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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard

Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Candice Millard

640 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction biography history informative tense medium-paced
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

416 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit

My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

Ari Shavit

464 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
Who by Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen by Matti Friedman

Who by Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen

Matti Friedman

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction biography emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Franz Kafka

208 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
fiction classics literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment

Shane Bauer

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Annette Lawrence Drew, Christopher Drew, Sherry Sontag

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Annette Lawrence Drew, Christopher Drew, Sherry Sontag

432 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Adam Hochschild

392 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

Anna Funder

328 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War by D.J. Mulloy

The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War

D.J. Mulloy

286 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced