Books like American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
12 books with a reading profile close to American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis. Deep; a moderate read.
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Leonardo da Vinci
by Martin Kemp
Also deep · history, analytical
Martin Kemp presents a cohesive analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s career by linking his artistic output to his scientific inquiries.
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Hitchcock
by François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock
Also deep · analytical, biography
This book records a marathon five-day interview conducted in 1962 between the French New Wave director François Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock.
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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
by Reza Aslan
history, analytical
Reza Aslan separates the historical figure of Jesus from the religious depictions established by later Christian tradition.
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Women, Race & Class
Also deep · history, analytical
Angela Davis maps the historical intersection of abolitionism and the early women’s suffrage movement to demonstrate how the priorities of middle-class white women often excluded the needs of Black women.
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Also deep · history, analytical
Angela Davis connects disparate liberation efforts through a framework of intersectional internationalism.
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Truth and fiction in the Da Vinci code
history, analytical
Bart Ehrman examines the historical claims presented in Dan Brown’s novel, specifically addressing the origins of the New Testament and the identity of Mary Magdalene.
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Arnold Schoenberg Letters
history, biography
This collection gathers the personal and professional correspondence of the Austrian composer, spanning his life from 1910 through his late years in the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
by Jon Meacham
history, analytical
Jon Meacham portrays Thomas Jefferson as a pragmatic political operative rather than a detached philosopher.
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History of Beauty
by Umberto Eco
history, analytical
Umberto Eco examines the shifting definitions of aesthetics in Western civilization from ancient Greece to the dawn of the twenty-first century.
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
history, analytical
Isabel Wilkerson chronicles the movement of six million Black Americans from the Jim Crow South to northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970.
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