16 Best nonfiction books like The Great Boer War by Byron Farwell

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The Great Boer War

By: Byron Farwell

4.12

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

1990 1st Thus Norton

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Great Boer War by Byron Farwell , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Histories by Herodotus, Aubrey de Sélincourt, John M. Marincola

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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  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

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2. Apollo: The Race To The Moon

By: Charles Murray , Catherine Bly Cox

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Out of print for fifteen years, this is the classic account of how the United States got to the moo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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3. How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region

By: Joe Studwell

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

How Asia Works( Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region) Hardcover JoeStudwell G… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. De Boerenoorlog

By: Martin Bossenbroek

4.17

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Oorspong van de Apartheid. Eerste mediaoorlog. Voorproefje van de 1ste en de 2de wereldoorlog. De B… read more

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  • africa
  • history
  • south africa
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Storm of Steel

By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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6. Great Mythologies of the World

By: Kathryn McClymond , Grant L. Voth , Julius H. Bailey , None

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Audible Audio

The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our mod… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

7. Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941–44

By: Robert Forczyk

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With Russian troops moving in to seize the Crimea in 2014, it would be worth remembering that this … read more

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8. 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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9. Penric’s Mission (Penric and Desdemona, #3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.33

Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition

In his 30th year, Penric fell in love with light. Learned Penric, a sorcerer and divine of the B… read more

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  • audiobook

10. The American Civil War (Great Courses, #885)

By: Gary W. Gallagher

3.25

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Professor Gallagher is aleading authority on the Civil War. He is the author of several books and d… read more

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11. The Arms of Krupp: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty that Armed Germany at War

By: William Manchester

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

A masterwork of history restored to print and made available for the first time in trade paperback.… read more

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12. The Boer War

By: Thomas Pakenham

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Boers of South Africa responded to Britain's annexation of the gold-and-diamond-rich Transvaal … read more

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13. Legion of the Damned

By: Sven Hassel

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front. 'An extraordinary book, which has captured … read more

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14. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It

By: Arthur Herman , None

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market c… read more

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15. Masquerade in Lodi (Penric and Desdemona, #9)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.28

Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition

Bastard’s Eve is a night of celebration for most residents in the canal city of Lodi -- but not for… read more

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  • audiobook
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16. The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona, #8)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.31

Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition

When a mysterious plague breaks out in the army fort guarding Vilnoc, the port capital of the duchy… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. The Orphans of Raspay (Penric and Desdemona, #7)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.28

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

When the ship in which they are traveling is captured by Carpagamon island raiders, Temple sorcerer… read more

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  • audiobook
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18. The Prisoner of Limnos (Penric and Desdemona, #6)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.31

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sequel novella to “Mira’s Last Dance”, Temple sorcerer Penric and the widow Nikys have reac… read more

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  • audiobook
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19. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

By: Neil Price

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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20. The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior

By: Michael Jones

4.07

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French a… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Assassins of Thasalon (Penric and Desdemona, #10) by Lois McMaster Bujold

21. The Assassins of Thasalon (Penric and Desdemona, #10)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.50

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

An unholy attack upon his brother-in-law General Arisaydia pitches sorcerer Learned Penric and his … read more

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  • audiobook
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22. The Borgias: Power and Fortune (Italian Histories)

By: Paul Strathern

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and deprav… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lost Colony (The Long Winter, #3) by A.G. Riddle

23. The Lost Colony (The Long Winter, #3)

By: A.G. Riddle

4.18

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Can humanity survive on a new world?On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greate… read more

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  • audiobook
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24. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Stalin in Power: The Russian Revolution From Above, 1928-1941 by Robert C. Tucker

25. Stalin in Power: The Russian Revolution From Above, 1928-1941

By: Robert C. Tucker

4.00

Format: 902 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is the best book about Stalin that has ever been written and one that is not likely to be sup… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire #22) by Simon Scarrow

26. Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire #22)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.65

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel of tribal uprisings, battl… read more

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  • military fiction
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27. The Opium War

By: Brian Inglis

3.41

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

1839. Trade is the stalwart of the British Empire. China threatens Britain’s Opium trade. Britain a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
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28. The Great Boer War

By: Byron Farwell

4.12

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

1990 1st Thus Norton read more

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  • africa
  • history
  • south africa
  • british literature
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. The Roman Emperor Aurelian: Restorer of the World

By: John F. White

3.88

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The Roman Empire almost disintegrated in the 3rd Century AD, under the onslaught of barbarians and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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30. Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple

By: Stuart Smith

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. "Hitler's favorite commando"a… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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31. Nelson: The Essential Hero

By: Ernle Bradford

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Horatio Nelson is considered by some to be one of the most inspiring and perplexing characters in h… read more

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  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war

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4.52

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4.17

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3.90

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