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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Jeff Guinn

544 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction biography history religion true crime dark informative sad slow-paced
Unseen The secret world of chronic illness by Jacinta Parsons

Unseen The secret world of chronic illness

Jacinta Parsons

288 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction memoir emotional informative medium-paced
Why We Quilt: Contemporary Makers Speak Out about the Power of Art, Activism, Community, and Creativity by Thomas Knauer

Why We Quilt: Contemporary Makers Speak Out about the Power of Art, Activism, Community, and Creativity

Thomas Knauer

224 pages • 2019

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
The Carbon Club by Marian Wilkinson

The Carbon Club

Marian Wilkinson

456 pages • 2020

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative medium-paced
CHASING THE MOON: The Story of the Space Race - from Arthur C. Clarke to the Apollo landings by Alan Andres, Robert Stone

CHASING THE MOON: The Story of the Space Race - from Arthur C. Clarke to the Apollo landings

Alan Andres, Robert Stone

384 pages • 2019

nonfiction history science adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
James Acaster's Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

James Acaster's Classic Scrapes

James Acaster

320 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Ronan Farrow

448 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative tense medium-paced
The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer by Meryle Secrest

The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer

Meryle Secrest

320 pages • 2019

nonfiction business history technology adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe

The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms

Naoko Abe

8 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction history nature informative slow-paced
Zij namen het woord: rebelse schrijfsters in de Franse letteren by Margot Dijkgraaf

Zij namen het woord: rebelse schrijfsters in de Franse letteren

Margot Dijkgraaf

240 pages • 2020

nonfiction informative inspiring tense medium-paced