Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
By: Rebecca Simon
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was known around England and …
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1. Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter
By: Dan Jones
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a mead… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
By: Colin Woodard
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
By: J. Maarten Troost
4.40
Format: None pages,
At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
4. The 39 Steps
By: John Buchan , Patrick Barlow
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps was the novel that introduced readers to the cunning Richard Ha… read more
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5. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
By: David Cordingly
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritim… read more
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6. The Stone Gods
By: Jeanette Winterson
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 m… read more
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7. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
By: Candice Millard
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more
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8. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
By: Robert Kurson
3.62
Format: 57 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the auth… read more
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9. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
By: Alison Weir
4.50
Format: None pages,
'At last we have the truth about Henry VIII's wives. This book is as reliable and scholarly as it i… read more
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10. Carnival (Firefly, #6)
By: Una McCormack
4.07
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from t… read more
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- audiobook
11. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
By: Philip S. Gorski
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy Most Americans were shocked by t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"White Christian nationalism is a “deep story"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
"For white Americans who affirm Christian nationalist ideology, “true Americans"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
"Even as it’s become riskier for mainstream politicians to use negative dog whistles like “thug"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
"It’s not that Christian nationalists have a different understanding of American history; it’s that they often have an incorrect understanding."-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
12. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
By: Herman Pontzer
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"..incompetent people are so annoying: their very incompetence blinds them to how incompetent they are." (or as Darwin said, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge") - both o…"-Herman Pontzer, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
13. The Convent
By: Marie Hargreaves
4.21
Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition
When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
14. Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants
By: Fez Inkwright
4.28
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants through this beautifully produced, gorge… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. Ghostbusters: The Original Novelizations of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 (Ghostbusters #1)
By: Richard Mueller
3.84
Format: None pages, Audiobook
For the first time in a beautiful new edition, this omnibus will collect together the original offi… read more
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- audiobook
16. The House of Broken Bricks
By: Fiona Williams
3.83
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ain’t nothing wrong with being broken. Nothing at all. You’re like these houses, not a whole brick … read more
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- audiobook
17. The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
By: Eleanor Herman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The story of poison is the story of power. For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roilin… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Gates of Athens
By: Conn Iggulden
4.27
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
490 B.C. Two great empires are about to go to war . . . The momentous struggle between Athens… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
19. Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
By: Paul Watson
3.69
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
"Intriguing [and] enjoyable." ―Ian McGuire, New York Times Book Review Ice Ghosts weaves together t… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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- history
- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
21. Into the Heartless Wood
By: Joanna Ruth Meyer
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centurie… read more
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22. Real History of Pirates, The
By: Manushag N. Powell
3.89
Format: None pages, Audiobook
There’s an apocryphal story that Alexander the Great once captured a notorious pirate named Diomede… read more
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- nonfiction
- pirates
- audiobook
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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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
24. If the Tide Turns
By: Rachel Rueckert
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivi… read more
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- historical
- pirates
- audiobook
25. The Book of Elsewhere
By: Keanu Reeves
3.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more
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26. Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
By: Steven Johnson
3.90
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Map and How We Got to Now returns with the story of … read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
By: Rebecca Simon
3.68
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was known around England and … read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- pirates
- research
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders
By: Peter Lehr
3.50
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A global account of pirates and their modus operandi , from the Middle Ages to the present day In… read more
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- historical
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read
By: Rebecca Alexandra Simon
3.76
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the C… read more
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- biography
- historical
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- nonfiction
30. De havermelkelite
By: Jonas Kooyman
3.45
Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition
Ben je twintiger of dertiger (of vooruit, veertiger)? Woon in je in een voormalige volksbuurt in d… read more
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