The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History
By: Jamie Mackay
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands. Sicily has always acted as a gat…
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1. Conversations in Sicily
By: Ernest Hemingway , Elio Vittorini , Alane Salierno Mason
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
It stands as a modern classic not only for its powerful thematic resonance as one of the great nove… read more
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- italy
2. Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia
By: John Dickie
4.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostrais a fasc… read more
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- italy
- historical
- nonfiction
- history
3. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
By: C.L.R. James
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intens… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
4. Midnight in Sicily
By: Peter Robb
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Off the southern coast of Italy lies Sicily, home to an ancient culture that with its stark landsca… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
- travel
5. Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
By: John Julius Norwich
3.81
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbi… read more
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- italy
- history
- world history
- travel
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- european history
6. Economical Writing
By: Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
A valuable short guide for mastering the craft of academic writing! Students and young professional… read more
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- nonfiction
7. In Persuasion Nation
By: George Saunders
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
The stories In Persuasion Nationare easily his best work yet. "The Red Bow,"about a town consumed b… read more
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8. Essays and Aphorisms
By: Arthur Schopenhauer , R.J. Hollingdale
3.50
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer believed that human action… read more
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9. A House in Sicily
By: Denis Mack Smith , None
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
This is the captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the "most beautiful … read more
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10. The Leopard
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more
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- italy
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"While there’s death there’s hope"-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
11. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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- history
- historical
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
12. The Making of the English Working Class
By: E.P. Thompson
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
This account of artisan & working-class society in its formative years, 1780-1832, adds an importan… read more
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13. Levels of the Game
By: John McPhee
5.00
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968… read more
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14. Coming into the Country
By: John McPhee
4.80
Format: 360 pages,
This is the story of Alaska and the Alaskans. Written with a vividness and clarity which shifts sce… read more
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15. The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
By: Ellen Meiksins Wood
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extensi… read more
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16. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.90
Format: None pages,
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more
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17. Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction
By: Mark Maslin
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction is an informative, up to date discussion about the predic… read more
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18. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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- audiobook
19. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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- historical
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
20. España: A Brief History of Spain
By: Giles Tremlett
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric … read more
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- history
- world history
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- european history
21. Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
By: Oliver Bullough
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secre… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
22. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- italy
- history
- world history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
By: Caroline Elkins
4.26
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates … read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
25. The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
By: Antony Loewenstein
4.44
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal depl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
26. Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
By: Sophie Lewis
3.70
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
What if everyone was family? We need to talk about the family. For those who are lucky, families… read more
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- nonfiction
27. The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History
By: Jamie Mackay
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands. Sicily has always acted as a gat… read more
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- italy
- cultural
- history
- world history
- travel
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
28. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
29. Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
By: Quinn Slobodian
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Chosen by Pankaj Mishra as one of the Best Books of the Summer Neoliberals hate the state. Or do… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
"Scaling national government up to the planet, creating a global government, was no solution. The puzzle of the neoliberal century was to find the right institutions to sustain the often strained bal…"-Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
30. The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
By: David Abulafia
4.23
Format: 1088 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the aw… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
- audiobook
31. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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- history
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
