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A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

284 pages • digital • 1998

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous funny medium-paced
Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life by David Rensin, Louis Zamperini

Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

David Rensin, Louis Zamperini

238 pages • hardcover • 2014

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

198 pages • digital • 2013

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction gender memoir religion emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

384 pages • digital • 2018

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger

656 pages • hardcover • 2012

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction autobiography biography reflective slow-paced
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Buzz Bissinger

357 pages • digital • 1988

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nonfiction sports emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella

Shoeless Joe

W.P. Kinsella

265 pages • paperback • 1982

5.0jeffphilly's review
fiction fantasy sports lighthearted slow-paced
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History by Casey Michel, Casey Michel

American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History

Casey Michel, Casey Michel

368 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction economics challenging informative medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

264 pages • digital • 2016

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nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin

768 pages • hardcover • 1994

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nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced