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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest by Matthew Restall

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

Matthew Restall

240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Aztecs by Michael E. Smith

The Aztecs

Michael E. Smith

267 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West by Brian P. Levack

The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West

Brian P. Levack

360 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
The Reformation: A History by Diarmaid MacCulloch

The Reformation: A History

Diarmaid MacCulloch

864 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey

Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon

Bronwen Dickey

330 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

443 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell

Children of God

The Sparrow #2

Mary Doria Russell

451 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction science fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Last Crusade: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations by Nigel Cliff

The Last Crusade: How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations

Nigel Cliff

560 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0julis's review
nonfiction history religion adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

The Sparrow

The Sparrow #1

Mary Doria Russell

423 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction science fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

304 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0julis's review
fiction classics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced