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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

C.L.R. James

426 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum Theory by Wolfgang Yourgrau, Stanley Mandelstam

Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum Theory

Wolfgang Yourgrau, Stanley Mandelstam

224 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
science challenging informative medium-paced
Cosmos by Carl Sagan

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

384 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

Dr. Seuss

56 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
fiction childrens fantasy funny lighthearted fast-paced
Probability Theory by E. T. Jaynes

Probability Theory

E. T. Jaynes

753 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative medium-paced
Solaris by Stanisław Lem

Solaris

Stanisław Lem

206 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
fiction classics science fiction mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall

Albert Camus

160 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
fiction classics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises
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Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

428 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced
Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

Cosmicomics

Italo Calvino

153 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
fiction science fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
An Introduction to Godel's Theorems by Peter Smith
An Introduction to Godel's Theorems
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Peter Smith

An Introduction to Godel's Theorems

Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy

Peter Smith

361 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jared_davis's review
nonfiction mathematics philosophy challenging informative medium-paced