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32 books

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

Blood in the Machine

Brian Merchant

15 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction business history technology informative medium-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

10 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action by Vicky Osterweil

In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action

Vicky Osterweil

9 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

Dean Spade

4 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction philosophy politics reference informative fast-paced
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Scott J. Shapiro

15 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt

10 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction design history informative slow-paced
The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History by Vidya Krishnan

The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History

Vidya Krishnan

8 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction health history science challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness by Neil Swidey

Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness

Neil Swidey

15 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction history science dark informative tense medium-paced
The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

333 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro by George Michelsen Foy

Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro

George Michelsen Foy

9 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0transtwill's review
nonfiction historical history adventurous tense slow-paced