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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Adam Hochschild

416 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

290 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition by Thucydides

The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition

Thucydides

656 pages • first pub -411 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Daniel J. Boorstin, Edward Gibbon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Daniel J. Boorstin, Edward Gibbon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

735 pages • first pub 1776 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
fiction classics historical history politics challenging informative slow-paced
A History of My Times by Xenophon, Xenophon

A History of My Times

Xenophon, Xenophon

432 pages • first pub -360 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction classics history challenging informative fast-paced
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain

A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines

Anthony Bourdain

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction food and drink memoir travel adventurous informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War by Kenneth W. Noe

The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War

Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War

Kenneth W. Noe

688 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction history nature informative medium-paced
Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins

Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

Modris Eksteins

416 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Yearbook by Seth Rogen

Yearbook

Seth Rogen

260 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

117 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

5.0caramadeline's review
fiction classics play dark emotional sad medium-paced