14 Best nonfiction books like The Story of the Greeks by Hélène A. Guerber

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The Story of the Greeks

By: Hélène A. Guerber

3.85

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Story of the Greeks by Hélène A. Guerber , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Jack and Jill

By: Louisa May Alcott

3.86

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

When best friends, Jack and Jill, tumble off their sled, their injuries cause them to be bedridden … read more

Similar categories in Louisa May Alcott's Jack and Jill book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
"In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when hu…"

-Louisa May Alcott, Jack and Jill

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2. The Story Book of Science

By: Jean-Henri Fabre

4.17

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations w… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Henri Fabre's The Story Book of Science book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • nonfiction
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3. The Cricket on the Hearth

By: Charles Dickens

3.45

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

Dickens gave his first formal expression to his Christmas thoughts in his series of small books, th… read more

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  • classics
"I must bear the consequences as I deserve!"

-Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth

"Gruff and Tackleton was also there, doing the agreeable; with the evident sensation of being as perfectly at home, and as unquestionably in his own element, as a fresh young salmon on the top of the …"

-Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth

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4. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

By: Lew Wallace

4.03

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th cen… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
"In warning there is strength."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"The enemy of man is man, my brother."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Knowledge leaves no room for chances."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Pride is never so loud as when in chains."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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5. Kim

By: Rudyard Kipling , None

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and … read more

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  • classics
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6. It Couldn't Just Happen (Classical Conv): Fascinating Facts about God's World

By: Lawrence O. Richards

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

Fascinating facts about God's world that gives us thousands of pieces of evidence to prove that He … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • school
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7. Black Ships Before Troy

By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Alan Lee

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. Rich with arres… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • mythology
  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
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8. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

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9. The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey

By: Rosemary Sutcliff

4.39

Format: None pages,

A master storyteller and an award-winning illustrator evoke the golden age of mythical Greece in th… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sutcliff's The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • classics
  • childrens
  • mythology
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10. Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

By: R. Gregory Christie , Gretchen Woelfle

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, o… read more

Similar categories in R. Gregory Christie's Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school

11. The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World #4)

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolutio… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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12. The Mystery of the Periodic Table

By: Benjamin Wiker , Jeanne Bendick , Benjamin D. Wiker

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Leads the reader on a delightful and absorbing journey through the ages, on the trail of the elemen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
  • school
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13. Never Give in: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill

By: Stephen Mansfield , George E. Grant

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Winston Churchill was one of the most extraordinary leaders of the twentieth century. What was it t… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Mansfield's Never Give in: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
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14. Paddle-to-the-Sea

By: Holling Clancy Holling

4.28

Format: 64 pages, Library Binding

A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more

Similar categories in Holling Clancy Holling's Paddle-to-the-Sea book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • classics
  • childrens
  • school

15. The Sea Around Us

By: Rachel Carson , Ann H. Zwinger

3.79

Format: 704 pages,

The Sea Around Usis one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural worl… read more

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16. The Landing of the Pilgrims

By: James Daugherty

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bra… read more

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17. Archimedes and the Door of Science

By: Jeanne Bendick

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

Jeanne Bendick, through text and pictures, admirably succeeds in bringing to life the ancient Greek… read more

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18. Augustus Caesar's World

By: Genevieve Foster

3.11

Format: 216 pages,

Considered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two s… read more

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19. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Understood Betsy book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

20. Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

By: Nick Mann , Theodore Gray

3.37

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

The Elementshas become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide.… read more

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21. Pagoo

By: Holling Clancy Holling , None

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An intricate study of tide pool life is presented in text and pictures through the story of Pagoo, … read more

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22. Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

By: Eleanor H. Porter

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Pollyanna's eternal optimism has made her one of the most beloved characters in American literature… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
"Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live."

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

"„ în loc de a scoate la iveală greșelile unui om, vorbește-i de calitățile sale încearcă să-l scoți din făgașul obiceiurilor lui rele, deșteaptă eul său cel mai bun, adevăratul său eu care poate îndr…"

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

"I was growlin' one day 'cause I was so bent up and crooked; an'what do ye s'pose the little thing said? ... She said I could be glad, anyhow, that I didn't have ter stoop so far ter do my weedin' - '…"

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

"Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em. He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times [in th…"

-Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)

23. Ivanhoe

By: Walter Scott

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ivanhoe(1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his fi… read more

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24. The Little Duke

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

4.13

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Mary Yonge's The Little Duke book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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25. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline

By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation

4.72

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… read more

Similar categories in AmblesideOnline Education Foundation's Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • nonfiction
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26. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

By: Cindy Rollins

4.75

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"

-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

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27. The Story of the Greeks

By: Hélène A. Guerber

3.85

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

Similar categories in Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • classics
  • history
  • childrens
  • world history
  • school
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • greece
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28. Galileo and the Magic Numbers

By: Sidney Rosen

4.25

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteenth century Italy produced a genius who marked the world with his studies and hypotheses abou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
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29. The Story of David Livingstone

By: Vautier Golding

3.80

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

A clear, simple account of Livingstone's pioneer work in Africa as explorer, medical missionary, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
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30. Genesis: Finding Our Roots

By: Ruth Beechick

4.19

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Have we been brainwashed about our roots? Read evidence that the writings in Genesis are more ancie… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
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31. Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels: The Orient

By: Richard Halliburton

4.45

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Travel / History / Middle Eastern & India region culture. Early 20th century American travel writer… read more

Similar categories in Richard Halliburton's Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels: The Orient book and Hélène A. Guerber's The Story of the Greeks

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • school
"Lifted up into this holy realm, on the white crown of the magic peak, we too stand there, as moved, as lost in rapture, as the kneeling, praying pilgrims. And as we watch the miracle of the morning u…"

-Richard Halliburton, Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels: The Orient

"When I was a boy I once received, as a Christmas gift, a beautiful book of oriental fairy tales. The stories all took place in India. They told of mighty kings riding to war on elephants; of marble p…"

-Richard Halliburton, Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels: The Orient

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