The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development…
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1. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- science
2. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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- history
- world history
- politics
- nonfiction
- geography
- environment
- science
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
3. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
4. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
5. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- world history
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
6. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- geography
- science
7. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- science
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
8. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
By: Sarah Bakewell
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years o… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- world history
9. 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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- history
- world history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
10. The World: A Family History of Humanity
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.00
Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- science
11. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.00
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
12. Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion
By: Nicholas Spencer
4.07
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right? Most things you ‘know’ about… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- science
13. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
By: Eckart Frahm
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- world history
14. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- world history
15. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- climate change
- geography
- environment
- nature
- science
16. Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
By: Simon Schama
3.65
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Da millenni gli esseri umani e i virus coesistono e, suo malgrado, l'umanità più di una volta si è … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
17. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
18. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
By: Peter Turchin
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- science
19. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
By: George Monbiot
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- environment
20. 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
- world history
21. The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives
By: Naoíse Mac Sweeney
3.92
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
"A bold, sweeping bird's eye view of thousands of years of history that provides a truly global per… read more
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- world history
- historical
- politics
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