George Schlesinger

18 books

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Shoshana Zuboff

704 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

729 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Antonio J. Méndez

Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

Antonio J. Méndez

310 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative mysterious tense fast-paced
God is not great by Christopher Hitchens

God is not great

Christopher Hitchens

320 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion reflective slow-paced
Het begon met een ster by Helga Weiss

Het begon met een ster

Helga Weiss

222 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Jordan Ellenberg

480 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
I am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

I am Forbidden

Anouk Markovits

302 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical religion reflective fast-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
In Pursuit of the Unknown by Ian Stewart

In Pursuit of the Unknown

Ian Stewart

352 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Jerusalem: The Biography

Simon Sebag Montefiore

650 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced