Alan Sklar

70 books

The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks by Steven Johnson

The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks

Steven Johnson

320 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic by Robert L. O'Connell

The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic

Robert L. O'Connell

310 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative medium-paced
Healing Anxiety and Depression by Lisa C. Routh, Alan Sklar, Daniel G. Amen

Healing Anxiety and Depression

Lisa C. Routh, Alan Sklar, Daniel G. Amen

450 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology self help informative medium-paced
A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth by Matthew Dickerson

A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth

Matthew Dickerson

260 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced
In the Midst of Death by Lawrence Block

In the Midst of Death

Matthew Scudder #3

Lawrence Block

244 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect by Ronald Kessler

In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect

Ronald Kessler

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
Jesus for the Non-Religious: Recovering the Divine at the Heart of the Human by John Shelby Spong

Jesus for the Non-Religious: Recovering the Divine at the Heart of the Human

John Shelby Spong

316 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion reflective slow-paced
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence by Lisa McCubbin Hill, Gerald Blaine, Clint Hill

The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence

Lisa McCubbin Hill, Gerald Blaine, Clint Hill

448 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
The Last Week by John Dominic Crossan, Marcus J. Borg

The Last Week

John Dominic Crossan, Marcus J. Borg

256 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power - A Dispatch from the Beach by Gerald Posner

Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth, and Power - A Dispatch from the Beach

Gerald Posner

464 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced