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The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South by Bruce Levine

The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

Bruce Levine

464 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history dark slow-paced
The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 by Martin Dugard

The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848

Martin Dugard

11 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions)

2.5socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael Shermer

Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational

Michael Shermer

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

1.25socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction psychology science
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy by Sandrine Rigaud, Laurent Richard

Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

Sandrine Rigaud, Laurent Richard

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction technology challenging dark informative medium-paced
1918: War and Peace by Gregor Dallas

1918: War and Peace

Gregor Dallas

620 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

1.5socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Julian E. Zelizer, Kevin M. Kruse

Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

Julian E. Zelizer, Kevin M. Kruse

12 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

2.5socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hitler's Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII by Lauren Young, Lauren Young

Hitler's Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII

Lauren Young, Lauren Young

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

0.25socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights by David S. Reynolds

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights

David S. Reynolds

578 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

3.75socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

4.5socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history emotional informative slow-paced
The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal by Yonatan Adler

The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal

Yonatan Adler

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history religion sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced