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189 books

Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg

56 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A Coney Island of the Mind

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

93 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
Un altro giro di giostra by Tiziano Terzani

Un altro giro di giostra

Tiziano Terzani

576 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction travel dark funny slow-paced
A Time of Gifts by Jan Morris, Patrick Leigh Fermor

A Time of Gifts

Trilogy #1

Jan Morris, Patrick Leigh Fermor

321 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous informative relaxing slow-paced
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

784 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history politics reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

Time Traveller's Guides #1

Ian Mortimer

319 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330 by Ian Mortimer

The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England 1327-1330

Ian Mortimer

246 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Search For Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence

The Search For Modern China

Jonathan D. Spence

912 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Swann's Way

In Search of Lost Time #1

Marcel Proust

332 pages • first pub 1913 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
fiction classics literary emotional sad slow-paced
書くことについて by Stephen King

書くことについて

Stephen King

412 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0oliainchina's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced