18 books like Changing my mind

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The Defendant Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1901 · ★ 4.1 · 53p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from “The Miser and His Friends” to “The Red Reactionary,” from “The Separatist and Sacred Things” to “The New Theologian” and “The Romantic in the Rain,” this volume… Shares English essays, Essays, English literature, Literature

Shooting an Elephant and other essays George Orwell · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of public… Shares English essays, Essays, Nonfiction

George Bernard Shaw Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "Most people either say that they agree with Bernard Shaw or that they do not understand him. I am the only person who understands him, and I do not agree with him." -- G. K. C. Shares Literary Criticism, Literature, Nonfiction

History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck · 1911 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The wide use of the author's History of English Literature, the favor with which it has been received in all parts of the United States, and the number of earnest requests for a History of American Literature on the same plan, have led to the writing of this book. It has not appeared sooner because the author has followed his rule of making a careful first-hand study, not only of all the matter… Shares Literary Criticism, Nonfiction

American Icon

American Icon Bryce G. Hoffman · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, the man who had saved Boeing, Ford had put together a bold plan to unify… Shares New York Times reviewed, History

Heretics Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people - such as George… Shares English essays, Essays, English literature, Literature

Abinger harvest E. M. Forster · 1936 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Essays, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

Twelve types Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1902 · 57p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares English essays, History and criticism, English literature, Literature with this book.

Curiosities of literature

Curiosities of literature Isaac Disraeli · 1793 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares History and criticism, English literature, Literature with this book.

Essays Virginia Woolf · 1947 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Reading and contemplation -- Seeing and using : art and craftsmanship -- At table and in bed -- Iniquitous symmetries -- The new analogy : poetry and technology -- The verbal contract -- Picasso : hand-to-hand combat with painting -- Literature and literalness -- Latin-American poetry -- A literature of convergences -- Quevedo, Heraclitus, and a handful of sonnets -- The tradition of the Haiku --… Shares English essays, Essays, History and criticism, Travel

Modern essays Christopher Morley · 1921 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "A collection of representative contemporary essays" written by British and American authors. Shares English essays, Essays, History and criticism

A coat of many colours Herbert Edward Read · 1945 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares English essays, Essays with this book.

Siete noches Jorge Luis Borges · 1980 · ★ 4.3 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Essays, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

The road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed -- and what hasn't. Following a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis… Shares Travel, New York Times reviewed, Nonfiction, History

Prose works John Milton · 1809 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares English essays, Essays, English literature with this book.

Small Wonder_display Barbara Kingsolver · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive, Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves. In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us, out of one of history's darker moments, an extended love song to the world we still have. Whether she is contemplating the Grand… Shares Essays, New York Times reviewed, Nonfiction

The Essays of Elia Charles Lamb · 1823 · ★ 3.7 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Challenging good book Shares English essays, Essays, Travel, History

Routledge Revivals

Routledge Revivals A. J. Arberry · 2016 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, History and criticism with this book.

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