The Byzantine World War
By: Nick Holmes
4.10
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
The Crusades shook the world. But why did they happen? Their origins are revealed in a new light…
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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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- history
- ancient history
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
2. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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- history
- historical
- war
- nonfiction
- medieval
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
3. The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier
By: Alistair Moffat
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments … read more
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- historical
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5. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge
By: Edward Kritzler
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition forced many Jews to flee the country. … read more
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- history
6. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
By: Marc Morris
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more
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- medieval
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7. The Lost World of Byzantium
By: Jonathan Harris
4.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, … read more
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8. When Science Goes Wrong: Twelve Tales From the Dark Side of Discovery
By: Simon LeVay
5.00
Format: None pages,
Brilliant scientific successes have helped shape our world, and are always celebrated. However, for… read more
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9. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
By: Dan Jones
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more
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10. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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11. A History of Christianity
By: Paul Johnson
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely… read more
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12. Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
By: Buddy Levy
4.29
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy r… read more
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13. The Complete Works
By: William Shakespeare
4.28
Format: None pages, Leather Bound
The tempest -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Merry wives of Windsor -- Twelfth night, or, What you wil… read more
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14. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
By: Laurence Bergreen
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more
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15. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
By: Barry S. Strauss
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A “splendid” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-… read more
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- history
- historical
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
16. Judgment in Berlin: A Spy Story
By: Noel Hynd
4.48
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
'Judgment in Berlin' is the third book in Noel Hynd’s Berlin series. It is 1948. World War Two is … read more
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17. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- war
"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
18. The Object
By: Joshua T. Calvert
4.19
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
Deep space holds secrets……and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.But it’s not what she thi… read more
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19. Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)
By: Guillermo del Toro
3.56
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in … read more
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"It can all end in a moment. Take for yourself now what tomorrow might not give you."-Guillermo del Toro, Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)
20. The Byzantine World War
By: Nick Holmes
4.10
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
The Crusades shook the world. But why did they happen? Their origins are revealed in a new light… read more
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- history
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21. A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder
By: Mark O'Connell
3.74
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous chapters in mo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
22. Unexplained Book 1: 16 Baffling Unsolved Mysteries
By: Robert Keller
4.20
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
16 Baffling Mysteries That Have Never Been Solved, including; Not of this World: Thousands saw the… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Jonathon Fairfax Must Be Destroyed (Jonathon Fairfax, #2)
By: Christopher Shevlin
4.34
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
A heart-warming tale of office life, homicide and biscuits "It’s funny, it’s daft-yet-relatable, it… read more
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24. Thirty Days of Darkness
By: Jenny Lund Madsen
3.49
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
A Danish literary author is challenged to write a crime novel in thirty days, travelling to a small… read more
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25. The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax (Jonathon Fairfax, #1)
By: Christopher Shevlin
3.79
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
"You can't help being tickled" - The Guardian "Not many books make me laugh out loud, but The Pe… read more
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"Well, I've got tomorrow morning off, so I thought I might spend that thinking about her. Basically, my plan is to maybe just romantically obsess over her but not really do anything about it."-Christopher Shevlin, The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax (Jonathon Fairfax, #1)
26. The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
By: Nicholas Morton
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
27. Split
By: Alida Bremer
2.66
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Nazis, spies, romance, and murder collide in prewar eastern Europe in a mesmerizing historical nove… read more
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- historical
28. The Eden Conspiracy
By: Paul Wallis
4.64
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
What were the world’s ancestral stories before they became viewed as fiction and fable? What was th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
29. Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction
By: Danièle Cybulskie
4.01
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND yourself watching a show or reading a novel and wondering what life was really … read more
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30. Fall of Constantinople: A History from Beginning to End
By: Hourly History
4.26
Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the remarkable history of the Fall of Constantinople...Free BONUS Inside!The Fall of Const… read more
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31. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot
By: Martin W. Sandler
3.84
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more
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