8 Best history books like The Chroniclers by Keith Wheeler

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The Chroniclers

By: Keith Wheeler

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Tells of the journalists, artists, and photographers who went west to report on the terrain, native…

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1. The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.87

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his ev… read more

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"I should at least die as I had lived—fighting."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If there be a fate that is sometimes cruel to me, there surely is a kind and merciful Providence which watches over me."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

"If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

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2. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
"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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3. The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

By: Robert Jordan

None

Format: 800 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades t… read more

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"Quite a story."

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

"Couldn’t we camp down by the lakes?"

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

"Reflected fire made the blade seem aflame."

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

"Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything."

-Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

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4. The Blockade: Runners and Raiders

By: Time-Life Books

3.77

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Describes the U.S. Navy's blockade of the ports of the South and the Confederacy's efforts to overc… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Walden

By: Henry David Thoreau

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. The Devil's Code (Kidd & LuEllen, #3)

By: John Sandford

3.94

Format: 354 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“Crime fiction doesn’t have nearly enough droll master thieves like Kidd and his stunning partner i… read more

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7. 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

8. The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

1886. John Carter, forever 30, returns to Mars and again fights enemies with green Tars Tarka and r… read more

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9. The Celts

By: Alice Roberts , Neil Oliver

4.70

Format: 84 pages,

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10. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

11. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more

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12. The Johnstown Flood

By: David McCullough

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

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13. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more

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14. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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15. A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Seelye

3.81

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most… read more

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"Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live my life amongst them."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

"Twenty years have intervened; for ten of them I lived and fought for Dejah Thoris and her people, and for ten I have lived upon her memory."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

"There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she."

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

"Day had now given away to night and as we wandered along the great avenue lighted by the two moons of Barsoom, and with Earth looking down upon us out of her luminous green eye, it seemed that we wer…"

-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)

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16. Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

By: John Sandford

4.36

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel … read more

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17. Righteous Prey (Lucas Davenport #32, Virgil Flowers #14)

By: John Sandford

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are up against a powerful vigilante group with an eye on vengea… read more

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18. Atalanta

By: Jennifer Saint

3.78

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne , a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta… read more

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"I made a bargain with him: if he let me have the mountains and my girls, then I'd keep out of Hera's way. But the main thing I wanted was to live untouched by men. I wasn't going to find myself in my…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

"I missed the spread of the sky above me. Sometimes as I lay awake, I yearned so powerfully for freedom; for the dark silhouette of the Argo, blotting out the stars behind it; the promise of another j…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

"Standing in the shadows, gathering my resolve. I'd been among too many people, living according to their rules for too long. It was clouding my vision, gnawing away at my confidence and certainty, ma…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

"I despised my father, of course I did. The thought of presenting myself to him, of him thinking that my deeds could reflect on him was repulsive, that he thought what I would do would be a substitute…"

-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta

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19. The Great Chiefs

By: Benjamin Capps

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Part of The Old West series of Time-Life Books, this book is well-illustrated and has several chapt… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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20. The Chroniclers

By: Keith Wheeler

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound

Tells of the journalists, artists, and photographers who went west to report on the terrain, native… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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21. Spies, Scouts, and Raiders: Irregular Operations (Time-Life The Civil War)

By: Time-Life Books

3.93

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first three chapters covers the intelligence gathering of both sides and the operations of spie… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. The Nation Reunited: War's Aftermath

By: Richard W. Murphy

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Recounts how the nation recovered following the end of the Civil War read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande by Peter M. Chaitin

23. The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande

By: Peter M. Chaitin

3.90

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Coastal War, The: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande by Chaitin, Peter M. et al. read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor (Civil War)

By: Gregory Jaynes

3.78

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

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Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

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The Blockade: Runners and Raiders

Time-Life Books

3.77

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Walden

Henry David Thoreau

2.57

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3.91

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4.15

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4.67

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4.56

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