
🌎 Undocumented Immigration🗣️ Assimilation Debates📚 Critique Of Multiculturalism
Mexifornia Summary
Mexifornia 89%
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
by Victor Davis Hanson 2003
3.93
760 ratings
🌎 Undocumented Immigration🗣️ Assimilation Debates📚 Critique Of Multiculturalism
America's Social Arsonist
by Gabriel Thompson • 2016
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
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50
🧱 Grassroots Organizing🛠️ Labor Organizing🍇 Farmworker Movement
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist 89%
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
by Gabriel Thompson 2016
4.54
50 ratings
🧱 Grassroots Organizing🛠️ Labor Organizing🍇 Farmworker Movement
Why David Sometimes Wins
by Marshall Ganz • 2008
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
3.99
177
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning
Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins 89%
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
by Marshall Ganz 2008
3.99
177 ratings
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning
Enrique's Journey
by Sonia Nazario • 2005
A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.
3.88
17k+
🌍 Immigration Stories🌎 Central America👦 Child Migration
Enrique's Journey Summary
Enrique's Journey 89%
A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.
by Sonia Nazario 2005
3.88
17k+ ratings
🌍 Immigration Stories🌎 Central America👦 Child Migration
All They Will Call You
by Tim Z. Hernandez • 2017
A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.
4.24
351
🌾 Bracero Program🎵 Music As Protest🪦 Unmarked Graves
All They Will Call You Summary
All They Will Call You 89%
A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.
by Tim Z. Hernandez 2017
4.24
351 ratings
🌾 Bracero Program🎵 Music As Protest🪦 Unmarked Graves
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020
After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.
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28k+
🗽 Undocumented Immigration✍️ Immigrant Memoir🏥 Healthcare Inequality
The Undocumented Americans Summary
The Undocumented Americans 88%
After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020
4.37
28k+ ratings
🗽 Undocumented Immigration✍️ Immigrant Memoir🏥 Healthcare Inequality
Undoing Border Imperialism
by Harsha Walia • 2013
Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.
4.51
525
🚫 Border Abolition✊ Migrant Justice🏚️ Settler Colonialism
Undoing Border Imperialism Summary
Undoing Border Imperialism 88%
Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.
by Harsha Walia 2013
4.51
525 ratings
🚫 Border Abolition✊ Migrant Justice🏚️ Settler Colonialism
Tomatoland
by Barry Estabrook • 2011
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
3.96
5k+
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery
Tomatoland Summary
Tomatoland 88%
Slavery, toxic chemicals, exploited workers: the real cost of Florida's flawless supermarket tomato.
by Barry Estabrook 2011
3.96
5k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture✊ Farmworker Justice⛓️ Modern Slavery
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck • 1939
The Joads flee Dust Bowl Oklahoma for California, where the promise of work betrays them.
4.03
1.0M+
🌾 Dust Bowl Migration🏚️ Great Depression Era👥 Migrant Workers
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath 88%
The Joads flee Dust Bowl Oklahoma for California, where the promise of work betrays them.
by John Steinbeck 1939
4.03
1.0M+ ratings
🌾 Dust Bowl Migration🏚️ Great Depression Era👥 Migrant Workers
North from Mexico
by Carey McWilliams • 1969
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
4.10
49
🏜️ Chicano History🗺️ Borderlands History👷 Labor Migration
North from Mexico Summary
North from Mexico 88%
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
by Carey McWilliams 1969
4.10
49 ratings
🏜️ Chicano History🗺️ Borderlands History👷 Labor Migration
Solito
by Javier Zamora • 2022
A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.
4.48
81k+
📖 Immigration Memoir🌎 Central American Diaspora🚶 Border Crossing
Solito Summary
Solito 88%
A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.
by Javier Zamora 2022
4.48
81k+ ratings
📖 Immigration Memoir🌎 Central American Diaspora🚶 Border Crossing
The Great Escape
by Saket Soni • 2023
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
4.50
980
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape 88%
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
by Saket Soni 2023
4.50
980 ratings
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing
How Migration Really Works
by Hein de Haas • 2023
Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.
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3k+
🔬 Migration Studies💼 Labor Economics🌱 Development Economics
How Migration Really Works Summary
How Migration Really Works 88%
Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.
by Hein de Haas 2023
4.35
3k+ ratings
🔬 Migration Studies💼 Labor Economics🌱 Development Economics
"They Take Our Jobs!"
by Aviva Chomsky • 2007
We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.
4.06
623
📋 Immigration Policy🚧 Border Militarization🌍 Global Inequality
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!" 88%
We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.
by Aviva Chomsky 2007
4.06
623 ratings
📋 Immigration Policy🚧 Border Militarization🌍 Global Inequality
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 88%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 88%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics
The Greatest Salesman in the World II
by Og Mandino • 1968
A mother's faith holds her family through revolution, exile, and brutal California fields.
4.33
6k+
📚 Family Saga🇲🇽 Mexican American👩‍👧‍👦 Matriarchal Strength
The Greatest Salesman in the World II Summary
The Greatest Salesman in the World II 87%
A mother's faith holds her family through revolution, exile, and brutal California fields.
by Og Mandino 1968
4.33
6k+ ratings
📚 Family Saga🇲🇽 Mexican American👩‍👧‍👦 Matriarchal Strength
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 87%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin • 2007
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
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2k+
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Summary
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal 87%
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
by Joel Salatin 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique
No Shame in My Game
by Katherine S. Newman • 1999
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
3.75
466
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game 87%
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
by Katherine S. Newman 1999
3.75
466 ratings
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
Crossing the Wire
by Will Hobbs • 2006
A Mexican farm boy rides freight trains and crosses the desert to save his starving family.
3.83
3k+
🚂 Riding The Rails🏜️ Desert Survival🌎 Immigrant Story
Crossing the Wire Summary
Crossing the Wire 87%
A Mexican farm boy rides freight trains and crosses the desert to save his starving family.
by Will Hobbs 2006
3.83
3k+ ratings
🚂 Riding The Rails🏜️ Desert Survival🌎 Immigrant Story
A Nation by Design
by Aristide R. Zolberg • 2006
America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.
3.82
55
🛂 Immigration Policy🏛️ American Political Development🚧 Border Enforcement History
A Nation by Design Summary
A Nation by Design 87%
America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.
by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006
3.82
55 ratings
🛂 Immigration Policy🏛️ American Political Development🚧 Border Enforcement History
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 87%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Eating Tomorrow
by Timothy A. Wise • 2019
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
3.78
78
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty
Eating Tomorrow Summary
Eating Tomorrow 87%
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
by Timothy A. Wise 2019
3.78
78 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty
The Distance Between Us
by Reyna Grande • 2012
Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.
4.37
18k+
🛂 Immigrant Memoir🩹 Childhood Trauma👫 Sibling Bonds
The Distance Between Us Summary
The Distance Between Us 87%
Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.
by Reyna Grande 2012
4.37
18k+ ratings
🛂 Immigrant Memoir🩹 Childhood Trauma👫 Sibling Bonds
Folks, This Ain't Normal
by Joel Salatin • 2011
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
4.21
5k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration
Folks, This Ain't Normal Summary
Folks, This Ain't Normal 87%
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
by Joel Salatin 2011
4.21
5k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 86%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Americanized
by Sara Saedi • 2018
She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.
3.91
3k+
🗽 Immigrant Memoir🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora🪪 Cultural Identity
Americanized Summary
Americanized 86%
She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.
by Sara Saedi 2018
3.91
3k+ ratings
🗽 Immigrant Memoir🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora🪪 Cultural Identity
Freedom Farmers
by Monica M. White • 2018
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
4.36
404
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers 86%
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
by Monica M. White 2018
4.36
404 ratings
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
by Jonathan Blitzer • 2024
Central American migration is not an invasion; it is the long shadow of American foreign policy.
4.48
11k+
🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🌎 Central American History🛂 Immigration Policy
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Summary
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here 86%
Central American migration is not an invasion; it is the long shadow of American foreign policy.
by Jonathan Blitzer 2024
4.48
11k+ ratings
🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🌎 Central American History🛂 Immigration Policy
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
4.42
8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 86%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman • 2013
Ten million workers, poverty wages, no paid sick leave: what sustainable food leaves off the menu.
3.65
489
🍽️ Restaurant Industry👩‍🍳 Restaurant Workers🌾 Food Justice
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door 86%
Ten million workers, poverty wages, no paid sick leave: what sustainable food leaves off the menu.
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013
3.65
489 ratings
🍽️ Restaurant Industry👩‍🍳 Restaurant Workers🌾 Food Justice
Mañana o pasado
by Jorge G. Castañeda • 2011
Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.
3.62
358
🇲🇽 Mexican Society🏳️ National Identity🚧 Development Obstacles
Mañana o pasado Summary
Mañana o pasado 86%
Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.
by Jorge G. Castañeda 2011
3.62
358 ratings
🇲🇽 Mexican Society🏳️ National Identity🚧 Development Obstacles
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
4.08
535
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil 86%
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008
4.08
535 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser • 2001
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
3.75
207k+
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation 86%
A burger's hidden cost: exploited labor, factory farms, and meat that sickened half a million.
by Eric Schlosser 2001
3.75
207k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Food System🐄 Factory Farming⚠️ Food Safety
Harvest the Vote
by Jane Kleeb • 2020
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
3.82
214
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power
Harvest the Vote Summary
Harvest the Vote 86%
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
by Jane Kleeb 2020
3.82
214 ratings
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power
The Great Displacement
by Jake Bittle • 2023
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
4.28
4k+
🌍 Climate Migration⚖️ Environmental Justice🇺🇸 American Migration
The Great Displacement Summary
The Great Displacement 86%
Climate disasters are displacing millions; housing markets and insurance can't keep up.
by Jake Bittle 2023
4.28
4k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Migration⚖️ Environmental Justice🇺🇸 American Migration
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm 86%
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
Soil and Sacrament
by Fred Bahnson • 2013
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
4.17
264
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality
Soil and Sacrament Summary
Soil and Sacrament 86%
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
by Fred Bahnson 2013
4.17
264 ratings
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality
Let Me Speak
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara • 1978
Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.
4.25
424
🗣️ Testimonio⛏️ Mining Communities✊ Socialist Feminism
Let Me Speak Summary
Let Me Speak 86%
Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara 1978
4.25
424 ratings
🗣️ Testimonio⛏️ Mining Communities✊ Socialist Feminism
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
843
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 86%
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013
3.83
843 ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation
In the Sea There are Crocodiles
by Fabio Geda • 2010
Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.
4.01
15k+
📖 Refugee Memoir👦 Child Refugee⛓️ Human Trafficking
In the Sea There are Crocodiles Summary
In the Sea There are Crocodiles 86%
Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.
by Fabio Geda 2010
4.01
15k+ ratings
📖 Refugee Memoir👦 Child Refugee⛓️ Human Trafficking
Brown Enough
by Christopher Rivas • 2022
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
4.28
310
🤎 Mixed Race Identity🌎 Latinx Diaspora🎨 Colorism
Brown Enough Summary
Brown Enough 86%
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
by Christopher Rivas 2022
4.28
310 ratings
🤎 Mixed Race Identity🌎 Latinx Diaspora🎨 Colorism
Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell • 1933
Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.
4.09
103k+
🪶 Poverty Memoir🎥 Social Documentary🧹 Working Poor
Down and Out in Paris and London Summary
Down and Out in Paris and London 86%
Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.
by George Orwell 1933
4.09
103k+ ratings
🪶 Poverty Memoir🎥 Social Documentary🧹 Working Poor
Paper Girl
by Beth Macy • 2025
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
4.02
11k+
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline
Paper Girl Summary
Paper Girl 86%
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
by Beth Macy 2025
4.02
11k+ ratings
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
by Daisy Hernández • 2014
A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.
4.12
2k+
✈️ Immigrant Memoir🌈 Coming Out Stories🗣️ Language And Identity
A Cup of Water Under My Bed Summary
A Cup of Water Under My Bed 86%
A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.
by Daisy Hernández 2014
4.12
2k+ ratings
✈️ Immigrant Memoir🌈 Coming Out Stories🗣️ Language And Identity
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 86%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 86%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration
The Great Demographic Illusion
by Richard Alba • 2020
One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.
4.03
38
🧬 Mixed Race Identity📊 Census Politics🔄 Assimilation Theory
The Great Demographic Illusion Summary
The Great Demographic Illusion 86%
One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.
by Richard Alba 2020
4.03
38 ratings
🧬 Mixed Race Identity📊 Census Politics🔄 Assimilation Theory
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