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Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant

Delilah Dirk #1

Tony Cliff

167 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
fiction graphic novel historical adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood

Flying Too High

Phryne Fisher #2

Kerry Greenwood

5 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
fiction crime historical mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee by Bee Wilson

Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee

Bee Wilson

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction food and drink history informative slow-paced
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

302 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative sad slow-paced
A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis

A History of America in Ten Strikes

Erik Loomis

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit

River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West

Rebecca Solnit

320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ways of Seeing by John Berger

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

166 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
Hypercapitalism: A Cartoon Critique of the Modern Economy and Its Values by Tim Kasser, Larry Gonick

Hypercapitalism: A Cartoon Critique of the Modern Economy and Its Values

Tim Kasser, Larry Gonick

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction comics economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall

Margaret Fuller: A New American Life

Megan Marshall

474 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction biography feminism history informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 by John Robert McNeill, Alfred W. Crosby

The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492

John Robert McNeill, Alfred W. Crosby

320 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced