David de Vries

60 books

How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy by Thucydides

How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Thucydides

330 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative medium-paced
I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman

I'll Stop the World

Lauren Thoman

446 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery speculative fiction thriller young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art by Sam Wasson

Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art

Sam Wasson

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history funny reflective medium-paced
Julian by Gore Vidal

Julian

Gore Vidal

509 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction classics historical religion challenging informative slow-paced
The Korean War: A History by Bruce Cumings

The Korean War: A History

Modern Library Chronicles #33

Bruce Cumings

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China by Tonio Andrade

The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China

Tonio Andrade

344 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau

The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men

Eric Lichtblau

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat by Rg Head

Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat

Rg Head

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Panzer Gunner: From My Native Canada to the German Osfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45 by Bruno Friesen

Panzer Gunner: From My Native Canada to the German Osfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45

Bruno Friesen

264 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional medium-paced
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

David Fromkin

635 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced