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The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe

The Secrets of Alchemy

Lawrence M. Principe

281 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
A Wicked Company: The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment by Philipp Blom

A Wicked Company: The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment

Philipp Blom

361 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

3.0buermann's review
nonfiction history philosophy informative slow-paced
Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology by Howard Zinn

Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology

Howard Zinn

341 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

3.0buermann's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Solidarity for Sale: How Corruption Destroyed the Labor Movement and Undermined America's Promise by Robert Fitch

Solidarity for Sale: How Corruption Destroyed the Labor Movement and Undermined America's Promise

Robert Fitch

412 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages by Derek Bickerton, Derek Bickerton
Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages
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Derek Bickerton, Derek Bickerton

Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages

Derek Bickerton, Derek Bickerton

288 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.0buermann's review
nonfiction funny informative slow-paced
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Foucault's Pendulum

Umberto Eco

623 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

3.0buermann's review
fiction historical mystery challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
War and Peace Book 1 by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace Book 1

War and Peace, 4 Volumes #1-2

Leo Tolstoy

672 pages • first pub 1865 (editions)

4.0buermann's review
fiction classics historical challenging emotional slow-paced
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba

Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance

George Saliba

341 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

The Hinges of History #1

Thomas Cahill

256 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

4.0buermann's review
nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom by Doug Henwood

Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom

Doug Henwood

372 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction economics politics informative medium-paced