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Sharpe's Command by Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Command

Sharpe #23

Bernard Cornwell

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
fiction historical adventurous medium-paced
The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jeff Shaara

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
fiction historical
The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan Page

The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

Susan Page

14 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck by James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck

James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
James Baldwin: A Biography by David Leeming

James Baldwin: A Biography

David Leeming

464 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction art biography literary challenging reflective slow-paced
THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK by S.J. Rozan

THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK

Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #15

S.J. Rozan

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0komet2020's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie

Peter the Great

The Romanovs #1

Robert K. Massie

934 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction history slow-paced
Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict by Charles Trueheart

Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict

Charles Trueheart

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction history politics
DE HAVILLAND DH2 AND THE MEN WHO FLEW THEM by Trevor Henshaw, Barry Gray, Mike Kelsey, Mick Davis

DE HAVILLAND DH2 AND THE MEN WHO FLEW THEM

THE CROSS & COCKADE MONOGRAPH SERIES

Trevor Henshaw, Barry Gray, Mike Kelsey, Mick Davis

257 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction history
What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

Billy Dee Williams

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0komet2020's review
nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny informative medium-paced