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Jan Dzierzgowski

31 books

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David I. Kertzer

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David I. Kertzer

368 pages • 1997

nonfiction biography history religion tense slow-paced
Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer

Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive

Carl Zimmer

368 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays history science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present by Lisa Appignanesi

Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present

Lisa Appignanesi

592 pages • paperback • 2007

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Carl Zimmer

320 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction nature science challenging informative slow-paced
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I. Kertzer

The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

David I. Kertzer

592 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction biography history religion dark informative reflective medium-paced
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne

Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

S.C. Gwynne

672 pages • hardcover

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Wade Davis

304 pages • 1985

nonfiction religion science challenging informative slow-paced
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Siddhartha Mukherjee

490 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction science emotional informative medium-paced
Space: The 10 Things You Should Know by Becky Smethurst

Space: The 10 Things You Should Know

Becky Smethurst

120 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction science informative inspiring fast-paced