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Shakespeare of London by Marchette Gaylord Chute

Shakespeare of London

Marchette Gaylord Chute

397 pages • paperback • 1949

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history challenging funny informative medium-paced
Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West by Timothy Egan

Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West

Timothy Egan

288 pages • paperback • 1998

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Devil's Highway

Luis Alberto Urrea

239 pages • paperback • 2004

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Jane Mayer

16 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2016

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Vanishing Cornwall: The Spirit and History of Cornwall by Daphne du Maurier

Vanishing Cornwall: The Spirit and History of Cornwall

Daphne du Maurier

210 pages • paperback • 1967

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history travel informative mysterious slow-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

367 pages • hardcover • 2017

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

320 pages • digital • 1935

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • hardcover • 2009

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • paperback • 2003

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

Francisco Cantú

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography memoir politics reflective slow-paced