The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club
By: Christopher de Hamel
4.22
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The Manuscripts Men tells of twelve men and women, from the eleventh century to the twentieth, who …
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Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
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2. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
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4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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3. What's Cooking in the Kremlin: From Rasputin to Putin, How Russia Built an Empire with a Knife and Fork
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4.28
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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4. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
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4.40
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
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5. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
6. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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7. 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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8. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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9. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
10. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
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4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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12. The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club
By: Christopher de Hamel
4.22
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The Manuscripts Men tells of twelve men and women, from the eleventh century to the twentieth, who … read more
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13. Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
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4.25
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
By: Mary Wellesley
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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15. The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes
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16. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
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3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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17. Illiberal America: A History
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4.20
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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3.84
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19. A Portrait in Shadow
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3.80
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20. Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.21
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian bo… read more
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21. Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man
By: Peter K. Andersson
3.44
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