Massimo Parizzi

14 books

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

806 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Steven Pinker

528 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Andrew Graham-Dixon

512 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history dark informative medium-paced
The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth by Jeremy Rifkin

The Green New Deal: Why the Fossil Fuel Civilization Will Collapse by 2028, and the Bold Economic Plan to Save Life on Earth

Jeremy Rifkin

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics informative slow-paced
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 by Anne Applebaum

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956

Anne Applebaum

566 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative tense slow-paced
M: The Caravaggio Enigma by Peter Robb

M: The Caravaggio Enigma

Peter Robb

567 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Power of Art by Simon Schama

The Power of Art

Simon Schama

448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative lighthearted fast-paced
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Steven Pinker

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology challenging informative medium-paced
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933 by Anne Applebaum

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

Anne Applebaum

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative sad slow-paced
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

Simon Sebag Montefiore

784 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced