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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell

Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned

John A. Farrell

561 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The New Deal: A Modern History by Michael A. Hiltzik

The New Deal: A Modern History

Michael A. Hiltzik

512 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever by Kathleen Sharp

Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever

Kathleen Sharp

432 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history science dark slow-paced
Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism by Carl T. Bogus

Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism

Carl T. Bogus

405 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan

The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda

Ali H. Soufan

572 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics reflective slow-paced
Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom by Rebecca MacKinnon

Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom

Rebecca MacKinnon

322 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction politics technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui by Deborah Scroggins
Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui
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Deborah Scroggins

Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui

Deborah Scroggins

560 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history religion challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Eleventh Day: 9/11 - The Ultimate Account by Anthony Summers

The Eleventh Day: 9/11 - The Ultimate Account

Anthony Summers

624 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam

720 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Final Days by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

The Final Days

Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

19 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1976 (editions) user-added

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced