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118 reviews
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
informative
5.0
Hughes makes history human. Even a city.
The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation by Ian Kershaw
informative
3.0
Overview of Nazi history writing.
Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World by Alice Roberts
informative
3.5
I should have known cats were never tamed.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
informative
slow-paced
4.0
It’s a tome. But shows here is more to hopeful about the world than not.
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
informative
medium-paced
2.0
It was Jung’s usual perfectly researched self.
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
informative
fast-paced
5.0
I feel guilty saying this was a fun read in the most gruesome of topics.
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth by Kevin M. Levin
informative
4.0
Well and authentically written. Contextualises so much in America today.