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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha

India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Ramachandra Guha

992 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct World War I by Robert B. Asprey

The German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff Conduct World War I

Robert B. Asprey

588 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

337 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Last Season by Eric Blehm

The Last Season

Eric Blehm

335 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography nature adventurous informative slow-paced
Columbine by Dave Cullen

Columbine

Dave Cullen

417 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history true crime dark emotional informative medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

123 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
In Search of the Old Ones by David Roberts

In Search of the Old Ones

David Roberts

272 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson

The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries

Marilyn Johnson

252 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction history funny fast-paced
The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone

The Trial of Socrates

I. F. Stone

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction biography history philosophy politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens by E. Fuller Torrey

The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens

E. Fuller Torrey

288 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0socraticgadfly's review
nonfiction politics psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced