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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture by William R. Leach

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture

William R. Leach

560 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Places of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century by Andrew Wiese

Places of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century

Andrew Wiese

422 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

448 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

460 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction crime history true crime challenging informative slow-paced
Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

442 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction informative slow-paced
Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920 by Maureen Fitzgerald

Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

Maureen Fitzgerald

298 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324 by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Barbara Bray

Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Barbara Bray

400 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

570 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

Robert M. Edsel

473 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
The Sewing Book: An Encyclopedic Resource of Step-By-Step Techniques by Alison Smith

The Sewing Book: An Encyclopedic Resource of Step-By-Step Techniques

Alison Smith

400 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0madeline's review
nonfiction reference informative medium-paced