Riikka Toivanen

6 books

Desert Flower by Waris Dirie

Desert Flower

Waris Dirie

369 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
History's Worst Inventions and the People Who Made Them by Eric Chaline

History's Worst Inventions and the People Who Made Them

Eric Chaline

256 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative medium-paced
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor

My Stroke of Insight

Jill Bolte Taylor

206 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction health memoir psychology science emotional medium-paced
Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution by Glyn Moody

Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution

Glyn Moody

344 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history technology challenging informative slow-paced
Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim

Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan

Elizabeth Kim

228 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

Laurence Bergreen

438 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced