transtwill's Reviews (554)

Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way

Jon Krakauer

3.75

informative reflective fast-paced

Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

David Kenney, Robert E. Hartley

4.0

emotional informative tense slow-paced

The Johnstown Flood

David McCullough

3.75

emotional informative medium-paced

On the Edge of Survival: A Shipwreck, a Raging Storm, and the Harrowing Alaskan Rescue That Became a Legend

Spike Walker

4.0

emotional informative tense medium-paced

Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

Andrew Leatherbarrow

4.0

adventurous emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

Mark Forsyth

2.5

informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities

Davarian L. Baldwin

3.5

informative medium-paced

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

3.25

informative medium-paced

The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe

Ellen Clifford

3.75

challenging informative slow-paced

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced