The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and The Making of Rome
By: Loyd Grossman
3.95
Format: 256 pages, ebook
This brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship…
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1. Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
By: Stephen Puleo
4.01
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
This edition is no longer in print. Please check 9780807078006 for the most recent edition. Aro… read more
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2. Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History
By: Simon Winder
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A unique exploration of German culture, from sausage advertisements to Wagner Sitting on a bench at… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
By: Peter H. Wilson
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable do… read more
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4. Truth and Beauty
By: Ann Patchett
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ann Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writ… read more
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5. In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art
By: Sue Roe
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in b… read more
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6. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
By: Ross King
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelange… read more
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7. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman
By: Lucy Worsley
4.20
Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more
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- history
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8. When You Least Expect It
By: Haley Cass
4.33
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
ASIN moved from less recent edition Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is… read more
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"No one has ever looked at me the way she does."-Haley Cass, When You Least Expect It
"I like the idea that you’d come to me at the end of a hard day and know that I want to be there for you. And that it doesn’t have anything to do with taking anything away from your independence becau…"-Haley Cass, When You Least Expect It
9. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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10. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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- italy
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13. The Saint of Bright Doors
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
3.71
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more
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14. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
By: Evan Thomas
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more
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- history
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15. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
By: Jacqueline Winspear
4.46
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more
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"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
16. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
By: Michael Finkel
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the worl… read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
"Museums are secular churches . . . and to steal there is blasphemous."-Michael Finkel, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
17. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case
By: Philippa Langley
3.67
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more
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- history
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18. The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World's Most Expensive Painting
By: Ben Lewis
3.88
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discover… read more
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- art
- history
- nonfiction
19. France: An Adventure History
By: Graham Robb
3.44
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the … read more
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20. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
By: Olivia Ford
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more
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"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
21. The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
By: Rachel L. Swarns
4.13
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New W… read more
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22. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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23. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
By: Eleanor Janega
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more
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24. Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
By: Michael Booth
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China,… read more
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25. What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait
By: Eden Collinsworth
3.76
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Lady in Gold and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the remarkable history behind on… read more
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- italy
- art
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- nonfiction
26. Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
By: Alex Langlands
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
“Hypnotic.… [Langlands] begins to see not just the beauty of an object.… but the deeper purpose for… read more
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- history
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27. The Artist and the Eternal City: Bernini, Pope Alexander VII, and The Making of Rome
By: Loyd Grossman
3.95
Format: 256 pages, ebook
This brilliant vignette of seventeenth-century Rome, its Baroque architecture, and its relationship… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
28. City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People
By: Jessica Wärnberg
3.56
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From a bold new historian comes a vibrant history of Rome as seen through its most influential pers… read more
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29. Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis
By: Stephen P. Kershaw
4.02
Format: 458 pages, Hardcover
In 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King… read more
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30. The Butcher Game (Dr. Wren Muller, #2)
By: Alaina Urquhart
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author and co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid c… read more
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31. Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of the World
By: Meredith Francesca Small
3.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece—the Venetian mappa mundi— that revolutionized … read more
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