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A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future by Charles Van Doren

A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future

Charles Van Doren

448 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science reflective slow-paced
Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages by Richard E. Rubenstein

Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages

Richard E. Rubenstein

368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution by Mortimer J. Adler

We Hold These Truths: Understanding the Ideas and Ideals of the Constitution

Mortimer J. Adler

missing duration info • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers by Will Durant

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

Will Durant

704 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder

403 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction philosophy young adult informative reflective slow-paced
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

Stephen Greenblatt

368 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Tiba Sebelum Berangkat by Faisal Oddang

Tiba Sebelum Berangkat

Faisal Oddang

226 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

383 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk

410 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity by Neal Gabler

Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity

Neal Gabler

704 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective medium-paced