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The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen

The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began

Valerie Hansen

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Ace by Angela Chen

Ace

Angela Chen

226 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective medium-paced
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini

How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy

Julian Baggini

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak

24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

Philip Matyszak

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Naming Jack the Ripper by Russell Edwards

Naming Jack the Ripper

Russell Edwards

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative sad slow-paced
Thou Shalt Do No Murder: Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic by Kenn Harper

Thou Shalt Do No Murder: Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic

Kenn Harper

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime emotional reflective medium-paced
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

253 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

Kara Cooney

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind by Kermit Pattison

Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind

Kermit Pattison

544 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

Sonia Shah

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced