What I read in 2025
2025 Reading Public
Created by StandardWhaleOil
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The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
4 stars
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an examination of the Puritans, their …
StandardWhaleOil says: Re-read.
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Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
3 stars
From the bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates, comes an examination of Hawaii, the place where Manifest Destiny got …
StandardWhaleOil says: Re-read.
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The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
4 stars
Published to immediate acclaim in 1962 and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1963, The Guns of August is …
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Corporations and American democracy by Naomi R. Lamoreaux, William J. Novak
5 stars
"The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has provoked passionate debate about the proper role of …
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This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
4 stars
More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be …
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The Sleepwalkers by Christopher M. Clarke
5 stars
An authoritative chronicle, drawing on new research on World War I, traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute narrative …
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Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (The Dark is Rising Sequence, #1)
4 stars
Over Sea, Under Stone is a contemporary fantasy novel written for children by the English author Susan Cooper, first published …
StandardWhaleOil says: Re-read.
