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Any Human Face by Charles Lambert

Any Human Face

Charles Lambert

323 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
fiction crime literary mystery mysterious slow-paced
The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin by Kenneth Haynes, Geoffrey Hill

The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin

Kenneth Haynes, Geoffrey Hill

160 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
fiction poetry challenging reflective fast-paced
Moonlighting: Beethoven and Literary Modernism by Nathan Waddell
Moonlighting: Beethoven and Literary Modernism
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Nathan Waddell

Moonlighting: Beethoven and Literary Modernism

Nathan Waddell

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
reflective medium-paced
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus by Fiona MacCarthy

Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus

Fiona MacCarthy

560 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Of Human Interest by Jim Clarke

Of Human Interest

Jim Clarke

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
informative reflective tense medium-paced
City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, its Tower and Its Famous Ravens by Boria Sax

City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, its Tower and Its Famous Ravens

Boria Sax

206 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
nonfiction history adventurous dark slow-paced
Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One by Kevin Jackson

Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One

Kevin Jackson

missing page info • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
nonfiction art history challenging reflective slow-paced
Middle England by Jonathan Coe

Middle England

Rotters' Club #3

Jonathan Coe

424 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
fiction contemporary funny reflective medium-paced
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner

326 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
nonfiction self help informative slow-paced
The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe

The Rotters' Club

Rotters' Club #1

Jonathan Coe

432 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0roberto's review
fiction contemporary historical challenging medium-paced