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Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film by Alexandra Zapruder

Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film

Alexandra Zapruder

496 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history memoir informative slow-paced
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced
The Zelensky Effect by Olga Onuch, Henry E. Hale

The Zelensky Effect

Olga Onuch, Henry E. Hale

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics
Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi

Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea

Teffi

296 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history memoir reflective slow-paced
Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett

Riceyman Steps

Arnold Bennett

258 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics reflective medium-paced
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

Laura Cumming

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction art biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

461 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history philosophy psychology hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Purple Crayons: The Art of Drawing a Life by Ross Ellenhorn

Purple Crayons: The Art of Drawing a Life

Ross Ellenhorn

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction philosophy self help
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen

562 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir psychology informative reflective sad medium-paced
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

Ai Weiwei

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir challenging dark reflective medium-paced