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Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing Plague of 1518 by John Waller

Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing Plague of 1518

John Waller

267 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

3.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate by Angus Konstam

Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate

Angus Konstam

322 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

3.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative slow-paced
Riddle & Bind by Nick Montfort

Riddle & Bind

Nick Montfort

112 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

2.0ryanboyd's review
poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock

Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam

Pope Brock

304 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography history true crime informative fast-paced
The Bread and Bread Machine Bible: 250 Recipes for Breads from Around the World, Made Both by Hand and in a Bread Machine, with Traditional Classics a by Jennie Shapter, Christine Ingram

The Bread and Bread Machine Bible: 250 Recipes for Breads from Around the World, Made Both by Hand and in a Bread Machine, with Traditional Classics a

Jennie Shapter, Christine Ingram

512 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction food and drink
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

219 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Blade Runner #1

Philip K. Dick

215 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

The Hero With a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell

416 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Ian Bogost, Nick Montfort

Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System

Platform Studies

Ian Bogost, Nick Montfort

192 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction history video games informative slow-paced
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Steven Pressfield

168 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

2.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction art self help reflective medium-paced