Franco Salvatorelli

34 books

The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 by Eric Hobsbawm

The Age of Empire, 1875-1914

Modern History #3

Eric Hobsbawm

448 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989 by Bruce Chatwin

Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989

Bruce Chatwin

185 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction essays short stories travel adventurous medium-paced
An Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul

An Area of Darkness

India Trilogy #1

V.S. Naipaul

304 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging reflective medium-paced
Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists by Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, Margot Wittkower

Born Under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists

Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, Margot Wittkower

344 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham

Cakes and Ale

W. Somerset Maugham

308 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler

A Coffin for Dimitrios

Charles Latimer #1

Eric Ambler

280 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller informative mysterious medium-paced
Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions (Revised) by Walter Burkert

Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions (Revised)

Walter Burkert

272 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history religion science informative reflective medium-paced
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

Double Indemnity

James M. Cain

115 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler

Epitaph for a Spy

Eric Ambler

272 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century by Robert Darnton

George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century

Robert Darnton

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced