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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky

294 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures by Matthew Bogdanos

Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures

Matthew Bogdanos

335 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction biography history emotional medium-paced
Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft by Alexander McKee

Wreck of the Medusa: The Tragic Story of the Death Raft

Alexander McKee

294 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Elizabeth Wayland Barber

334 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why We Need to Talk About It by Alice Procter

The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why We Need to Talk About It

Alice Procter

350 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction art history informative reflective slow-paced
The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham

The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World

Lizzie Collingham

367 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction food and drink history informative slow-paced
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation

Rebecca Traister

339 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction feminism history politics reflective slow-paced
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

160 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction religion self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye

The Ordinary Princess

M.M. Kaye

112 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
fiction childrens fantasy hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition by Owen Beattie, John Geiger

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Owen Beattie, John Geiger

288 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative tense slow-paced