Nelson Runger

41 books

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

586 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

Stephen Hawking

251 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves

Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina

Claudius #2

Robert Graves

533 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative slow-paced
The Coming Fury by E.B. Long, Bruce Catton

The Coming Fury

The Centennial History of the Civil War #1

E.B. Long, Bruce Catton

568 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Coming Into the Country by John McPhee

Coming Into the Country

John McPhee

448 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction history nature travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War by James M. McPherson

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War

James M. McPherson

224 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America by James Wilson

The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America

James Wilson

496 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Elizabeth I CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire by Alan Axelrod

Elizabeth I CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire

Alan Axelrod

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history informative fast-paced
His Excellency: George Washington: George Washington by

His Excellency: George Washington: George Washington

missing duration info • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964

Modern Library Chronicles #11

Ian Buruma

194 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced