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Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky

Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books

Aaron Lansky

328 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
nonfiction history memoir reflective medium-paced
The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life by Parker J. Palmer, Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life

Parker J. Palmer, Henri J.M. Nouwen

145 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.5

Patrick Rothfuss

159 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
fiction fantasy short stories mysterious reflective slow-paced
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Lew Wallace

620 pages • first pub 1880 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
fiction classics historical religion adventurous medium-paced
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

The Rithmatist

Rithmatist #1

Brandon Sanderson

384 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious fast-paced
At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for Hope with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land by Yossi Klein Halevi

At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for Hope with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land

Yossi Klein Halevi

324 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
nonfiction memoir religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Charles C. Mann

541 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Promise by Chaim Potok

The Promise

Reuven Malter #2

Chaim Potok

368 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
fiction classics historical emotional slow-paced
A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck

A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories

A Long Way from Chicago #1

Richard Peck

160 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
fiction middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World

The Wheel of Time #1

Robert Jordan

804 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0egfrith's review
fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced