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120 reviews

Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris

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emotional medium-paced

5.0

Only Harris could write something from the perspective of a case of old wine.
Chocolat by Joanne Harris

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Love Joanne Harris. So evocative.
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes

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informative

5.0

Hughes makes history human. Even a city.
The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation by Ian Kershaw

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informative

3.0

Overview of Nazi history writing. 
Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World by Alice Roberts

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informative

3.5

I should have known cats were never tamed.
Lost in Laos by Lydia Laube

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informative

3.75

Good preparation for a trip to Laos.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

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informative slow-paced

4.0

It’s a tome. But shows here is more to hopeful about the world than not.
The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama

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informative slow-paced

1.0

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela

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informative

2.5

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang

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informative medium-paced

2.0

It was Jung’s usual perfectly researched self.