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The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character by Samuel Noah Kramer

The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character

Samuel Noah Kramer

372 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

241 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
fiction dystopian literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of her Survivors by Jennifer Niven

The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of her Survivors

Jennifer Niven

402 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous tense slow-paced
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

Dava Sobel

420 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction biography history science adventurous slow-paced
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson

442 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
War by Sebastian Junger

War

Sebastian Junger

287 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction autobiography biography history adventurous fast-paced
Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved by Russell Martin

Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved

Russell Martin

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction biography history music challenging mysterious medium-paced
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't

Jim Collins

320 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction business informative inspiring slow-paced
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

David R. Montgomery

295 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery

The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth

Tim Flannery

357 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0marct22's review
nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced