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The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Devil's Highway

Luis Alberto Urrea

239 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics emotional reflective slow-paced
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Jane Mayer

missing duration info • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction economics history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Vanishing Cornwall: The Spirit and History of Cornwall by Daphne du Maurier

Vanishing Cornwall: The Spirit and History of Cornwall

Daphne du Maurier

210 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history travel informative mysterious slow-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

367 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

320 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
fiction classics historical mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick

314 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history politics dark informative sad medium-paced
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer

400 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction history religion true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

Francisco Cantú

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography memoir politics reflective slow-paced
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America

Timothy Egan

324 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

James Comey

290 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0wahistorian's review
nonfiction memoir politics reflective medium-paced