Willem van Paassen

39 books

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Timothy Snyder

368 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade by Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy

The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade

Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy

448 pages • 2001

nonfiction history informative mysterious slow-paced
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Sheila Heen, Douglas Stone

348 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction business psychology self help informative medium-paced
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev

This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality

Peter Pomerantsev

256 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Tsarina's Lost Treasure: Catherine the Great, a Golden Age Masterpiece, and a Legendary Shipwreck by Gerald Easter, Mara Vorhees

The Tsarina's Lost Treasure: Catherine the Great, a Golden Age Masterpiece, and a Legendary Shipwreck

Gerald Easter, Mara Vorhees

400 pages • 2020

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating by Frank Furedi

Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating

Frank Furedi

256 pages • 2009

nonfiction education politics informative reflective medium-paced
Why Won't You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts by Harriet Lerner

Why Won't You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts

Harriet Lerner

208 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction psychology emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb

The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb

Neal Bascomb

400 pages • 2016

nonfiction history emotional sad tense medium-paced
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett

The Craftsman

Richard Sennett

326 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction design philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Exiles by Jane Harper

Exiles

Aaron Falk #3

Jane Harper

416 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction mystery mysterious tense medium-paced