Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain
By: David M. Carballo
4.31
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Mexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human soci…
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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
2. The Persian Expedition
By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell
4.18
Format: None pages,
In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. The Leopard
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun
4.01
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more
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"While there’s death there’s hope"-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
4. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of he… read more
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5. Inés of My Soul
By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden
4.46
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard wor… read more
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6. Senselessness
By: Katherine Silver , Horacio Castellanos Moya
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
A boozing, sex-obsessed writer finds himself employed by the Catholic Church (an institution he loa… read more
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7. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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8. The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe
By: R.I. Moore
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In AD 1000 heresy had barely been heard of, yet within a few generations accusations were commonpla… read more
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9. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
By: Jared Diamond
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works … read more
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10. The Conquest of New Spain
By: Bernal Díaz del Castillo , John Michael Cohen
3.67
Format: 542 pages,
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11. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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"What hath night to do with sleep?"-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Solitude sometimes is best society."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
12. 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
- archaeology
- anthropology
"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
13. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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- nonfiction
14. De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
By: Bart Van Loo
4.31
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
Meesterverteller Bart Van Loo neemt de lezer op sleeptouw langs duizend jaar Europese geschiedenis.… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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- nonfiction
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"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
16. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
17. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
18. Watergate: A New History
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.49
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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- history
19. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (The Princeton History of the Ancient World)
By: Kyle Harper
4.21
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental rete… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
20. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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- history
- indigenous
21. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- history
- indigenous
- nonfiction
- latin american history
- anthropology
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
22. Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania
By: Paul Kenyon
4.43
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The only country in Eastern Europe to speak a Latin language, Romania has always felt itself differ… read more
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- history
23. Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
By: Fernando Cervantes
3.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, authoritative history that aims to deepen our understanding of the campaigns and conque… read more
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- history
24. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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25. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
By: Henry Farrell
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart … read more
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26. Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan
By: Stefan Rinke
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A highly readable narrative of the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish Conquest, incorp… read more
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27. A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
By: Edward Wilson-Lee
3.79
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story se… read more
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28. Collision of Worlds: A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain
By: David M. Carballo
4.31
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Mexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human soci… read more
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- history
- indigenous
- nonfiction
- archaeology
- latin american history
- anthropology
29. When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
By: Matthew Restall
3.69
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overt… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- anthropology
"It is about something much larger -the pernicious prevalence and insidious ubiquity of traditional narratives that justify invasion, conquest and inequality."-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
"Do we prejudice our discussion and privilege traditional answers by styling the invaders as "explorers", th einvaded as "Indians", and their war as "the Conquest of Mexico" ?"-Matthew Restall, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
30. Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast
By: Marjoleine Kars
4.07
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive slave revolt that almost changed … read more
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