Joan Eloi Roca

19 books

A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini

A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World

Julian Baggini

192 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots by Ian Morris

War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots

Ian Morris

495 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Why the West Rules—For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future by Ian Morris

Why the West Rules—For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future

Ian Morris

681 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald

At the Back of the North Wind

George MacDonald

352 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy hopeful reflective slow-paced
Bizancio: Los primeros siglos by John Julius Norwich, Joan Eloi Roca

Bizancio: Los primeros siglos

John Julius Norwich, Joan Eloi Roca

missing page info • first pub 1988 (editions)

adventurous informative tense slow-paced
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley

City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire

Roger Crowley

405 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced
Leviathan: Or, The Whale by Philip Hoare

Leviathan: Or, The Whale

Philip Hoare

352 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction nature science reflective slow-paced
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

Sherry Turkle

448 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology technology informative reflective slow-paced
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and Its People by Michael Wood

The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and Its People

Michael Wood

588 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced