![]() ![]() ![]() It is a gripping and at times difficult-to-read memoir of a girl growing up in a survivalist Mormon family. He shows in detail how capitalism and profit drove the slave trade, the systematic torture that produced ever increasing cotton yields and how US and European banks created financial instruments with slaves as the underlying collateral.Įducated by Tara Westover deservedly made a lot of ‘Best of 2018’ book lists. ![]() Baptist was an eye-opening account of slavery in the period between Independence and the Civil War. On the other hand the longest book I ‘read’ - Cryptonomicon - was a whopping 1,139 pages / 42 hrs and 44 minutes listening time! The vast majority were audiobooks, but I have started reading physical books again rather than just e-books.įavorite non-fiction books that I read in 2019: The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward R. For full disclosure, the total of 36 does include 5 ‘Audible Originals’ that are shorter than a typical book - and in some cases, a bit of a stretch to be called a book. I managed to read 36 books in 2019 - slightly off my target of 40, but not bad considering extenuating circumstances. ![]()
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