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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Dominique Bauby

131 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak

24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

24 Hours in Ancient History #1

Philip Matyszak

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Max Weber

320 pages • first pub 1904 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Politics As a Vocation by Max Weber

Politics As a Vocation

Max Weber

52 pages • first pub 1919 (editions)

4.0hiraether's review
nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative medium-paced
Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia by Yegor Gaidar

Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia

Yegor Gaidar

332 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction economics history politics informative tense medium-paced
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoğlu

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoğlu

529 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Capitalism: A Short History by Jürgen Kocka

Capitalism: A Short History

Jürgen Kocka

208 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative medium-paced
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way

Ursula K. Le Guin

136 pages • first pub -400 (editions)

3.0hiraether's review
nonfiction classics philosophy religion inspiring reflective fast-paced
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

602 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

5.0hiraether's review
fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek

The Road to Serfdom

Friedrich A. Hayek

274 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

4.0hiraether's review
nonfiction classics economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced