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54 books

An Ocean in Mind by Will Kyselka

An Ocean in Mind

Will Kyselka

176 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

542 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916 by Gabriel Kolko

The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916

Gabriel Kolko

356 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction economics history politics informative slow-paced
The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class

E.P. Thompson

864 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 by Alfred W. Crosby

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900

Studies in Environment and History

Alfred W. Crosby

368 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty by Alex Carey

Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty

Alex Carey

240 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by O. Neugebauer

The Exact Sciences in Antiquity

O. Neugebauer

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation by David F. Noble

Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation

David F. Noble

427 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction economics history technology challenging informative slow-paced
The System of the World by Neal Stephenson

The System of the World

The Baroque Cycle #3

Neal Stephenson

892 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction fantasy historical science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition by Alfred W. Crosby

The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition

Contributions in American Studies

Alfred W. Crosby

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced