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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • paperback • 2003

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

335 pages • paperback • 2000

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt #1

Edmund Morris

960 pages • paperback • 1979

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis

Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography

David Michaelis

672 pages • hardcover • 2007

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction biography comics informative lighthearted slow-paced
Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath by Michael Norman

Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath

Michael Norman

463 pages • hardcover • 1992

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown by Paul Theroux

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown

Paul Theroux

485 pages • paperback • 2002

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction memoir travel challenging reflective slow-paced
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Paul Theroux

430 pages • paperback • 1979

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction memoir travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III by Robert A. Caro

Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III

The Years of Lyndon Johnson #3

Robert A. Caro

1191 pages • paperback • 2002

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-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 • paperback • 1990

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

736 pages • hardcover • 2009

5.0owlalum's review
nonfiction history sports adventurous slow-paced