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⚡ Colonial Ecologies

How empire transformed natural environments—deforestation, monoculture, species introduction—reshaping ecosystems to serve imperial appetites with consequences still unfolding today.
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
by Jennifer Grenz • 2024
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
4.31
558
🪶 Indigenous Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🔬 Decolonizing Science
Medicine Wheel for the Planet Summary
Medicine Wheel for the Planet 92%
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
by Jennifer Grenz 2024
4.31
558 ratings
🪶 Indigenous Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🔬 Decolonizing Science
Dark Emu
by Bruce Pascoe • 2014
Early reports found Aboriginal farms and dams; the hunter-gatherer label was a colonial lie.
4.27
16k+
🌱 Indigenous Agriculture🏞️ Pre-Colonial Australia🔥 Fire Ecology
Dark Emu Summary
Dark Emu 91%
Early reports found Aboriginal farms and dams; the hunter-gatherer label was a colonial lie.
by Bruce Pascoe 2014
4.27
16k+ ratings
🌱 Indigenous Agriculture🏞️ Pre-Colonial Australia🔥 Fire Ecology
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
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941
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 91%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
🌍 Settler Colonialism🗳 Indigenous Politics📖 Decolonial Theory
We Will Be Jaguars
by Nemonte Nenquimo • 2024
Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.
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11k+
🪶 Indigenous Resistance🛢️ Extractive Industries🌳 Amazon Conservation
We Will Be Jaguars Summary
We Will Be Jaguars 91%
Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.
by Nemonte Nenquimo 2024
4.50
11k+ ratings
🪶 Indigenous Resistance🛢️ Extractive Industries🌳 Amazon Conservation
The Battle for Paradise
by Naomi Klein • 2018
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
4.23
3k+
🌴 Caribbean Colonialism🌪️ Disaster Justice💰 Austerity Politics
The Battle for Paradise Summary
The Battle for Paradise 90%
After Maria, corporate profiteers and community visionaries race to shape Puerto Rico's future.
by Naomi Klein 2018
4.23
3k+ ratings
🌴 Caribbean Colonialism🌪️ Disaster Justice💰 Austerity Politics
Political Ecology
by Paul Robbins • 2004
Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.
3.92
208
🌍 Political Ecology🏛️ Environmental Politics🗺️ Critical Geography
Political Ecology Summary
Political Ecology 90%
Environmental problems are political problems. A critical field guide to the tools that prove it.
by Paul Robbins 2004
3.92
208 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🏛️ Environmental Politics🗺️ Critical Geography
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty • 2021
All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.
3.68
142
🏞️ Anthropocene Theory⏳ Deep Time⚖️ Climate Justice
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age 90%
All our political concepts assume a stable planet. The Anthropocene reveals it never was.
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021
3.68
142 ratings
🏞️ Anthropocene Theory⏳ Deep Time⚖️ Climate Justice
As We Have Always Done
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson • 2017
Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.
4.57
1k+
🌱 Indigenous Resurgence🌍 Decolonization✊ Anti-Colonialism
As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done 90%
Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017
4.57
1k+ ratings
🌱 Indigenous Resurgence🌍 Decolonization✊ Anti-Colonialism
The Great Derangement
by Amitav Ghosh • 2016
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
4.04
6k+
🏛️ Climate Politics📚 Environmental Humanities🌏 Postcolonial Critique
The Great Derangement Summary
The Great Derangement 90%
Fiction cannot hold a cyclone. Politics cannot hold a planet. A novelist names the cultural refusal.
by Amitav Ghosh 2016
4.04
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Climate Politics📚 Environmental Humanities🌏 Postcolonial Critique
The Mushroom at the End of the World
by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing • 2015
A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.
3.96
8k+
🧬 Multispecies Ethnography🌍 Political Ecology🌪️ Disturbance Ecology
The Mushroom at the End of the World Summary
The Mushroom at the End of the World 90%
A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.
by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015
3.96
8k+ ratings
🧬 Multispecies Ethnography🌍 Political Ecology🌪️ Disturbance Ecology
1493
by Charles C. Mann • 2011
Potatoes east, mosquitoes west: the biological upheaval set off by 1492 that still runs the world.
4.12
21k+
🌿 Environmental History🦟 Disease And Empire🌽 Agricultural Revolution
1493 Summary
1493 90%
Potatoes east, mosquitoes west: the biological upheaval set off by 1492 that still runs the world.
by Charles C. Mann 2011
4.12
21k+ ratings
🌿 Environmental History🦟 Disease And Empire🌽 Agricultural Revolution
God Is Red
by Vine Deloria Jr. • 1972
Indigenous peoples root religion in land; Christians in time, and the planet pays the price.
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2k+
📖 Indigenous Theology🏞️ Sacred Geography✊ Decolonial Religion
God Is Red Summary
God Is Red 90%
Indigenous peoples root religion in land; Christians in time, and the planet pays the price.
by Vine Deloria Jr. 1972
4.16
2k+ ratings
📖 Indigenous Theology🏞️ Sacred Geography✊ Decolonial Religion
American Holocaust
by David E. Stannard • 1992
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
4.34
1k+
💀 Colonial Genocide📖 Genocide Studies✝️ Religious Violence
American Holocaust Summary
American Holocaust 90%
Before 1492, the Americas held more people than Europe. What followed erased 90 percent of them.
by David E. Stannard 1992
4.34
1k+ ratings
💀 Colonial Genocide📖 Genocide Studies✝️ Religious Violence
Managed Annihilation
by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
3.29
21
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 90%
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010
3.29
21 ratings
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
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 90%
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
India that is Bharat
by J. Sai Deepak • 2021
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
4.42
2k+
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought
India that is Bharat Summary
India that is Bharat 90%
Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.
by J. Sai Deepak 2021
4.42
2k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🇮🇳 Indian Politics🌍 Decolonial Thought
After Lockdown
by Bruno Latour • 2021
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
3.50
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🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown 90%
The lockdown ended. The fantasy of escaping Earth should end too.
by Bruno Latour 2021
3.50
311 ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🚧 Planetary Boundaries🧬 Posthumanism
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
4.37
21k+
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🪶 Native American History📚 Revisionist History
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States 89%
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014
4.37
21k+ ratings
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🪶 Native American History📚 Revisionist History
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
by Mark Peterson • 2026
The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?
4.09
22
🏛️ Constitutional History🌎 American Expansion⚡ Settler Colonialism
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution Summary
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution 89%
The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?
by Mark Peterson 2026
4.09
22 ratings
🏛️ Constitutional History🌎 American Expansion⚡ Settler Colonialism
The Christian Imagination
by Willie James Jennings • 2010
The modern idea of race was not a secular invention; it was born inside Christian theology.
4.51
713
✝️ Race And Theology🧭 Colonial Displacement⛪ Supersessionism
The Christian Imagination Summary
The Christian Imagination 89%
The modern idea of race was not a secular invention; it was born inside Christian theology.
by Willie James Jennings 2010
4.51
713 ratings
✝️ Race And Theology🧭 Colonial Displacement⛪ Supersessionism
Free Gifts
by Alyssa Battistoni • 2025
Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.
4.24
55
🏞️ Political Ecology📊 Ecological Economics🌍 Marxist Ecology
Free Gifts Summary
Free Gifts 89%
Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.
by Alyssa Battistoni 2025
4.24
55 ratings
🏞️ Political Ecology📊 Ecological Economics🌍 Marxist Ecology
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
4.10
13k+
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 89%
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021
4.10
13k+ ratings
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Seeing Like a State
by James C. Scott • 1998
Why grand state plans fail: the same simplifications that make society governable make it fragile.
4.21
7k+
🏛️ Political Theory🏗️ State Planning🌱 Local Knowledge
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State 89%
Why grand state plans fail: the same simplifications that make society governable make it fragile.
by James C. Scott 1998
4.21
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Theory🏗️ State Planning🌱 Local Knowledge
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman • 2007
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
3.81
44k+
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution
The World Without Us Summary
The World Without Us 89%
What happens to every city, every nuclear plant, and every plastic bag the moment humans disappear.
by Alan Weisman 2007
3.81
44k+ ratings
🕰️ Deep Time🌿 Rewilding🧴 Plastic Pollution
The Legacy
by David Suzuki • 2010
GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.
4.21
492
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge📉 Post-Growth Economics
The Legacy Summary
The Legacy 89%
GDP counts car crashes as growth. An elder's vision for measuring what actually sustains us.
by David Suzuki 2010
4.21
492 ratings
🌍 Environmental Philosophy🌱 Traditional Ecological Knowledge📉 Post-Growth Economics
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política
by Bruno Latour • 2017
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
3.74
2k+
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política Summary
Dónde aterrizar. Cómo orientarse en política 89%
Climate, inequality, and nationalism share one cause: the Earth has become a political actor.
by Bruno Latour 2017
3.74
2k+ ratings
🌍 Political Ecology🌡️ Climate Politics🧠 Continental Philosophy
How Forests Think
by Eduardo Kohn • 2013
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
3.86
1k+
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think 89%
Thought lives in forests, jaguars, and signs. Anthropology has never known how to listen.
by Eduardo Kohn 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
🌴 Amazonian Ethnography🕸️ Multispecies Ethnography🧬 Biosemiotics
Gathering Moss
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2003
They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.
4.38
21k+
🌿 Botanical Writing🧡 Indigenous Ecology📝 Essay Collections
Gathering Moss Summary
Gathering Moss 89%
They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003
4.38
21k+ ratings
🌿 Botanical Writing🧡 Indigenous Ecology📝 Essay Collections
All Our Relations
by Winona LaDuke • 1999
How Native lands became a dumping ground for 16 nuclear waste sites, and the fight back.
4.37
711
🌿 Indigenous Rights🌍 Environmental Justice🏞️ Land Rights
All Our Relations Summary
All Our Relations 89%
How Native lands became a dumping ground for 16 nuclear waste sites, and the fight back.
by Winona LaDuke 1999
4.37
711 ratings
🌿 Indigenous Rights🌍 Environmental Justice🏞️ Land Rights
Imaginary Homelands
by Salman Rushdie • 1991
After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.
3.99
2k+
📖 Postcolonial Literature🗳️ Indian Politics🧳 Migrant Perspectives
Imaginary Homelands Summary
Imaginary Homelands 89%
After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.
by Salman Rushdie 1991
3.99
2k+ ratings
📖 Postcolonial Literature🗳️ Indian Politics🧳 Migrant Perspectives
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
by Roberto Sirvent • 2019
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
4.08
287
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence Summary
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence 89%
American history is the original fake news: a cover story for genocide, slavery, and endless war.
by Roberto Sirvent 2019
4.08
287 ratings
🏛️ American Empire🪓 Settler Colonialism📜 National Myths
Red Nation Rising
by Nick Estes • 2021
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
4.38
159
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🗳️ Native American Politics✊ Indigenous Resistance
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising 89%
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
by Nick Estes 2021
4.38
159 ratings
🏚️ Settler Colonialism🗳️ Native American Politics✊ Indigenous Resistance
Mayflower
by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2006
The first Thanksgiving was followed by a war bloodier per capita than the Civil War.
3.89
47k+
🏛️ Colonial America📖 Narrative History🇺🇸 American Origin Stories
Mayflower Summary
Mayflower 89%
The first Thanksgiving was followed by a war bloodier per capita than the Civil War.
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2006
3.89
47k+ ratings
🏛️ Colonial America📖 Narrative History🇺🇸 American Origin Stories
Sand Talk
by Tyson Yunkaporta • 2019
Linear time and reductionist logic got us into this mess. An Indigenous framework shows the way out.
4.35
5k+
🧠 Indigenous Knowledge🇦🇺 Aboriginal Australia🔄 Systems Thinking
Sand Talk Summary
Sand Talk 89%
Linear time and reductionist logic got us into this mess. An Indigenous framework shows the way out.
by Tyson Yunkaporta 2019
4.35
5k+ ratings
🧠 Indigenous Knowledge🇦🇺 Aboriginal Australia🔄 Systems Thinking
Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
4.51
177k+
📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge🎁 Gift Economy🌿 Nature Connection
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass 89%
Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013
4.51
177k+ ratings
📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge🎁 Gift Economy🌿 Nature Connection
The Two Faces of American Freedom
by Aziz Rana • 2010
American freedom depends on subjugation: a hidden bargain that shaped the republic from the start.
4.03
90
🌾 Settler Colonialism🇺🇸 American Empire📜 Constitutional History
The Two Faces of American Freedom Summary
The Two Faces of American Freedom 89%
American freedom depends on subjugation: a hidden bargain that shaped the republic from the start.
by Aziz Rana 2010
4.03
90 ratings
🌾 Settler Colonialism🇺🇸 American Empire📜 Constitutional History
Indians and English
by Karen Ordahl Kupperman • 2000
Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.
3.85
114
🇺🇸 Early American History⚓ Colonial Encounters📜 Ethnohistory
Indians and English Summary
Indians and English 89%
Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.
by Karen Ordahl Kupperman 2000
3.85
114 ratings
🇺🇸 Early American History⚓ Colonial Encounters📜 Ethnohistory
Unsettling Truths
by Mark Charles • 2019
A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.
4.35
2k+
🗺️ Settler Colonialism⛪ Theological Racism🏚️ Land Dispossession
Unsettling Truths Summary
Unsettling Truths 89%
A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.
by Mark Charles 2019
4.35
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Settler Colonialism⛪ Theological Racism🏚️ Land Dispossession
The End of Nature
by Bill McKibben • 1989
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
3.94
3k+
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
The End of Nature Summary
The End of Nature 89%
Nature once stood apart from human affairs. We altered the atmosphere, and that separation fell.
by Bill McKibben 1989
3.94
3k+ ratings
🌍 Anthropocene Philosophy🌿 Deep Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
1491
by Charles C. Mann • 2005
A hemisphere of cities, empires, and millions, emptied by smallpox before colonists arrived.
4.05
96k+
🏛️ Pre-Columbian History🗿 Indigenous Civilizations📖 Revisionist History
1491 Summary
1491 89%
A hemisphere of cities, empires, and millions, emptied by smallpox before colonists arrived.
by Charles C. Mann 2005
4.05
96k+ ratings
🏛️ Pre-Columbian History🗿 Indigenous Civilizations📖 Revisionist History
Not "A Nation of Immigrants"
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2021
Behind the immigrant myth: a settler state founded on land theft, genocide, and a war economy.
4.35
1k+
🏛️ Settler Colonialism🌎 US Imperialism🗽 American Origin Myths
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" Summary
Not "A Nation of Immigrants" 89%
Behind the immigrant myth: a settler state founded on land theft, genocide, and a war economy.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2021
4.35
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Settler Colonialism🌎 US Imperialism🗽 American Origin Myths
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
by Barbara E. Mundy • 2015
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
4.11
71
🏙️ Urban History🪶 Mesoamerican Studies💧 Water Management
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Summary
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City 89%
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
by Barbara E. Mundy 2015
4.11
71 ratings
🏙️ Urban History🪶 Mesoamerican Studies💧 Water Management
An Inconvenient Apocalypse
by Wes Jackson • 2022
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
3.56
198
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics
An Inconvenient Apocalypse Summary
An Inconvenient Apocalypse 89%
Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.
by Wes Jackson 2022
3.56
198 ratings
📉 Limits To Growth🛠️ Techno-Skepticism💰 Ecological Economics
Aftershocks of Disaster
by Yarimar Bonilla • 2019
After Maria, Puerto Ricans found the worst disaster wasn't the storm. It was colonial rule.
4.29
129
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican History🌴 Caribbean Politics🌀 Disaster Response
Aftershocks of Disaster Summary
Aftershocks of Disaster 89%
After Maria, Puerto Ricans found the worst disaster wasn't the storm. It was colonial rule.
by Yarimar Bonilla 2019
4.29
129 ratings
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican History🌴 Caribbean Politics🌀 Disaster Response
The Sacred Balance
by David Suzuki • 1997
You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.
4.14
2k+
🏔️ Deep Ecology🌿 Sacred Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
The Sacred Balance Summary
The Sacred Balance 89%
You are made from the planet's air, water, and soil. Forgetting this is the emergency.
by David Suzuki 1997
4.14
2k+ ratings
🏔️ Deep Ecology🌿 Sacred Ecology⚖️ Environmental Ethics
Megafire
by Michael Kodas • 2017
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
4.01
254
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters
Megafire Summary
Megafire 89%
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
by Michael Kodas 2017
4.01
254 ratings
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters
Decolonizing Palestine
by Mitri Raheb • 2023
Christianity made peace with Israeli colonization. A Palestinian pastor calls the deal off.
4.43
208
✊ Liberation Theology🌍 Postcolonial Theology🏘️ Settler Colonialism
Decolonizing Palestine Summary
Decolonizing Palestine 89%
Christianity made peace with Israeli colonization. A Palestinian pastor calls the deal off.
by Mitri Raheb 2023
4.43
208 ratings
✊ Liberation Theology🌍 Postcolonial Theology🏘️ Settler Colonialism
Silencing the Past
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot • 1995
Why the Haitian Revolution was erased from history while it was still happening.
4.35
3k+
📜 Critical Historiography🔍 Historical Methodology💡 Power And Knowledge
Silencing the Past Summary
Silencing the Past 89%
Why the Haitian Revolution was erased from history while it was still happening.
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot 1995
4.35
3k+ ratings
📜 Critical Historiography🔍 Historical Methodology💡 Power And Knowledge
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
by Peter Wohlleben • 2017
Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.
4.05
7k+
🌿 Popular Ecology🌲 Forest Ecosystems🕸️ Ecological Webs
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature 89%
Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.
by Peter Wohlleben 2017
4.05
7k+ ratings
🌿 Popular Ecology🌲 Forest Ecosystems🕸️ Ecological Webs
A Life on Our Planet
by David Attenborough • 2020
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
4.50
35k+
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries
A Life on Our Planet Summary
A Life on Our Planet 89%
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
by David Attenborough 2020
4.50
35k+ ratings
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries
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