Triinu Pakk

9 books

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century by Peter Watson

The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century

Peter Watson

847 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb

Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris

Graham Robb

496 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging informative slow-paced
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

Mary Douglas

244 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy sociology informative reflective slow-paced
What is Cultural History? by Peter Burke

What is Cultural History?

What is History?

Peter Burke

176 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
George Steiner: A Reader by George Steiner

George Steiner: A Reader

George Steiner

448 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

essays philosophy informative medium-paced
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 by Edward Gibbon

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6

Edward Gibbon

571 pages • first pub 1788 (editions)

nonfiction history politics adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 2 by Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 2

Edward Gibbon

1024 pages • first pub 1776 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced
What Is Populism? by Jan-Werner Müller

What Is Populism?

Jan-Werner Müller

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced