Alan Sklar

82 books

Abraham Lincoln, His Speeches and Writings by Roy Basler, Carl Sandburg

Abraham Lincoln, His Speeches and Writings

Roy Basler, Carl Sandburg

843 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil

The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

Ray Kurzweil

388 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative reflective medium-paced
The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas by G. Richard Shell, Mario Moussa

The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas

G. Richard Shell, Mario Moussa

312 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction business psychology informative slow-paced
Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

Nicholas Wade

314 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America by Richard Kluger

The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America

Richard Kluger

352 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power by Thomas J. Christensen

The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

Thomas J. Christensen

400 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

Edward Dolnick

378 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
Cut to the Chase: and 99 Other Rules to Liberate Yourself and Gain Back the Gift of Time by Stuart R. Levine

Cut to the Chase: and 99 Other Rules to Liberate Yourself and Gain Back the Gift of Time

Stuart R. Levine

224 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction business self help informative inspiring fast-paced
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

100 pages • first pub 1755 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? by David Fromkin

Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?

David Fromkin

384 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional slow-paced