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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

David W. Anthony

568 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan

American Slavery, American Freedom

Edmund S. Morgan

464 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Elizabeth Wayland Barber

336 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology by Rosemary a. Joyce

Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology

Rosemary a. Joyce

152 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff

The Shining Company

Rosemary Sutcliff

304 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
fiction historical young adult adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks

400 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction music psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman

When Christ and His Saints Slept

Plantagenets #1

Sharon Kay Penman

738 pages • first pub 1992 (editions) user-added

5.0multipletrees's review
fiction historical
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

376 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

284 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction feminism history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

464 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

5.0multipletrees's review
nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced