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120 reviews

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek

informative fast-paced

5.0

I feel guilty saying this was a fun read in the most gruesome of topics.

Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth by Kevin M. Levin

informative

4.0

Well and authentically written. Contextualises so much in America today.

A Short History of the American Civil War by Paul Christopher Anderson

0.25

In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency by Ian Gardiner

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

A corner of history that looked massive but I did not know. An earthy telling by someone there.

Syria: The Desert and the Sown by Gertrude Bell

adventurous slow-paced

2.0

Amazing Archaeologist and we should all know Bell. 

Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical by Anthony Bourdain

informative fast-paced

4.0

Short sharp read on a big topic. Told in Bourdain earthy style.

Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust by Alexandra Zapruder

informative reflective

5.0

Excellent text for holocaust educators looking at memoirs.

My Days with Gandhi by Nirmal Kumar Bose

informative

3.0

Always interesting to read about big people from the view of those beside them.

The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt, Revised and Updated by Brian Fagan

informative slow-paced

2.0

Important.

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

informative medium-paced

3.75

Deep cuts into seldom told stories of heroism.