Piotr Chojnacki

11 books

Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair

Simon Sebag Montefiore

688 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield's war on vaccines by Brian Deer

The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield's war on vaccines

Brian Deer

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health science dark informative slow-paced
The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999 by Niall Ferguson

The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999

Niall Ferguson

576 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography economics history informative slow-paced
The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World

Andrea Wulf

496 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Tim Weiner

702 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days by Alda Sigmundsdóttir

The Little Book of the Icelanders in the Old Days

Alda Sigmundsdóttir

144 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective relaxing fast-paced
The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War by Benn Steil

The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

Benn Steil

624 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics informative medium-paced
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Nissim Mishal, Michael Bar-Zohar

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

Nissim Mishal, Michael Bar-Zohar

388 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen

Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

Annie Jacobsen

560 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative tense medium-paced
The Last Mazurka: A Family's Tale of War, Passion, and Loss by Andrew Tarnowski
The Last Mazurka: A Family's Tale of War, Passion, and Loss
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Andrew Tarnowski

The Last Mazurka: A Family's Tale of War, Passion, and Loss

Andrew Tarnowski

348 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced