Hadrian's Wall
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall Stretching…
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1. Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
By: Dan Jones
4.02
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed h… read more
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- history
- british literature
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.07
Format: 526 pages, Paperback
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greek… read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
"The great hatred of capitalism in the hearts of the oppressed, ancient and modern, I think, stems not merely from the ensuing vast inequality in wealth, and the often unfair and arbitrary nature of w…"-Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
"This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—would provide superb manpower for growing legions and a legal framework that would guarantee that the…"-Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
3. The Silver Branch
By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which beg… read more
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- roman britain
- historical
- classics
- british literature
"Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not."-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch
"I simply--don't know," Flavius said, and then suddenly explosive: "I don't know and I don't care! Go to bed."-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch
"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone els…"-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch
4. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
By: Robert Graves , Thomas Malory , Keith Baines
3.92
Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Presents the story of King Arthur, his knights of the Round Table, the sword Excalibur, and his tra… read more
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- classics
"Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross."-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place. And men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the the Holy Cr…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
"...and then the threw the sword as far into the water as he might; and there came an arm and a hand above the water and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished…"-Robert Graves, Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
5. Shane
By: Jack Schaefer , Wendell Minor
3.94
Format: 135 pages, Hardcover
A stranger rode out of the heart of the great glowing West, into the small Wyoming valley in the su… read more
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- historical
- classics
"What a man knows isn't important. Its what he is that counts."-Jack Schaefer, Shane
"A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel - or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything. Think of it always that way. A gun is as good - and as bad - as the man who …"-Jack Schaefer, Shane
"With us he spoke freely enough. We were, in some subtle way, his folks. Though we had taken him in, you had the feeling that he had adopted us. But with others he was reserved; courteous and soft-spo…"-Jack Schaefer, Shane
"I would think of him most vividly in that single flashing instant when he whirled to shoot Fletcher on the balcony at Grafton’s saloon. I would see again the power and grace of coordinate force beaut…"-Jack Schaefer, Shane
6. Scipio Africanus
By: B.H. Liddell Hart , Michael Grant , Michael Grant
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
7. 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
By: Roger Crowley
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
By: Anthony Everitt
3.70
Format: 186 pages,
Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt, whose Augustuswas praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as "a narr… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
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9. Song for the Basilisk
By: Patricia A. McKillip
4.50
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
As a child, Rook had been taken in by the bards of Luly, and raised as one of their own. Of his pas… read more
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10. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
By: Hampton Sides
3.17
Format: None pages,
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
11. The Eagle of the Ninth
By: Rosemary Sutcliff
3.94
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
One of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the Ninth tells the s… read more
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- historical
- classics
- british literature
"Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one."-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
"And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said."-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
"You could give a slave his freedom, but nothing could undo the fact that he had been a slave; and between him, a freed-man, and any free man who had never been unfree, there would still be a differen…"-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
"Sometime about the year 117, the IXth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum where York now stands, marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again... no…"-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth
12. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
By: Mary Beard
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million peopl… read more
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- history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- archaeology
- audiobook
13. The Sword in the Stone (The Once and Future King, #1)
By: T.H. White
3.43
Format: 331 pages,
Abridged Junior Classics version of T.H. White The Sword in the Stone, revised in The Once and Futu… read more
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14. The Boat in the Evening
By: Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
Earning its author a third nomination for the Nobel Prize, this tale centers on a crane colony arri… read more
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15. The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year
By: Armin A. Brott
3.48
Format: 208 pages,
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16. African Kaiser: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918
By: Robert Gaudi
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true account of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his exploits in World War I Afri… read more
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17. Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
By: Richard Miles
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death … read more
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18. The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
By: Joel F. Harrington
4.34
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary story of a Renaissance-era executioner and his world, based on a rare and overloo… read more
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19. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau
By: Susan J. Eischeid
4.21
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
21. 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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- classics
- history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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- world history
- british literature
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- audiobook
23. 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
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most po… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Every time Titus comes to Rome, he feels his sinuses cringe in horror."-Philip Matyszak, 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
25. 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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- world history
- historical
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- archaeology
- audiobook
26. Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
By: Anthony Everitt
3.92
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A striking, nuanced biography of Nero--the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars--an… read more
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- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. The Bone Chests
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more
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- british literature
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28. In Praise of Paths: Walking through Time and Nature
By: Torbjørn Ekelund
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped dri… read more
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- audiobook
29. Hadrian's Wall
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall Stretching… read more
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- history
- world history
- british literature
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- roman britain
- archaeology
- audiobook
30. William Howard Taft (The American Presidents #27)
By: Jeffrey Rosen
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The only man to serve as president and chief justice, who approached every decision in constitution… read more
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- history
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