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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Brendan O’Hea, Judi Dench

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Brendan O’Hea, Judi Dench

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
nonfiction biography memoir funny informative inspiring medium-paced
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

Kathleen Sheppard

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David Baron

American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

David Baron

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Notes from a Public Typewriter by Oliver Uberti, Michael Gustafson

Notes from a Public Typewriter

Oliver Uberti, Michael Gustafson

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
nonfiction essays poetry lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren

The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free

Paulina Bren

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
nonfiction biography history science emotional slow-paced
The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham

The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker #1

Rosalie Ham

296 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0lindsbal's review
fiction romance dark mysterious slow-paced