Manuel Santos Marques

8 books

Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil

Energy and Civilization: A History

Vaclav Smil

568 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science adventurous informative slow-paced
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen

Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Victor Sebestyen

569 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history dark informative tense medium-paced
Mr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world's richest man by Jonathan Conlin

Mr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world's richest man

Jonathan Conlin

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history informative medium-paced
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

Neil deGrasse Tyson

283 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction science informative lighthearted medium-paced
When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach by Ashlee Vance

When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

Ashlee Vance

528 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction science technology informative reflective medium-paced
I Dare Say: Inside Stories of the World's Most Powerful Speeches by Ferdie Addis
I Dare Say: Inside Stories of the World's Most Powerful Speeches
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Ferdie Addis

I Dare Say: Inside Stories of the World's Most Powerful Speeches

Ferdie Addis

176 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask by Peter Jones

Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask

Peter Jones

416 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative fast-paced