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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

13 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2025

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction business memoir politics technology dark informative medium-paced
Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald

Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties

Elijah Wald

11 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2015

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history music informative reflective slow-paced
Patriot by Alexei Navalny

Patriot

Alexei Navalny

496 pages • hardcover • 2024

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir politics dark reflective sad medium-paced
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

343 pages • paperback • 1965

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction classics true crime dark informative tense slow-paced
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

528 pages • paperback • 1868

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics mystery adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Clothes They Stood Up in and the Lady and the Van by Alan Bennett

The Clothes They Stood Up in and the Lady and the Van

Alan Bennett

240 pages • paperback • 2002

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction short stories funny reflective medium-paced
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris

Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

Mark Harris

490 pages • hardcover • 2008

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
The File: A Personal History by Timothy Garton Ash

The File: A Personal History

Timothy Garton Ash

272 pages • paperback • 1997

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history memoir challenging informative slow-paced
Stealing History:Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World by Roger Atwood

Stealing History:Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World

Roger Atwood

352 pages • digital • 2004

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction art history challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg

The Fly Trap

Fredrik Sjöberg

288 pages • hardcover • 2004

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir nature science adventurous funny informative medium-paced