Patrick Hersant

7 books

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien

At Swim-Two-Birds

Flann O'Brien

239 pages • first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics literary reflective slow-paced
The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane

The Lost Spells

The Lost Words #3

Robert Macfarlane

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature poetry inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

488 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
The Usefulness of the Useless by Nuccio Ordine

The Usefulness of the Useless

Nuccio Ordine

176 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
Maison Atlas by Alice Kaplan

Maison Atlas

Alice Kaplan

191 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical romance
Un été à Baden-Baden by Andreï Oustinov, Susan Sontag, Leonid Tsypkin

Un été à Baden-Baden

Andreï Oustinov, Susan Sontag, Leonid Tsypkin

216 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

529 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced