Tinke Davids

40 books

Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum

Gulag: A History

Anne Applebaum

610 pages • hardcover • 2003

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

Paul Theroux

528 pages • 1992

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous slow-paced
History of Beauty by Umberto Eco, Girolamo De Michele, Alastair McEwen, Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino

History of Beauty

Umberto Eco, Girolamo De Michele, Alastair McEwen, Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino

432 pages • paperback • 2004

nonfiction art history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel

A History of Reading

Alberto Manguel

372 pages • paperback • 1996

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away

Bill Bryson

291 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction essays memoir travel funny reflective fast-paced
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

307 pages • hardcover • 2000

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny informative medium-paced
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V.S. Naipaul

India: A Million Mutinies Now

India Trilogy #3

V.S. Naipaul

480 pages • 1990

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
Into the Heart of Borneo: An Account of a Journey Made in 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban with James Fenton by Redmond O'Hanlon

Into the Heart of Borneo: An Account of a Journey Made in 1983 to the Mountains of Batu Tiban with James Fenton

Redmond O'Hanlon

208 pages • 1984

nonfiction travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger

The Marsh Arabs

Wilfred Thesiger

233 pages • paperback • 1964

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
Medea by Christa Wolf

Medea

Christa Wolf

208 pages • 1996

fiction literary dark reflective slow-paced