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41 books

The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank

The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

Thomas Frank

384 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging reflective slow-paced
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

533 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
fiction historical middle grade mystery adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Rock on: An Office Power Ballad by Dan Kennedy

Rock on: An Office Power Ballad

Dan Kennedy

224 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction biography memoir music funny lighthearted fast-paced
Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation by Dan Kennedy

Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation

Dan Kennedy

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction biography memoir funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer

Washington's Crossing

David Hackett Fischer

564 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Mid-Century Ads, 2 Vol. by

Mid-Century Ads, 2 Vol.

800 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction art design informative medium-paced
Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

24 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 1851 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
fiction classics literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
On Fire by Larry Brown
On Fire
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Larry Brown

On Fire

Larry Brown

182 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro

The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606

James Shapiro

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
The Presidency of Andrew Johnson by Albert Castel
The Presidency of Andrew Johnson
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Albert Castel

The Presidency of Andrew Johnson

American Presidency (Univ of Kansas Hardcover)

Albert Castel

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0martinbihl's review
nonfiction autobiography biography historical informative reflective medium-paced