Joachim Retzlaff

12 books

Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism by Herman Pontzer

Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism

Herman Pontzer

368 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction health science informative medium-paced
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

336 pages • paperback • 2011

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dictionary of Symbolism: Cultural Icons and the Meanings Behind Them by James Hulbert, Hans Biedermann

Dictionary of Symbolism: Cultural Icons and the Meanings Behind Them

James Hulbert, Hans Biedermann

480 pages • 1989

nonfiction reference challenging informative medium-paced
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

400 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mortality and Morality: A Search for Good After Auschwitz by Lawrence Vogel, Hans Jonas

Mortality and Morality: A Search for Good After Auschwitz

Lawrence Vogel, Hans Jonas

218 pages • 1984

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A Brief History Series #1

Yuval Noah Harari

443 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced
The Scientific Revolution by Steven Shapin

The Scientific Revolution

Steven Shapin

232 pages • 1996

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell

Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

Shaun Bythell

120 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

Naomi Klein

568 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe by Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham

We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe

Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham

368 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction science adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced