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John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life by Paul C. Nagel

John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life

Paul C. Nagel

432 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust by Susan Dworkin, Edith Hahn Beer

The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust

Susan Dworkin, Edith Hahn Beer

320 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell

Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history mysterious medium-paced
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

404 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

630 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Shiloh, 1862: The First Great and Terrible Battle of the Civil War by Winston Groom
Shiloh, 1862: The First Great and Terrible Battle of the Civil War
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Winston Groom

Shiloh, 1862: The First Great and Terrible Battle of the Civil War

Winston Groom

448 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Waterloo: A New History by Gordon Corrigan

Waterloo: A New History

Gordon Corrigan

368 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
Harrisburg State Hospital: Pennsylvania's First Public Asylum by Phillip N. Thomas

Harrisburg State Hospital: Pennsylvania's First Public Asylum

Images of America: Pennsylvania

Phillip N. Thomas

127 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
informative reflective medium-paced
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II by Robert A. Caro

Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II

The Years of Lyndon Johnson #2

Robert A. Caro

556 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0jeffphilly's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton

Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

Giles Milton

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced