Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain
By: Brian Catlos
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the foundin…
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1. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
By: John J. Mearsheimer , Stephen M. Walt
4.07
Format: 484 pages, Hardcover
The Israel Lobby," by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harva… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
By: Harold Bloom , María Rosa Menocal
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Undoing the familiar notion of the Middle Ages as a period of religious persecution and intellectua… read more
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- islam
- history
- spain
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
3. In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
By: Robert G. Hoyland
3.76
Format: 6 pages, Hardcover
In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Cal… read more
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- history
- islam
- world history
- religion
- nonfiction
4. Mohammed and Charlemagne
By: Henri Pirenne
4.71
Format: 595 pages, Paperback
The final work of the great Belgian historian Henri Pirenne, this remarkable classic -- published a… read more
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- islam
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- nonfiction
- european history
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5. 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
- nonfiction
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- medieval history
6. The Korean War
By: Max Hastings
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
7. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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8. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
By: John Kelly
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
La moria grandissimabegan its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, le… read more
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9. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
By: Judith Herrin
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
By: Eugene Rogan
3.60
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nati… read more
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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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- nonfiction
- history
"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 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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13. Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors
By: James Reston Jr.
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of Warriors of Godcomes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492,… read more
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14. Tales of the Alhambra
By: Washington Irving
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Tales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving.… read more
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15. Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past
By: Giles Tremlett
3.66
Format: 32 pages,
The appearance, more than sixty years after the Spanish Civil War ended, of mass graves containing … read more
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16. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
By: Thomas Asbridge
4.22
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the H… read more
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- history
- world history
- medieval history
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
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"The Lionheart had arrived."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"Zangi was now sixty-two and still in remarkably rude health."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"Time and again in the Middle Ages, warrior-kings, seen by their men in the thick of fighting, turned the tide of battle, assuring victory."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"The first Latin up a ladder was Aubery Clements, marshal of France, one of Philip’s leading knights. It was said later among the Christians’ forces that, before climbing the breach, Aubery had called…"-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
17. 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
- spain
- nonfiction
- european history
18. 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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- history
- world history
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
19. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
By: Nathan Thrall
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The N… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- history
20. The Lion House
By: Christopher de Bellaigue
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Venice, 1522. Twenty-three men in robes of scarlet and blue assemble to hear the most sensitive int… read more
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- world history
- nonfiction
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"The trouble with big empires is that the enemy is far away and there is weather in between."-Christopher de Bellaigue, The Lion House
21. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
22. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
By: Matthew Gabriele
3.65
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle … read more
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- world history
- medieval history
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
23. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
By: Marc David Baer
3.95
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more
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- islam
- history
- world history
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
24. Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
By: Fernando Cervantes
3.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, authoritative history that aims to deepen our understanding of the campaigns and conque… read more
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- world history
- spain
- spanish history
- nonfiction
- european history
25. A People Betrayed: A History of Corruption, Political Incompetence and Social Division in Modern Spain
By: Paul Preston
4.00
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
Nowhere does the ceaseless struggle to maintain democracy in the face of political corruption come … read more
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- spain
- spanish history
- nonfiction
- european history
26. Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain
By: Brian Catlos
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the foundin… read more
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- spain
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- nonfiction
- european history
- spanish history
- medieval
27. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
By: Anthony Bale
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more
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- world history
- medieval history
- religion
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- medieval
"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
28. Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
By: Michael Korda
4.10
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in M… read more
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- history
29. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
By: Judith Herrin
3.92
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
In 402 AD, after invading tribes broke through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and threatened the imp… read more
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- medieval history
- religion
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- medieval
30. A Short History of Christian Zionism: From the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century
By: Donald M. Lewis
4.38
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This book is about an idea--namely, that Scripture mandates a Jewish return to the historical regio… read more
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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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"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.
