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The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic by John Putnam Demos

The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic

John Putnam Demos

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
nonfiction history race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Candice Millard

9 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
The Brethren by Robert Merle

The Brethren

Fortunes of France #1

Robert Merle

missing duration info • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
fiction historical adventurous reflective slow-paced
Sabbath in the Suburbs: A Family's Experiment with Holy Time by MaryAnn McKibben Dana

Sabbath in the Suburbs: A Family's Experiment with Holy Time

MaryAnn McKibben Dana

157 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
nonfiction religion emotional reflective medium-paced
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

657 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Roosevelt's Beast by Louis Bayard

Roosevelt's Beast

Louis Bayard

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
fiction historical horror thriller adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

Scaramouche

Scaramouche #1

Rafael Sabatini

338 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
fiction classics historical medium-paced
This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers by Peter J. Gomes, Lillian Daniel, Martin B. Copenhaver

This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers

Peter J. Gomes, Lillian Daniel, Martin B. Copenhaver

254 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
nonfiction memoir religion informative reflective slow-paced
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

The Aeronaut's Windlass

The Cinder Spires #1

Jim Butcher

630 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous medium-paced
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution

Nathaniel Philbrick

860 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0quodfelix's review
nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced