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119 books

Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race by Naben Ruthnum

Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race

Naben Ruthnum

144 pages • paperback • 2017

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London by Matthew Beaumont

Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London

Matthew Beaumont

496 pages • 2015

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs by Bill Cunningham

Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs

Bill Cunningham

256 pages • hardcover • 2018

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography memoir lighthearted slow-paced
It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics by Francesca Polletta

It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics

Francesca Polletta

256 pages • paperback • 2006

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics sociology informative reflective slow-paced
The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century by Margaret Talbot

The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century

Margaret Talbot

418 pages • paperback • 2012

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history memoir informative medium-paced
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

352 pages • digital • 2005

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history dark informative sad medium-paced
Picture by Lillian Ross

Picture

Lillian Ross

288 pages • paperback • 1951

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction informative slow-paced
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

The Postman Always Rings Twice

James M. Cain

116 pages • hardcover • 1934

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in America by Allyson Hobbs

A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in America

Allyson Hobbs

382 pages • digital • 2014

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes

The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

Orlando Figes

592 pages • hardcover • 2019

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced