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Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic by Walter Karp

Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic

Walter Karp

384 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

Charles C. Mann

557 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and The Bomb by David C. Cassidy

Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and The Bomb

David C. Cassidy

480 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra by Toby Wilkinson

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra

Toby Wilkinson

646 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine by Howard Markel

An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine

Howard Markel

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history psychology informative reflective slow-paced
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Katherine Boo

288 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history sociology emotional informative sad medium-paced
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes

Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race

Richard Rhodes

386 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foreman

A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

Amanda Foreman

988 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild

To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

Adam Hochschild

448 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Payback: Why We Retaliate, Redirect Aggression, and Take Revenge by Judith Eve Lipton, David P. Barash

Payback: Why We Retaliate, Redirect Aggression, and Take Revenge

Judith Eve Lipton, David P. Barash

209 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced