21 Top nonfiction books like Seashaken Houses by Tom Nancollas

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Seashaken Houses

By: Tom Nancollas

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaperAn enthralling history of Britain's rock lighth…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Seashaken Houses by Tom Nancollas , here is a list of 21 books like this:

1. The Wild Places

By: Robert Macfarlane

3.73

Format: None pages,

"An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature… read more

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2. The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth

By: Tom Burgis

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

One of Financial Times' Books of the Year, 2015 The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth … read more

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3. The Lighthouse Stevensons: The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson

By: Bella Bathurst

3.29

Format: 368 pages,

I for one had no idea that the 14 lighthouses dotting the Scottish coast were all built by the same… read more

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4. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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5. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • unfinished
  • british literature
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6. The Lamplighters

By: Emma Stonex

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Inspired by a haunting true story, a gorgeous and atmospheric novel about the mysterious disappeara… read more

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"Helen thinks I haven't noticed that she's stopped wearing it. But I notice everything about her, all that's changed when I go ashore."

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

"It felt like the more I read, the more free I was in my mind, and if you’re free in your mind, then it doesn’t matter what else is going on."

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

"Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of y…"

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

"Time gives you a bit of distance where you can look back on whatever's happened to you and not feel all the feelings you once had; those feeling have calmed down and they're not at the forefront of y…"

-Emma Stonex, The Lamplighters

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7. Underland: A Deep Time Journey

By: Robert Macfarlane

4.22

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exi… read more

Similar categories in Robert Macfarlane's Underland: A Deep Time Journey book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • history
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Wendy    Joseph

8. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

By: Wendy Joseph

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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9. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

By: Cal Flyn

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more

Similar categories in Cal Flyn's Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • history
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"

-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

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10. Cuddy

By: Benjamin Myers

4.33

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patr… read more

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  • british literature
"Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worl…"

-Benjamin Myers, Cuddy

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11. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's Alan Partridge: Big Beacon book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • british literature
Cover of Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages by Matthew       Green

13. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

By: Matthew Green

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Green's Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • history
  • unfinished
  • british literature
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer

14. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

Similar categories in Katja Hoyer's Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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15. Attack Warning Red!

By: Julie McDowall

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more

Similar categories in Julie McDowall's Attack Warning Red! book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
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16. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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17. The Lost Rainforests of Britain

By: Guy Shrubsole

4.30

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more

Similar categories in Guy Shrubsole's The Lost Rainforests of Britain book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • history
  • british literature
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"

-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain

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18. Doctor Who: The Giggle

By: James Goss

4.55

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A sinister toyshop. The Earth erupting in violence. Shockwaves travelling through history. Wit… read more

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Cover of Shackleton: A Biography by Ranulph Fiennes

19. Shackleton: A Biography

By: Ranulph Fiennes

4.32

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Discover the story Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition through the words of the worl… read more

Similar categories in Ranulph Fiennes's Shackleton: A Biography book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
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20. Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

By: Ha-Joon Chang

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too… read more

Similar categories in Ha-Joon Chang's Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more

Similar categories in Amy Jeffs's Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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22. Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen

By: Peter Apps

4.77

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The truth about Grenfell at long last. It is hardly possible to admit it. That the biggest tower bl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Apps's Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • architecture
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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23. The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers

By: Adam Nicolson

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In The Seabird's Cry, Adam Nicolson travels ocean paths, fusing traditional knowledge with astonish… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche by John Higgs

24. Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

By: John Higgs

4.15

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

A deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche—the B… read more

Similar categories in John Higgs's Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
"His voice was proof that no matter how lost you may be you are never alone because there are people like John Lennon who could reach you."

-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

"In the midst of communal screaming there is only the present moment. The past and the future dissolve the way, nothing more than illusions. When the past disappears it takes with it the possibility o…"

-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

"When Bond was born he personified an aspect of male identity that was prevalent after the war that of the protector. Man saw their role as being the one to protect their families from external threat…"

-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

"An important factor here is that Bond does not see himself as a victim. This feels like it should be an increasingly important aspect of the character given the extent which society consistently urge…"

-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche

Cover of One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On by Wes Streeting

25. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On

By: Wes Streeting

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more

Similar categories in Wes Streeting's One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
Cover of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever by Joseph Cox

26. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

By: Joseph Cox

4.12

Format: None pages, None

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Cox's Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • technology
Cover of How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves by Tristan Gooley

27. How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

By: Tristan Gooley

4.13

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times–bestselling author Tristan Gooley opens our eyes to the secret language of trees—and… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Gooley's How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Seashaken Houses by Tom Nancollas

28. Seashaken Houses

By: Tom Nancollas

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaperAn enthralling history of Britain's rock lighth… read more

Similar categories in Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • architecture
  • science
  • history
  • unfinished
  • british literature
  • travel
  • maritime
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • technology
Cover of Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English

29. Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History

By: Otto English

3.96

Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the gr… read more

Similar categories in Otto English's Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Down To Earth by Montagu Don

30. Down To Earth

By: Montagu Don

4.41

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

《DK园艺智慧》是英国知名园艺节目主持人蒙提 唐的畅销力作,系统总结了他50年亲身实践的园艺心得。细致梳理了园艺活各方面的要点和注意事项,并列出了一年十二个月的园艺种植和管理的建议。 全书语言… read more

Similar categories in Montagu Don's Down To Earth book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • british literature
Cover of Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum

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

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Tom Nancollas's Seashaken Houses

  • nonfiction
  • history
"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.

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Cal Flyn

4.20

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Paul Lynch

4.10

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