Le Siècle des dictateurs
By: Olivier Guez
3.70
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
Les maudits de l'histoire" Il est remarquable que la dictature soit à présent contagieuse, comme le…
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1. Quo Vadis
By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak
4.01
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more
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"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis
2. Thinking the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder , Tony Judt
4.26
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
"Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild ride through … read more
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"Zkrátka a dobře – lidem, kteří mluví o všem, hrozí ztráta schopnosti mluvit o něčem."-Timothy Snyder, Thinking the Twentieth Century
"stejně jako mnoho dalších přeživších se v této době cítili bezpečněji v poraženém Německu než v osvobozených zemích na východě."-Timothy Snyder, Thinking the Twentieth Century
"Ztráta víry samozřejmě zdaleka není tak atraktivní jako víra; i když odklon od ní může být racionální, ztrácíte tím víc, než získáváte."-Timothy Snyder, Thinking the Twentieth Century
"dějiny nacismu – a vůbec všech forem totalitarismu – nelze plně pochopit, pokud je omezíme na vyprávění o zlých lidech, kteří se vědomě a záměrně dopouštějí zločinů s cílem páchat zlo"-Timothy Snyder, Thinking the Twentieth Century
3. The Spartacus War
By: Barry S. Strauss
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Spartacus Waris the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world… read more
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4. The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
By: Grant Cardone
3.60
Format: None pages,
Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams!While most people operate with… read more
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5. Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
By: Barry S. Strauss
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Hardcover
In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient wo… read more
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6. At Home: A Short History of Private Life
By: Bill Bryson
3.99
Format: 497 pages, Hardcover
“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family… read more
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"That's really what history mostly is, masses of people doing ordinary things."-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
"It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis."-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
"It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before."-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
"At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States."-Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
7. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
By: Anna Funder
4.20
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more
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"People were crazy with pain and secrets."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
8. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
By: Edward L. Glaeser
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's g… read more
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9. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
By: Barry S. Strauss
3.97
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who foun… read more
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- nonfiction
10. The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
By: Dan Carlin
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apoca… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"But it's never wise to bet against any of the four horsemen long term. Their historical track record is horrifyingly good."-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"It may seem strange to suggest that high levels of illness might make human beings tougher, but the effect on a society of relatively regular and lethal epidemics and the mortality they cause certain…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"The human ripples of pain are still heartbreaking when made visible to us now. Our friend Agnolo the Fat wrote: “Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to …"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up,' Voltaire reportedly said. The observation refers to the argument that fortunes of nations or civiliza…"-Dan Carlin, The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
11. Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
By: Kim Ghattas
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Black Wave is a paradigm-shifting recasting of the modern history of the Middle East, telling the l… read more
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"Beyond the headlines about war and death, the region is alive with music, art, books, theater, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, libraries, cafes, bookshops, poetry, and so much more, as old and you…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
"If Beirut was the supermarket of the left in the 1970s, where Marxists, communists, Egyptians, Iraqis, and all the Palestinian factions debated and theorized, published and drank in bars arguing over…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
"Every king had tried to put his imprint on the city and the mosque; some were worse than others. King Faisal had been a parsimonious man and the expansion works reflected as much—measured and reasona…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
"Although our countries have been changed by the hegemonizing influences of both Iran and Saudi Arabia, the headlines in the Western media have always reduced matters of extraordinary depth and comple…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
12. Le Siècle des dictateurs
By: Olivier Guez
3.70
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
Les maudits de l'histoire" Il est remarquable que la dictature soit à présent contagieuse, comme le… read more
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13. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.22
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
14. The Joy of Science
By: Jim Al-Khalili
3.61
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 les… read more
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15. The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.74
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the… read more
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- nonfiction
"The ancient tie that binds us to nature is not and never has been severed. We have just ignored it for a while."-Peter Wohlleben, The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
16. Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania
By: Paul Kenyon
4.43
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The only country in Eastern Europe to speak a Latin language, Romania has always felt itself differ… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Dezrădăcinare
By: Sașa Zare
4.48
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Dincolo de talentul de povestitoare desăvârșită al autoarei și de narațiunea hipnotizantă, volumul … read more
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18. Aurul pisicii
By: Ioana Pârvulescu
3.62
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
„Am scris o poveste de dragoste care schimbă legile vieții. Într-un moment de criză, la cumpăna vre… read more
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19. The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
By: Kit Yates
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From birthdays to birth rates to how we perceive the passing of time, mathematical patterns shape o… read more
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20. Ce vrem de la președintele țării? : Ghid civic pentru alegătorii români
By: Cristian Preda
4.00
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
„De aproape trei decenii şi jumătate, alegerile prezidenţiale sunt pentru mulţi o deplasare la pomu… read more
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21. Imperiul-satelit: guvernarea românească în Transnistria, 1941–1944
By: Vladimir Solonari
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
La împlinirea a opt decenii de la intrarea României în cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial, campania di… read more
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