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Killing Patton

Bill O'Reilly2014

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  • The Last Days of the Incas

    Kim MacQuarrie2007

    A history of the Spanish conquest of Peru. It follows the Pizarro brothers and the Inca resistance during the fall of the empire.

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Denser prose

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  • Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas R. Hofstadter1979

    An exploration of how cognition emerges from hidden neurological patterns. It uses math, art, and music to explain self-referential systems.

    propulsive → playful

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  • Either/Or

    Søren Kierkegaard1992

    A collection of papers presents two life philosophies: the aesthetic pursuit of pleasure and the ethical commitment to duty.

    propulsive → meditative

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  • The Gulag Archipeligo 1918-1956: An Experiment In Literary Investigation I - Ii.

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    A history of the Soviet forced labor camp system based on survivor reports and the author's own imprisonment. It documents state-run repression.

    propulsive → bleak, still history

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To recover

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  • One Summer

    Bill Bryson2013

    A chronological account of five months in 1927 America. It tracks Lindbergh's flight, the rise of Al Capone, and the birth of talking pictures.

    propulsive → wry, still history

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  • The Frontier in American History

    Frederick Jackson Turner1920

    A series of essays arguing that the American character and democracy were shaped by the continuous expansion into the western wilderness.

    propulsive → clinical, still history

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  • Apollo 8

    Jeffrey Kluger2017

    A chronological account of the 1968 mission to send three men around the moon for the first time.

    Same propulsive register, still history

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Faster

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  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

    Neil deGrasse Tyson2017

    A summary of the origin of the universe, the laws of physics, and the nature of space and time.

    propulsive → playful

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  • Steal Like an Artist

    Austin Kleon2012

    A series of short, illustrated principles for creative work. It focuses on remixing existing ideas and establishing productive daily habits.

    propulsive → playful

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  • Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou2018

    A journalist tracks the rise of Elizabeth Holmes and the eventual exposure of her multibillion-dollar blood-testing startup as a fraud.

    Same propulsive register

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Slower

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  • The Frontier in American History

    Frederick Jackson Turner1920

    A series of essays arguing that the American character and democracy were shaped by the continuous expansion into the western wilderness.

    propulsive → clinical, still history

    pace-2·prose+2·bleak-1

  • The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson & Abigail & John Adams

    Lester Jesse Cappon

    The collected letters between three founders over fifty years. They discuss philosophy, politics, and their personal lives as they age.

    propulsive → meditative, still history

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  • The Souls of Black Folk

    W.E.B. Du Bois1903

    A collection of 1903 essays examining the psychological and social effects of racism in America through the concept of double consciousness.

    propulsive → elegiac, still history

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Heavier

propulsive → elegiac, still history

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  • Auschwitz

    Laurence Rees2005

    A chronological history of the camp's evolution from a Polish barracks to a site of mass industrial murder, based on archival research.

    propulsive → clinical, still history

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  • By Hands Now Known

    Margaret A. Burnham2022

    An investigation into racial violence and legal failures in the Jim Crow South using previously unexamined archives.

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  • The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849

    Cecil Woodham-Smith

    A detailed record of the Irish Potato Famine, focusing on the failure of British government policy and the resulting mass starvation.

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