Barbara Gadomska

21 books

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

Stephanie Land

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

244 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

Glenn Greenwald

259 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics technology challenging informative medium-paced
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart

The Places in Between

Rory Stewart

299 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous informative reflective 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
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff, David Corn

Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump

Michael Isikoff, David Corn

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust by Tom Segev, Haim Watzman

The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust

Tom Segev, Haim Watzman

608 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking

Brendan I. Koerner

318 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative tense fast-paced
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikötter

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

People's Trilogy #2

Frank Dikötter

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

An Echo in the Bone

Outlander #7

Diana Gabaldon

864 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous emotional medium-paced