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Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala by Daniel Wilkinson

Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala

Daniel Wilkinson

392 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative slow-paced
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? by Francisco Goldman

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?

Francisco Goldman

412 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction history politics true crime challenging reflective slow-paced
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson

672 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Write It Up! Practical Strategies for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles by Paul J. Silvia

Write It Up! Practical Strategies for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles

Paul J. Silvia

missing page info • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction informative medium-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality by Jordan Flaherty

No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality

Jordan Flaherty

175 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction race informative reflective slow-paced
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Arlie Russell Hochschild

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Sherman Alexie

242 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown

14 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Christopher Moore

15 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0brien_k's review
fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced