The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
By: Stefanos Geroulanos
3.76
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
An eminent historian demonstrates how claims about the origins of humanity have been used to justif…
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1. 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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2. 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
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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3. 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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"...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
4. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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- nonfiction
- archaeology
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5. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
6. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
By: David Gibbins
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more
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7. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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8. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
By: Marion Gibson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more
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"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
9. Hoe migratie echt werkt
By: Hein de Haas
4.43
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more
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10. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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11. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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12. The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
By: Stefanos Geroulanos
3.76
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
An eminent historian demonstrates how claims about the origins of humanity have been used to justif… read more
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- science
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- world history
- archaeology
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- prehistory
- sociology
- anthropology
13. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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14. Silk: A World History
By: Aarathi Prasad
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the compl… read more
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15. The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature
By: Ludovic Slimak
3.69
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species’ unique form … read more
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16. The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
By: Boyce Upholt
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of the Mississippi River―and the centuries of human meddling that have transform… read more
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17. Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion
By: Michael Taylor
4.24
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
“Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary” (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, page-turning narrative weaves t… read more
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18. All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians
By: Phil Elwood
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the… read more
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19. 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.
20. Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
By: Richard J. Evans
4.27
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Through a connected set of biographical portraits of key Nazi figures that follows power as it radi… read more
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