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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

The Romanovs #2

Robert K. Massie

625 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
How It Ends: From You to the Universe by Chris Impey

How It Ends: From You to the Universe

Chris Impey

352 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro

The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

The Years of Lyndon Johnson #4

Robert A. Caro

736 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history politics reflective slow-paced
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World by David Maraniss

Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

David Maraniss

478 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history sports emotional slow-paced
Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games by David Clay Large

Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games

David Clay Large

396 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history sports emotional informative slow-paced
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs

The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

Nancy Gibbs

641 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

Marc Reisner

582 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

Antonia Fraser

512 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir by Clint Hill

Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir

Clint Hill

343 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Safe For Democracy: The Secret Wars Of The CIA by John Prados

Safe For Democracy: The Secret Wars Of The CIA

John Prados

696 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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