Silvia Furió

10 books

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Richard Ovenden

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith by Mary Beard

How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

Civilizations

Mary Beard

239 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art history religion informative slow-paced
How to Change the World: Reflections on Marx and Marxism by Eric Hobsbawm

How to Change the World: Reflections on Marx and Marxism

Eric Hobsbawm

480 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Rasputin File by Judson Rosengrant, Edvard Radzinsky

The Rasputin File

Judson Rosengrant, Edvard Radzinsky

576 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark informative mysterious medium-paced
The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders by Peter Heather

The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders

Peter Heather

470 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

606 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard

Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts

Mary Beard

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization by Martin Puchner

The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

Martin Puchner

442 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Un paseo por la literatura de Grecia y Roma by Richard Jenkyns
Un paseo por la literatura de Grecia y Roma
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Richard Jenkyns

Un paseo por la literatura de Grecia y Roma

Richard Jenkyns

697 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
World War II: Infographics by Nicolas Aubin, Jean Lopez, Vincent Bernard, Nicolas GUILLERAT

World War II: Infographics

Nicolas Aubin, Jean Lopez, Vincent Bernard, Nicolas GUILLERAT

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

history informative tense medium-paced