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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

448 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science by James Poskett

Horizons: The Global Origins of Modern Science

James Poskett

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

The Moor's Account

Laila Lalami

321 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe

The Secrets of Alchemy

Lawrence M. Principe

281 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba

Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance

George Saliba

341 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine by Anna Della Subin

Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

Anna Della Subin

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history religion challenging medium-paced
Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

720 pages • first pub 1851 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle

The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages

François-Xavier Fauvelle

280 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money!: The Cultural Origins of an African Work Ethic, Natal, South Africa, 1843-1900 by Keletso E. Atkins
The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money!: The Cultural Origins of an African Work Ethic, Natal, South Africa, 1843-1900
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Keletso E. Atkins

The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money!: The Cultural Origins of an African Work Ethic, Natal, South Africa, 1843-1900

Keletso E. Atkins

190 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
Understanding the Bible: You Can Without Cant by Louis W. Bookheim

Understanding the Bible: You Can Without Cant

Louis W. Bookheim

154 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0buermann's review
medium-paced