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Category Archives: non-fiction
Under a White Sky ~ by Elizabeth Kolbert- #2
I reread this for a discussion group and as usual, I got a whole lot more out of it the second time. A WHOLE LOT MORE!!!! (1st review is here) Now I’m might have to have to read The Sixth Extinction … Continue reading
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1177: The Year Civilization Collapsed
1177: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline 2014 / 253 pages read by Andy Caploe / 8h 3m Rating: 8.5 / ancient history-anthropology I’ve read only a wee tad about Ancient Egypt and the Late Bronze Age, certainly not … Continue reading
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Being Mortal:
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 2014 / 282 pages read by Robert Patoff 9h 3m rating: 9 / nonfiction (health – medicine) (read and listened) Medicine is a mess with many many parts- … Continue reading
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Savage Harvest:
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman 2014 / 323 pages read by Joe Barrett 9h 18m rating: 8 / non-fiction – travel/ true crime (I both read and … Continue reading
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The Wars of the Roses:
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones 2014 / 416 pages read by John Curless 15h 7m rating 9 / history – England 15th century (I both read and … Continue reading
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson 2007 / 704 pages read by Edward Herrmann 21h 30m rating: 8.75 – nonfiction / biography Nice biography, but I’ve come to expect that from Isaacson having read his books on Steve … Continue reading
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Moneyball:
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 2003 / 288 pages read by Scott Brick 10h 26m rating: 8.75 / nonfiction – baseball-tech What in the world is a nice girl like me doing reading a … Continue reading
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The Plantagenets
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones 2012 / 580 pages read by Clive Chafer/ 20h 49m rating: 9 – history of England “The prince was drunk.” So begins Jones fast-paced, bloody and insightful … Continue reading
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The Meaning of Human Existence
The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson 2013 / 208 pages read by Jonathan Hogan 5h 6m rating – 8.5 / nonfiction – science philosophy (I both read and listened to this one) Read for the All-Nonfiction reading … Continue reading
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The World’s Strongest Librarian
The World’s Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette’s, Faith, Strength and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne 2013 / 30 pages Read by Stephen R. Thorne 8h 34m Rating: 7/ memoir Funny. Funny, funny, funny and with a very … Continue reading
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Gospel Truth
Gospel Truth: The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History, and Why It Matters by Russell Shorto 1997 (2012) / 305 pages Rating: 7.5 / history- New Testament Having enjoyed Shorto’s much more recent book, Amsterdam:A History of the … Continue reading
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