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Coolidge by Amity Shlaes

Coolidge

Amity Shlaes

21 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

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

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary challenging dark sad medium-paced
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope

On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads

Tim Cope

509 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier by Mark Adams

Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

Mark Adams

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous informative slow-paced
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Ernesto Che Guevara

170 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

13 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan

The Lemon Tree

Sandy Tolan

384 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

1614 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced