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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Tony Judt

933 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary by Wenqian Gao

Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary

Wenqian Gao

368 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Windmill and the Giant: Double-Entry Bookkeeping in the Novel by Elif Batuman

The Windmill and the Giant: Double-Entry Bookkeeping in the Novel

Elif Batuman

229 pages • first pub 2007 (editions) not a book user-added

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction essays literary philosophy
White Collar: The American Middle Classes by Russell Jacoby, C. Wright Mills

White Collar: The American Middle Classes

Russell Jacoby, C. Wright Mills

416 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction economics history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Laserwriter II by Tamara Shopsin

Laserwriter II

Tamara Shopsin

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
fiction literary funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Downey

The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience

Kirstin Downey

458 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

387 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
fiction science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
American Dreamer: The Life of Henry A. Wallace by John Hyde, John C. Culver

American Dreamer: The Life of Henry A. Wallace

John Hyde, John C. Culver

608 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative medium-paced
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

Kristen Radtke

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction graphic novel psychology sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Tyranny of the Majority: Fundamental Fairness in Representative Democracy by Lani Guinier, Stephen L. Carter

Tyranny of the Majority: Fundamental Fairness in Representative Democracy

Lani Guinier, Stephen L. Carter

352 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0steve_brinson's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced