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3 English AP
Independent Reading Assignment
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STEM Aczel, Amir & Dava Sobel – Fermat’s Last Theorem Ferris, Timothy - Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers… Feynman, Richard – Six Easy Pieces Feynmen, Richard - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Kidder, Tracy – Soul of a New Machine King, Ross – Brunelleschi’s Dome Levi, Primo - The Periodic Table Maddox, Brenda - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA Mander, Jerry – Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Postman, Neil - Technopoly Sobel, Dava - Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love Wilson, Edward O. - The Diversity of Life Wolfe, Tom – The Right Stuff |
Economics/ Class Ahamen, Liaquat – Lords of Finance Cohen, Leah Hager – Glass, Paper, Beans Deresiewicz, William -- Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life Desmond, Matthew -- Evicted Diamond, Jared - Guns, Germs, and Steel; Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Dubner, Stephen & Levitt, Stephen - Freakonomics Ehrenreich, Barbara - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America Gladwell, Malcolm - The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Klein, Naomi - The Shock Doctrine : the Rise of Disaster Capitalism Lewis, Michael – Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Moore, Natalie --The South Side Moore, Wes - The Other Wes Moore Sachs, Jeffrey - The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time Salzman, Mark – Iron and Silk Walls, Jeannette - Glass Castle |
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Health Almond, Steve - Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Biss, Eula – On Immunity: An Inoculation Gawande, Atu – Complications Kidder, Tracy - Mountains Beyond Mountains Preston, Richard – The Hot Zone Roach, Mary - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Schlosser, Eric – Fast Food Nation |
War Ambrose, Stephen – Band of Brothers Ambrose, Stephen – Undaunted Courage Bowden, Mark – Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Bradley, James - Flags of our Fathers Chang, Iris – The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II Chang, Leslie – Beyond the Narrow Gate Finkle, David – The Good Soldier Gerard, Philip - Secret Soldiers: The Story of WWII's Heroic Army of Deception Kim, Richard E. - Lost Names: Scenes From a Korean Boyhood Ricks, Thomas – Making the Corps Speigelman, Art - Maus, volumes I and II |
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Freedom and Security/ Prison System Alexander, Michelle – The New Jim Crow Davis, Angela – Are Prisons Obsolete? Elsner, Alan – Gates of Injustice Forman, James –Locking Up Our Own Krakauer, Jon --Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town Morris, Monique – Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools Stevenson, Bryan –Just Mercy |
Journalism Clarke, Donald – Wishing on the Moon Capote, Truman - In Cold Blood Cullen, Dave – Columbine Orlean, Susan – The Orchid Thief |
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Philosophy / Living Well Blackburn, Simon – Think Blackburn, Simon – How to Be Good Hogan, Linda --Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World Mander, Jerry – Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television Pirsig, Robert – Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Thoreau, Henry David - Walden |
Mental Health Capote, Truman - In Cold Blood Cullen, Dave – Columbine Didion, Joan – The Year of Magical Thinking Eggers, Dave - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Grealy, Lucy - Autobiography of a Face Kaysen, Susanna - Girl, Interrupted Tammet, Daniel - Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Yoffe, Emily - What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner |
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International Relations Ansary, Tamim - West of Kabul, East of New York Armstrong, Karen – A History of God Ben Jelloun, Tahar - Racism Explained to my Daughter Cohen, Leah Hager – Glass, Paper, Beans Davis, Wade - Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures Delbanco, Andrew – The Death of Satan Ellis, Joseph – American Sphinx Foer,Franklin. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Goodwin, Jan - Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World Hoffman, Eva – Lost in Translation Kim, Richard E. - Lost Names: Scenes From a Korean Boyhood Mathabane, Mark - Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid Africa Salzman, Mark – Iron and Silk Stiglitz, Joseph - Globalization and Its Discontents Urrea, Luis Alberto – Devil’s Highway |
Nature Bryson, Bill - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Carson, Rachel - Silent Spring Ferris, Timothy - Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers… Fossey, Dian – Gorillas in the Mist Goodall, Jane & Dale Peterson - Africa in my Blood: An Autobiography in Letters Knapp, Caroline - Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs Kolbert, Elizabeth – The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Klein, Naomi – This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate Krakauer, Jon - Into Thin Air Orlean, Susan – The Orchid Thief Pollan, Michael - The Botany of Desire Pollan, Michael - The Omnivore’s Dilemma Preston, Richard – The Hot Zone Reisner, Marc - Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Thoreau, Henry David - Walden Weisman, Alan - The World Without Us Yoffe, Emily - What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner |
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Sports Armstrong, Lance – It’s Not About the Bike Bissinger, H.G. – Friday Night Lights Foer,Franklin -- How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Hillenbrand, Laura – Seabiscuit Lewis, Michael – The Blind Side Lewis, Michael – Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Shulman, James - Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports Shulman, James - The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values |
Gender Chang, Leslie – Beyond the Narrow Gate Clarke, Donald – Wishing on the Moon Goodwin, Jan - Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World Kingston, Maxine Hong – Woman Warrior Maddox, Brenda - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA Morris, Monique – Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools Nafisi, Azar - Reading Lolita in Tehran Orenstein, Peggy - Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap Satrapi, Marjane - Persepolis Satrapi, Marjane - Persepolis: The Story of a Return Shulman, James - Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports |