8 best-selling nonfiction books like The Hand of History: An Anthology of Quotes and Commentaries by Michael Leventhal

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The Hand of History: An Anthology of Quotes and Commentaries

By: Michael Leventhal

3.19

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

‘Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter’ - Nigerian p…

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1. Elephant and Other Stories

By: Raymond Carver

4.09

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is Errand in which he imagines the … read more

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"I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!"

-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories

"I don't want to talk to anybody. Actually, I'd talk to Molly, if I could, but I can't any longer — she's somebody else now. She isn't Molly any more. But — what can I say? — I'm somebody else, too."

-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories

"In his better moments, Mr Baxter is a decent, ordinary guy — a guy you wouldn't mistake for anyone special. But he is special. In my book, he is. For one thing he has a full night's sleep behind him,…"

-Raymond Carver, Elephant and Other Stories

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2. What Is Global History?

By: Sebastian Conrad

3.79

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The first comprehensive overview of the innovative new discipline of global history Until very r… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Cuentos inolvidables según Julio Cortázar

By: Leonora Carrington , Ambrose Bierce , Julio Cortázar , Jorge Luis Borges , Katherine Mansfield , Edgar Allan Poe , Leo Tolstoy , Truman Capote , Juan Carlos Onetti , Felisberto Hernández

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Una seleccion de cuentos que Julio Cortazar califico como "inolvidables" en diversas epocas de su v… read more

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4. Mit der Reife wird man immer jünger

By: Hermann Hesse , Volker Michels

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

s/t: Betrachtungen und Gedichte uber das Alter. "Diesem Buch liegt eine CD bei, ein Auswahl aus der… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Russian History: A Very Short Introduction

By: Geoffrey Hosking

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Russia's sheer size has made it difficult to mobilize resources and to govern effectively, especial… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

6. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Raymond Carver

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Alternate-cover edition can be found  In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more

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7. Classics: A Very Short Introduction

By: Mary Beard , John Henderson

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

We are allclassicists--we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, polit… read more

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8. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

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9. Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose

By: Raymond Carver , Tess Gallagher

3.74

Format: 70 pages,

Perhaps no other writer of his generation has had more impact on the shape of fiction in the latter… read more

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10. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

By: Raymond Carver

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down s… read more

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11. Cathedral

By: Raymond Carver

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the cano… read more

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12. Sobre héroes y tumbas

By: None

4.79

Format: None pages,

Esta es la segunda novela de Ernesto Sabato, que profundiza la senda iniciada por El tunel. Una obr… read more

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13. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

By: Mark Galeotti

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"History always wins."

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

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14. Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

By: Mark Galeotti

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A timely and accessible history of how Putin and the conflicts he has chosen to involve Russia in h… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. La società senza dolore: Perché abbiamo bandito la sofferenza dalle nostre vite

By: Byung-Chul Han

3.90

Format: 96 pages, ebook

Il mondo contemporaneo è terrorizzato dalla sofferenza. La paura del dolore è così pervasiva e diff… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Así se domina el mundo: Desvelando las claves del poder mundial

By: Pedro Baños

3.95

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

Alianzas, manipulación, rivalidad, guerra psicológica… Mejor que Juego de tronos: las claves de la … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"se ha puesto de moda la palabra "postverdad" para definir el contexto global de desinformación, aunque en realidad sería más acertado denominarlo "prementira", "multimentira" o "plurimentira", pues l…"

-Pedro Baños, Así se domina el mundo: Desvelando las claves del poder mundial

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17. Putin și putinismul

By: Françoise Thom

4.28

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Cum să definim regimul putinist? Este oare vorba de un autoritarism camuflat sub aparențe democrati… read more

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  • history
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18. The Hand of History: An Anthology of Quotes and Commentaries

By: Michael Leventhal

3.19

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

‘Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter’ - Nigerian p… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. ¿Para qué sirve la Historia? (El libro de bolsillo - Historia) (Spanish Edition)

By: Serge Gruzinski

3.25

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

El mundo actual, la composición de las sociedades que lo integran, no es el mismo que los que justi… read more

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20. Vladimir Putin. El seductor de la nueva Rusia (Reportajes 360º) (Spanish Edition)

By: Sergio Andrés Pérez

2.88

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

Vladímir Putin volvió a ser elegido presidente de Rusia en el año 2012 tras una reforma que le gara… read more

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21. Ucrania. El camino hacia la guerra (Spanish Edition)

By: Descifrando la guerra

3.83

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

El 24 de febrero comenzó una nueva guerra en Europa. Un conflicto que evoca la Guerra Fría, conflic… read more

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  • history

9 Best history books like The Hand of History: An Anthology of Quotes and Commentaries by Michael Leventhal

Transform Your Habits

What Is Global History?

Sebastian Conrad

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Russian History: A Very Short Introduction

Geoffrey Hosking

3.80

Transform Your Habits

A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

Mark Galeotti

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

Mark Galeotti

4.05

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8 best-selling history books like ¿Para qué sirve la Historia? (El libro de bolsillo - Historia) (Spanish Edition) by Serge Gruzinski

Transform Your Habits

The Uses and Abuses of History

Margaret MacMillan

3.94

Transform Your Habits

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Limonov

Emmanuel Carrère

4.27

Transform Your Habits

A Little History of the World

E.H. Gombrich , Clifford Harper , None

4.11

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