The Broken Ladder
By
Keith Payne (Social scientist)
Keith Payne (Social scientist)
2017 • 246 pages

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35 books

Nonfiction

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Sergio
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Devil's Knot
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
When Breath Becomes Air
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail

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398 books

Nonfiction

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Lauren
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
The Year of Magical Thinking
Self-Made Man
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Into the Wild

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89 books

Tbr Priority

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The Book of the New Sun
One Day
Super Sad True Love Story
Skippy Dies
Daughter of Smoke & Bone

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25 books

Need To Buy

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Momofuku
The new best recipe
BH&G Ultimate Cookie Book: More than 500 Tempting Treats Plus Secrets for Baking Better Cookies
I'll Be You and You Be Me
North: The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland
House of Leaves
Mr. Humblebrag: A Parody

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70 books

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Mere Christianity
Friends
The Pursuit of God
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
West with the Night

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279 books

Social Justice

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Lisa Francine
Notes from no man's land : American essays
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
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The Zookeeper's Wife
Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
Acts of Faith
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir

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790 books

Sociology Anthropology

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Spiritomb
Culture of Fear
Paradox of Plenty
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
When Prophecy Fails
The Age of Edison
Jesus and John Wayne
The Authoritarians

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341 books

Racism And Colonialism

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Lessons from Turtle Island
Raising White Kids
Uprooting Racism
White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism
So You Want to Talk about Race
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Columbus & Beyond: Views from Native Americans

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31 books

Classism

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Inequality by design
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
The Nazis, Capitalism and the Working Class
The Mismeasure of Man
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster

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196 books

Psychology

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Mad, Bad And Sad
The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Women and Genocide: Survivors, Victims, Perpetrators
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

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91 books

Social Psychology

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The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread
Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class
Coders

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The Alice Network
Next Year in Havana
The Birth House
The Slap
The Bookshop on the Corner
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
The Daughter's Tale

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56 books

Nonfiction

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Why I Write
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
The Broken Ladder
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems