Conny Sýkora

10 books

Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair

Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend

Deirdre Bair

432 pages • 2016

nonfiction biography history true crime informative reflective medium-paced
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History by Boris Johnson

The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History

Boris Johnson

400 pages • 2014

nonfiction biography history politics informative fast-paced
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe by Simon Winder

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

Simon Winder

576 pages • digital • 2013

nonfiction historical history travel funny informative slow-paced
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

480 pages • hardcover • 1997

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
The History of Philosophy by A.C. Grayling

The History of Philosophy

A.C. Grayling

704 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history philosophy informative medium-paced
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk

The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

Seb Falk

416 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies by Geoffrey West

Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

Geoffrey West

496 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction business economics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond

The World Until Yesterday

Jared Diamond

498 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction history science sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age by Robert D. Kaplan

Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age

Robert D. Kaplan

368 pages • hardcover

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War by Nigel Cliff

Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story-How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War

Nigel Cliff

480 pages • 2016

nonfiction biography history music informative reflective slow-paced