Jan Petříček

5 books

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by Michio Kaku

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

Michio Kaku

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

449 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin by David Satter

The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin

David Satter

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark tense fast-paced
Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century by Tony Judt

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

Tony Judt

448 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf

The Disoriented

Amin Maalouf

522 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced