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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

Jennifer Wright

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction history science funny informative slow-paced
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Gentleman Bastard #1

Scott Lynch

537 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark funny medium-paced
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt #1

Edmund Morris

960 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbridge

The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones

Thomas Asbridge

464 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914 to 1918 by G. J. Meyer

A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914 to 1918

G. J. Meyer

777 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction history medium-paced
The White Rose by Glen Cook

The White Rose

The Chronicles of the Black Company #3

Glen Cook

317 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

254 pages • first pub 180 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction classics history philosophy informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Poetics by Aristotle

Poetics

Aristotle

144 pages • first pub -335 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction classics philosophy poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ghostmaker by Dan Abnett

Ghostmaker

Gaunt's Ghosts #2

Dan Abnett

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0triumphal_reads's review
fiction science fiction dark mysterious medium-paced