The Wars of the Maccabees
By: John D. Grainger
3.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
By the second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. B…
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- ancient history
- history
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. Beyond Good and Evil
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more
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"The noble soul reveres itself"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"...all that is rare is for the rare."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"In music the passions enjoy themselves."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"One is punished most for one’s virtues."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
3. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
By: Dalai Lama XIV , Desmond Tutu , Douglas Carlton Abrams
4.38
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face … read more
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- nonfiction
"What the Dalai Lama and I are offering,"-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
"It is not happiness that makes us grateful, it’s gratefulness that makes us happy."-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
"The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience."-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
"Our perspective toward life is our final and ultimate freedom. - Viktor Frankl quoted by Desmond Tutu"-Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
4. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
By: Richard Bauckham
4.35
Format: 552 pages, Hardcover
This fresh book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on eyewitness testimony of those who… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Young scholars, learning their historical method from Gospel scholars, often treat it as self-evident that the more skeptical they are toward their sources, the more rigorous will be their historical…"-Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
"However it—or the kind of extreme individualistic epistemology it embraces—can lead historians to an overly skeptical approach particularly to those sources that were intended to recount and inform e…"-Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
"However it—or the kind of extreme individualistic epistemology it embraces—can lead historians to an overly skeptical approach particularly to those sources that were intended to recount and inform e…"-Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
5. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
By: Fred Anderson
4.19
Format: 912 pages, Paperback
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the Am… read more
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- history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
6. The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
By: Stephen King
4.28
Format: 1050 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The seventh and final installment of Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga is perhaps the most anticip… read more
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"I don’t like people. They fuck me up"-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
"Ending is just another word for goodbye."-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
"He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute."-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
"he sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls..."-Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
7. How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable, its vast territory accounting for most of the know… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
8. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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9. The Early History of Rome (The History of Rome, #1-5)
By: Livy , Aubrey de Sélincourt , Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , None
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. The Histories
By: Tacitus , Kenneth Wellesley
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Edward Gibbon called The Historiesan 'immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the d… read more
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- ancient history
- history
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11. The Invisible Man
By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more
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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
12. The Origin and Deeds of the Goths
By: Jordanes
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Iordanis, known in English as Jordanes (also Jordanis'), was a 6th century bureaucrat of the Easter… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconog… read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
14. The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died
By: Philip Jenkins
4.07
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking book, renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins offers a lost history, reveal… read more
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15. After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
By: Lesley Hazleton
3.79
Format: 477 pages,
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16. The Tyrants of Syracuse: Vol. II, 367-211 BC
By: Jeff Champion
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles for fr… read more
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17. The Tyrants of Syracuse: War in Ancient Sicily, Volume I: 480-367 BC
By: Jeff Champion
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both … read more
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18. The Irda (Dragonlance: Lost Histories, #2)
By: Linda P. Baker
4.10
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the Beginning . . . Given life by gods, the Ogres were the most intelligent and beautful of the … read more
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19. Paul: A Biography
By: N.T. Wright
4.34
Format: 480 pages, ebook
In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T.… read more
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- nonfiction
20. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemen… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
21. 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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- nonfiction
22. The Story of the Greeks
By: Hélène A. Guerber
3.85
Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
23. Genesis (Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery, #12)
By: Robin Cook
3.85
Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of harnes… read more
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24. Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran (International Library of Iranian Studies)
By: Parvaneh Pourshariati
4.02
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has already been praised as one of the most intellectually … read more
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- ancient history
- history
- nonfiction
25. The Wars of the Maccabees
By: John D. Grainger
3.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
By the second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. B… read more
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- history
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26. Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome
By: Dexter Hoyos
4.00
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Carthage was the western Mediterranean’s first superpower, long before Rome, and her military histo… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
27. Expedition to Disaster
By: Philip Matyszak
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. At… read more
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28. Themistocles: The Powerbroker of Athens
By: Jeffrey Smith
4.50
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
This is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens, architect of the Greek victory over th… read more
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