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The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan

The Great Pretender

Susannah Cahalan

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction history psychology science informative medium-paced
Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas E. Joiner

Why People Die by Suicide

Thomas E. Joiner

276 pages • missing pub info (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond

Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Civilizations Rise and Fall #3

Jared Diamond

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

3.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale, Stan Redding

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

Frank W. Abagnale, Stan Redding

224 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

3.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction memoir true crime adventurous funny fast-paced
National Security And Individual Freedom by Harold D. Lasswell
National Security And Individual Freedom
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Harold D. Lasswell

National Security And Individual Freedom

Harold D. Lasswell

259 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

3.0ryanboyd's review
The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story by Gavin Weightman

The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story

Gavin Weightman

274 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

3.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography business history informative medium-paced
Statistical Inference as Severe Testing by Deborah G. Mayo

Statistical Inference as Severe Testing

Deborah G. Mayo

500 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer by Thierry Cruvellier

The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer

Thierry Cruvellier

326 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction biography history politics dark sad slow-paced
Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling by Michael Cannell

Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber and the Invention of Criminal Profiling

Michael Cannell

289 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction crime history true crime dark medium-paced
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

Lisa Feldman Barrett

448 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0ryanboyd's review
nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced