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Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick

Why Read Moby-Dick?

Nathaniel Philbrick

131 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

316 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World by Ben Macintyre

The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

Ben Macintyre

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
nonfiction history medium-paced
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

576 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner

How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between

Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner

284 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction business medium-paced
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

Dava Sobel

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction biography science informative inspiring medium-paced
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

352 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned by John Strausbaugh

The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

John Strausbaugh

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

3.0littoral's review
nonfiction history
Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order by Yuan Yang

Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order

Yuan Yang

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
nonfiction feminism sociology challenging emotional informative medium-paced
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman

One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon

Charles Fishman

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0littoral's review
nonfiction history science informative slow-paced