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patrick2024's reviews
115 reviews
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
informative
slow-paced
4.0
It’s a tome. But shows here is more to hopeful about the world than not.
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
informative
medium-paced
2.0
It was Jung’s usual perfectly researched self.
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
informative
fast-paced
5.0
I feel guilty saying this was a fun read in the most gruesome of topics.
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth by Kevin M. Levin
informative
4.0
Well and authentically written. Contextualises so much in America today.
In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency by Ian Gardiner
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
4.0
A corner of history that looked massive but I did not know. An earthy telling by someone there.
Syria: The Desert and the Sown by Gertrude Bell
adventurous
slow-paced
2.0
Amazing Archaeologist and we should all know Bell.