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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

215 pages • 1996 • 70 editions

nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand

473 pages • 2010 • 61 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

304 pages • 1947 • 644 editions

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

729 pages • 1980 • 44 editions

nonfiction history politics reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

383 pages • 1995 • 36 editions

nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Deborah Blum

336 pages • 2010 • 14 editions

nonfiction health history science true crime dark informative medium-paced
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Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • 2003 • 39 editions

nonfiction religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
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The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life by David Thelen, Roy Rosenzweig

The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life

David Thelen, Roy Rosenzweig

320 pages • 1998 • 3 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Historic Preservation: Collective Memory and Historic Identity by Diane Barthel

Historic Preservation: Collective Memory and Historic Identity

Diane Barthel

198 pages • 1996 • 2 editions

history informative slow-paced
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The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg by Richard Handler, Eric Gable

The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg

Richard Handler, Eric Gable

272 pages • 1997 • 2 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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