Svevo D'Onofrio

10 books

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Unknown

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Unknown

71 pages • first pub -1200 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous fast-paced
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell

Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East

Gerard Russell

350 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history religion travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kohinoor: The Story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple, Anita Anand

Kohinoor: The Story of the World's Most Infamous Diamond

William Dalrymple, Anita Anand

239 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction historical history adventurous fast-paced
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

William Dalrymple

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction religion travel challenging informative slow-paced
The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry by Wendy Doniger

The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry

Wendy Doniger

424 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Secret Life: Three True Stories of the Digital Age by Andrew O'Hagan

The Secret Life: Three True Stories of the Digital Age

Andrew O'Hagan

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays technology reflective slow-paced
The Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis Against the Islamic World by Marshall G. S. Hodgson

The Secret Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Isma'ilis Against the Islamic World

Marshall G. S. Hodgson

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion emotional reflective medium-paced
Oriental Metaphysics by René Guénon
Oriental Metaphysics
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René Guénon

Oriental Metaphysics

René Guénon

missing page info • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy medium-paced
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 by William Dalrymple

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42

William Dalrymple

515 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous medium-paced