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Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War Against Democracy by David Rohde

Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War Against Democracy

David Rohde

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction
A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington

A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind

Harriet A. Washington

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction race science challenging informative slow-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Volume 2 by Robert A. Caro

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Volume 2

The Power Broker #2

Robert A. Caro

23 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism by Joe Conason

The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

Joe Conason

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction
Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry by Austin Frerick

Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry

Austin Frerick

6 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction economics food and drink hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation by David Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser

Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation

David Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser

480 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

4.0mikefromco's review
nonfiction economics history sociology adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval by Jon Hilsenrath

Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval

Jon Hilsenrath

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.5mikefromco's review
nonfiction biography economics challenging informative medium-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

26 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0mikefromco's review
nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class by Max Fraser

Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class

Max Fraser

10 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics by Adam Rutherford

Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics

Adam Rutherford

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0mikefromco's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced