Books like The Partly Cloudy Patriot
12 books with a reading profile close to The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Outward-looking; an easy read.
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Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
Also outward-looking · history, entertainment
Sarah Vowell tracks the site-specific histories of the three American presidents murdered before the Secret Service provided permanent protection: Abraham Lincoln, James A.
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Eurovision!
by Chris West
Also outward-looking · history, entertainment
Chris West tracks the evolution of the Eurovision Song Contest from its 1956 debut as a formal recital between seven nations to its current status as a massive multi-national spectacle.
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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
Also outward-looking · history, entertainment
David Mitchell traces the development of the English monarchy from the post-Roman vacuum through the death of Elizabeth I.
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The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn
history, entertainment
In 1937 Kiev, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a quiet history student and single mother who finds her life upended by the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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The Nineties
Also outward-looking · history, accessible
Chuck Klosterman examines the decade between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Twin Towers, defining it as a period of low-stakes sincerity and pervasive irony.
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Also outward-looking · history, accessible
In this historical account, Nathaniel Philbrick examines the fifty-year period beginning with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims and culminating in the devastation of King Philip’s War.
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Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
Also outward-looking · history, entertainment
Set in 1944, this espionage novel follows Henry Faber, a professional German assassin known as the Needle for his preference for the stiletto.
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
Also outward-looking · history, accessible
Erik Larson reconstructs the final 1915 voyage of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania, tracking its path from New York toward the Irish coast during the early stages of World War I.
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson
Also outward-looking · history, accessible
In 1933, William E.
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The Alice Network
by Kate Quinn
history, entertainment
The story follows two women across different eras whose lives intersect in 1947.
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Obra completa : Estuche con
Also outward-looking · history, accessible
This three-volume collection tracks the biological and cultural evolution of Homo sapiens from the Stone Age to the digital era.
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Also outward-looking · history, accessible
Garrett M.
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