This book is nonfiction and it is Bryan Stevenson’s memoir relating his work of challenging bias against the poor and people of color, and fighting for human rights in the US. If human rights are violated to brutally in one […]
I have recently read three books about North Korea. I wanted to learn a little bit more about the country as I felt quite ignorant on the subject. All I knew was that it is a communist country ruled by […]
Most people know Rose McGowan from Charmed. Teenage me was a fan of the show from the beginning. I came to lover her character and I thought she was a beautiful woman. This memoir shows a different picture of her, […]
To say that I was shocked when reading this novel is a gross understatement. I was absolutely terrified by Tara Westover’s childhood experiences and terrified of her father and brother. This is one of the best memoirs by women I’ve […]
I haven’t read a lot of nonfiction books about racism but lately there have been a few books on the subject on my radar and this is one of them. It comes highly recommended. I was curious to see if […]
If you ever chance upon any feminist book recommendation list this book is bound to be on it. The Feminine Mystique is one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. Published in 1963 this book is one […]
![book cover of black boy by richard wright and quote: 'At the age of twelve, [...,] I had a conception of life that no experience would ever erase, [...], a conviction that the meaning of living came only when one was struggling to wring a meaning out of meaningless suffering.'](http://www.amaliareads.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Black-Boy-by-Richard-Wright-book-cover-and-quote-326x245.jpg)
Black Boy is Richard Wrights memoir about his childhood in the Southern States (part1: Southern Night) and his young adulthood in Chicago (part2: The Horror and the Glory). It is an account of the poverty, horror, fear, and hatred of […]
I picked this book up because it was recommended by some of my favorite BookTubers and I will tell you shortly why I think that was not the best thing for me to do. Let’s see first what got me […]
This year too I will be participating in #NonFictionNovember2017, a month of reading nonfiction books. Exciting, huh? I certainly feel motivated to read more nonfiction books and I’ve been accumulating some nonfiction books these past months just to be able […]
I visited a few bookshops when I was on holiday in New York a couple of weeks ago and below is the damage. I did not buy a lot as I was precariously near my allotted luggage limit, but I […]
Copyright © 2020 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes