transtwill's Reviews (554)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

4.25

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident

William McKeown

5.0

dark informative fast-paced

Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

Nathan H. Lents

5.0

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918

Alfred W. Crosby

3.5

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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notes at the end of each chapter rather than at end of book are probably an ‘in theory’ useful organisation choice, but not very compatible with screen reader use since long lists of dense citations are difficult to parse.

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

Eric Schlosser

4.5

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

3.75

challenging informative slow-paced

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

5.0

challenging dark informative medium-paced

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

3.0

Merry Go Round in Oz

Lauren McGraw Wagner, Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.0

Swords Of Haven: The Adventures Of Hawk & Fisher

Simon R. Green

3.0