The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
By: Charles Oman
3.92
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
In 476 A.D. the Western Roman Empire fell. Romans would never again rule vast swathes of the wester…
Want to Read $ 0.99If you liked the world history plot in The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D. by Charles Oman , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. The Theory of the Leisure Class
By: Thorstein Veblen , Alan Wolfe
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Almost a century after its original publication, Thorstein Veblen's work is as fresh and relevant a… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
- history
"The earlier and cruder method of advertisement held its ground so long as the public to which the exhibitor had to appeal comprised large portions of the community who were not trained to detect deli…"-Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class
"The ceremonial differentiation of the dietary is best seen in the use of intoxicating beverages and narcotics. If these articles of consumption are costly, they are felt to be noble and honorific. Th…"-Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class
"The effect of the pecuniary interest and the pecuniary habit of mind upon the growth of institutions is seen in those enactments and conventions that make for security of property, enforcement of con…"-Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class
2. Decline and Fall
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
3. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
By: Marc Morris
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Marc Morris's A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- medieval
4. The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
By: John Toland
3.43
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Ja… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Toland's The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
- history
5. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Barbara W. Tuchman's A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
6. The Temple of Dawn
By: Yukio Mishima , E. Dale Saunders , Cecilia Segawa Seigle
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is gr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Yukio Mishima's The Temple of Dawn book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
7. Adolf Hitler
By: John Toland
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian John Toland's classic, definitive biography of Adolf Hitler remain… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Toland's Adolf Hitler book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
8. Eclipse of Reason
By: Max Horkheimer
3.67
Format: 350 pages,
"Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a leading figure in The Frankfurt School, a renowned body of philos… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Max Horkheimer's Eclipse of Reason book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
9. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
By: Dan Jones
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of the knights Templar--holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics--by the bests… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dan Jones's The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
10. On the Genealogy of Morals
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Douglas Smith
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. N… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
- history
"We are noble, good, beautiful, and happy!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
"There is so much in man that is horrifying!.. The world has been a madhouse for too long!..."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
"Somebody said: "About two persons I have never reflected very thoroughly: that is the testimony of my love for them."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
"All concepts in which an entire process is semiotically concentrated elude definition; only that which has no history is definable."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
11. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
By: Thomas Asbridge
4.22
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the H… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in Thomas Asbridge's The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- world history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
"The Lionheart had arrived."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"Zangi was now sixty-two and still in remarkably rude health."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"Time and again in the Middle Ages, warrior-kings, seen by their men in the thick of fighting, turned the tide of battle, assuring victory."-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
"The first Latin up a ladder was Aubery Clements, marshal of France, one of Philip’s leading knights. It was said later among the Christians’ forces that, before climbing the breach, Aubery had called…"-Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
12. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
By: Ray Kurzweil
2.83
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The bold futurist and bestselling author explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ray Kurzweil's How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
13. Thousand Cranes
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.71
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousa… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Yasunari Kawabata's Thousand Cranes book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
"Гріх ніколи не змиєш, а горе минає."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Коли вона померла, я з жалем подумала: навіть якщо її не розуміли, то все одно смерть не можна виправдати. Смерть виключає будь-яку надію на порозуміння."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"– Понимаете, Кикудзисан, человек не может быть благоразумным и мудрым, если в нем слишком сильно мужское или женское начало. – Да? Значит, мудрость среднего пола? – Иронизируете? Ну, ну… Однако, когд…"-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
14. Vile Bodies
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Evelyn Waugh's second novel, "Vile Bodies" is his tribute to London's smart set. It introduces us t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
15. God Help the Child
By: Toni Morrison
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child--the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
16. The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)
By: Ken Follett
4.24
Format: 737 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Ken Follett's The Armor of Light (Kingsbridge, #4) book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- historical
- audiobook
17. 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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Marc Morris's The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066 book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- world history
- historical
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
- audiobook
18. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
Want to Read $ 14.49Similar categories in Andrew H. Knoll's A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. Zen: The Art of Simple Living
By: Shunmyō Masuno
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Zen is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life . . . In clear, practical and easy to f… read more
Want to Read $ 6.09Similar categories in Shunmyō Masuno's Zen: The Art of Simple Living book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
20. Silk Road
By: Colin Falconer
4.27
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Silk Road weaves a spellbinding tale of courage, danger and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of… read more
Want to Read $ 3.99Similar categories in Colin Falconer's Silk Road book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- historical
- medieval
"They found him in the cloister, lying on his back with ice in his beard. He was half conscious, muttering about a Templar knight, a secret commission from the Pope, and a beautiful woman on a white p…"-Colin Falconer, Silk Road
"His fellow monks carried him back to his cell and laid him on the hard cot that had been his bed for the last twenty years. He was an old man now and there was nothing to be done. His eyes had the co…"-Colin Falconer, Silk Road
21. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Philip Matyszak's Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- world history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
22. Trafalgar
By: Nicholas Best
4.51
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grande Armée to Britain, the only coun… read more
Want to Read $ 3.99Similar categories in Nicholas Best's Trafalgar book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- nonfiction
23. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Gregory J. Wallance's Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
24. The Great Ice Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory)
By: Hourly History
4.30
Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the remarkable history of the Great Ice Age...Free BONUS Inside!On a human scale, the clim… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Hourly History's The Great Ice Age: A History from Beginning to End (Prehistory) book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- historical
- history
- nonfiction
25. 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
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in John F. White's The Roman Emperor Aurelian: Restorer of the World book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
26. The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
By: Charles Oman
3.92
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
In 476 A.D. the Western Roman Empire fell. Romans would never again rule vast swathes of the wester… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D. book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- world history
- historical
- military fiction
- medieval history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
- audiobook
27. Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World
By: Andrew D. Lambert
3.58
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Andrew D. Lambert's Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- world history
- military fiction
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. History of Finland: A Captivating Guide to Finnish History (Scandinavian History)
By: Captivating History
4.13
Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition
Finnish culture is centuries old, yet Finland itself has only been an independent nation for just o… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Captivating History's History of Finland: A Captivating Guide to Finnish History (Scandinavian History) book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- history
- nonfiction
29. Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time
By: Noam Chomsky
3.82
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time' Arundhati RoyIn these incisive inte… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Noam Chomsky's Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
- history
30. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI book and Charles Oman's The Dark Ages 476-918 A.D.
- nonfiction
- history
- world history
- audiobook
