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On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks

On the Move: A Life

Oliver Sacks' memoirs #2

Oliver Sacks

397 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography memoir science informative reflective slow-paced
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life by Adam Greenfield

Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life

Adam Greenfield

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction design science technology informative reflective slow-paced
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

552 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

640 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction art history music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone

Olivia Laing

315 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction art memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler

Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Sara Wheeler

388 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives by Helen Pearson

The Life Project: The Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Lives

Helen Pearson

399 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Using Documents in Social Research by Lindsay Prior

Using Documents in Social Research

Introducing Qualitative Methods

Lindsay Prior

196 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
So They Call You Pisher!: A Memoir by Michael Rosen

So They Call You Pisher!: A Memoir

Michael Rosen

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction biography memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Belles and Whistles: Five Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains by Andrew Martin

Belles and Whistles: Five Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains

Andrew Martin

281 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0schopflin's review
nonfiction history travel adventurous informative lighthearted slow-paced