Reading More Non-Fiction in 2021! - hosted by litficwithellie

A book about history
Ancient history, modern history, whatever floats your boat. Pick a historical figure, or period, and try to learn a bit more about them/it!
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Annette, ein Heldinnenepos by Anne Weber

Annette, ein Heldinnenepos

Anne Weber

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical poetry informative reflective sad fast-paced
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga

Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future by James Shapiro

Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future

James Shapiro

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir by Madeleine K. Albright

Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir

Madeleine K. Albright

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Islamic Far East: Ethnogenesis of Philippine Islam by Isaac Donoso

Islamic Far East: Ethnogenesis of Philippine Islam

Isaac Donoso

310 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports by Edward Brooke-Hitching

Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports

Edward Brooke-Hitching

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history sports adventurous funny fast-paced
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

461 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit

Hope in the Dark

Rebecca Solnit

192 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Andreas Malm

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How the Irish Became White by Noel Ignatiev

How the Irish Became White

Noel Ignatiev

248 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced