James Cameron Stewart

52 books

Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History by Simon Winder

Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

Simon Winder

480 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction history travel funny informative slow-paced
God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World by Alan Mikhail

God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World

Alan Mikhail

512 pages • 2020

nonfiction biography history politics challenging informative medium-paced
How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

284 pages • hardcover • 59

nonfiction philosophy challenging medium-paced
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000 by Chris Wickham

The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000

Penguin History of Europe #2

Chris Wickham

651 pages • hardcover • 2009

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook by Colin Wilson, Donald Rumbelow

Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook

Colin Wilson, Donald Rumbelow

317 pages • 1975

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging informative sad medium-paced
The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire by Deborah Baker

The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire

Deborah Baker

385 pages • 2018

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

320 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction mystery science fiction thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Lives of the Artists by Julia Conway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella, Giorgio Vasari

The Lives of the Artists

Julia Conway Bondanella, Peter Bondanella, Giorgio Vasari

616 pages • 1550

nonfiction art biography history informative slow-paced
Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges

Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

Fawaz A. Gerges

496 pages • 2018

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience by Martyn Whittock

Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience

Martyn Whittock

416 pages • 2019

nonfiction history informative reflective fast-paced