Frits van der Waa

21 books

The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age by Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree

The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age

Arthur der Weduwen, Andrew Pettegree

496 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece by Eric Siblin

The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece

Eric Siblin

8 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us about Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel

The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us about Ourselves

Eric R. Kandel

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

Natalie Haynes

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism history funny informative medium-paced
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #2

Stephen Fry

415 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous funny informative medium-paced
The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War by Alexander Waugh

The House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War

Alexander Waugh

352 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy reflective slow-paced
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy

A Little History of Economics

Niall Kishtainy

256 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction business economics history challenging informative fast-paced
Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz

Lost & Found

Kathryn Schulz

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity by Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic

Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity's Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity

Carla Del Ponte, Chuck Sudetic

448 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics informative slow-paced