15 Best nonfiction books like Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes (Great Writers in 90 Minutes Series) by Paul Strathern

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Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes (Great Writers in 90 Minutes Series)

By: Paul Strathern

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now appl…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes (Great Writers in 90 Minutes Series) by Paul Strathern , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

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2. What I Believe

By: Bertrand Russell

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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3. The Pickwick Papers

By: Charles Dickens , Mark Wormald

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers--a comic masterpiec… read more

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4. The Writing Life

By: Annie Dillard

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. Common Sense

By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis

3.75

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. The Skeptic's Guide to American History

By: Mark A. Stoler

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Audible Audio

To take a skeptical approach to American history is not to dabble in imaginative conspiracy theorie… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Problems of Philosophy

By: Bertrand Russell

4.50

Format: 87 pages,

A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. Weakness Is the Way: Life with Christ Our Strength

By: J.I. Packer

3.83

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

For Christians, weakness should be a way of life. Yet most of us try desperately to be sufficient o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. How to Write a Thesis

By: Umberto Eco , Caterina Mongiat Farina , Geoff Farina , None

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel "The Name of the Rose," he was one of Ital… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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10. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

By: J.I. Packer , Donald S. Whitney , Rita J. Platt

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Drawn from a rich heritage, "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" will guide you through a… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Discipline without direction is drudgery."

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

"If people threw away their money as thoughtlessly as they throw away their time, we would think them insane. Yet time is infinitely more precious than money because money can’t buy time."

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

"The end —that is, the purpose of practicing the Disciplines —is godliness. I define godliness as both closeness to Christ and conformity to Christ, a conformity that’s both inward and outward, a grow…"

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

11. Marx in 90 Minutes

By: Paul Strathern

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character.… read more

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12. Religion and Science

By: Bertrand Russell , Michael Ruse

4.35

Format: 255 pages,

In this timely work, Russell, philosopher, agnostic, mathematician, and renowned peace advocate, of… read more

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13. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

4.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Of a thousand Red Stick and allied insurgents, eight hundred were killed. [Andrew] Jackson lost forty-nine men."

-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)

"Once elected president, Jackson lost no time in initiating the removal of all Indigenous farmers and the destruction of all their towns in the South."

-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)

"[Theodore] Roosevelt referred to [Emilio] Aguinaldo as a "renegade Pawnee" and observed that Filipinos did not have the right to govern their country just because they happened to occupy it."

-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)

"The global Indigenous cause reached a major milestone in 2007 when the UN General Assembly passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Only four members of the assembly voted in oppos…"

-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)

14. Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer

By: Dick Van Dyke

3.79

Format: 223 pages,

Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his 90th birthday in December 2015. He's an est… read more

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15. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Life and Works of Jane Austen

By: Devoney Looser

4.36

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Born to the ranks of the lower English gentry in 1775, Jane Austen led what some have mistakenly de… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

By: Anna Malaika Tubbs

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Bertis, Louise, and Alberta, grew from children, to teenagers, to young women at a time when the birth of a nation characterized black men as scoundrels intent on brutalizing white women. When the pi…"

-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

"Their military experience made them more of a threat. Their pride was seen as something in need of control. Once again irrational white supremacist fears turned into extreme forms of brutality. Accor…"

-Anna Malaika Tubbs, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

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18. Darkness Visible

By: Arvind Ethan David

3.45

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

It is June 1940. The war against Hitler’s forces is raging. And the tide is turning against the Bri… read more

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19. This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy)

By: Faith G. Harper

3.77

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Expanded version of Dr. Faith's popular zine People who have never been depressed have no idea wha… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Depression is the thief of all the wonderful things that make human-ing worth it."

-Faith G. Harper, This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy)

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20. This Beautiful Truth: How God's Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness

By: Sarah Clarkson

4.53

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

We live in a broken world. Amid the daily realities of sickness and isolation, disappointment and p… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The real risk to faith is not to wrestle..."

-Sarah Clarkson, This Beautiful Truth: How God's Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness

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21. Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes (Great Writers in 90 Minutes Series)

By: Paul Strathern

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now appl… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

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Common Sense

Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis

3.75

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The Skeptic's Guide to American History

Mark A. Stoler

2.00

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Bertrand Russell

4.50

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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

4.37

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Julia Cameron

3.96

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Paul Strathern

3.13

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Francesco Piccolo

4.20

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Umberto Eco , Caterina Mongiat Farina , Geoff Farina , None

4.62

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