The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
By: Kara Cooney
3.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Written in the tradition of historians like Mary Beard and Stacy Schiff who find modern lessons in …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Examining Senwosret III´s Egypt clarified how hate rhetoric broadcast within a society created political cohesion. Emasculating an enemy through dehumanizing ideas and acts forged a nation."-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"Examining Senwosret III´s Egypt clarified how hate rhetoric broadcast within a society created political cohesion. Emasculating an enemy through dehumanizing ideas and acts forged a nation."-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"Examining Senwosret III´s Egypt clarified how hate rhetoric broadcast within a society created political cohesion. Emasculating an enemy through dehumanizing ideas and acts forged a nation."-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"...The authoritarian is usually not some kind of evil genius but rather the bumbling fool, who in an attempt to become the biggest, most wealthy, most successful king of kings, ends up bringing down the entire system."-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
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1. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
By: Robert K. Massie
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and … read more
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2. Servant of the Bones
By: Anne Rice
3.75
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This story begins with a murder on modern-day Fifth Avenue in New York and reaches back across the … read more
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"The greatest create of power you have on earth, whether you are an angel, a spirit, a man or woman or child is to help others."-Anne Rice, Servant of the Bones
"There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world-its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. The more you understand, the mo…"-Anne Rice, Servant of the Bones
3. Isabella: The Warrior Queen
By: Kirstin Downey
4.15
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain … read more
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4. 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
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5. Innocence
By: Dean Koontz
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
He lives in solitude beneath the city, an exile from society, which will destroy him if he is ever … read more
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6. Peter the Great: His Life and World
By: Robert K. Massie
4.14
Format: 909 pages, Paperback
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the… read more
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7. The Heretic Queen
By: Michelle Moran
1.80
Format: 76 pages,
In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family's past and remake history. The wind… read more
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8. The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici
By: Jeanne Kalogridis
3.62
Format: None pages,
From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisaand The Borgia Bride, comes a new nov… read more
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9. The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells
By: Skye Alexander
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Unlock your powers... Looking for an enchanting love potion? Want to create your own sacred space a… read more
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10. 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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11. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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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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"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. Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)
By: Alison Weir
3.97
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history ch… read more
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14. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
15. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more
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"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
16. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
By: Jane Draycott
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more
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17. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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18. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
By: Dan Jones
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more
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19. The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III
By: Andrew Roberts
4.25
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away … read more
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20. Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
By: John Coleman Darnell
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut… read more
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21. The Real Queen Charlotte
By: Catherine Curzon
3.76
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton’s court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Streli… read more
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22. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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23. Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
By: Helen Zia
4.47
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the… read more
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"In a world fractured by turmoil, there's much to learn from the profound human experience shared by the uprooted and displaced."-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"There are many lessons to be learned from refugees and migrants that can contribute to the understanding needed to navigate the global tectonics to bring people together, not drive them into flight."-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"Certainly, what was true for the refugees and exiles of Shanghai remains true for people fleeing catastrophe in contemporary times. Whether these migrants are driven from Syria, Myanmar, Bosnia, Suda…"-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"Where America's WWII generation is often lauded as its greatest, the Chinese contemporaries of that generation deny any claims to such superlatives. Especially when China's 5,000 year history spans h…"-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
24. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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25. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
By: Sally Bedell Smith
4.28
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more
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26. The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria
By: Edmund Richardson
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the ex… read more
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"One archaeologist noticed two rude lines of verse, scratched on the rock wall, in front of their very noses: If any fools this high samootch explore, Know Charles Masson has been here before."-Edmund Richardson, The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria
27. A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
By: Toby Wilkinson
3.97
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptolo… read more
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28. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
By: Keith O'Brien
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air ra… read more
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29. The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
By: Zipora Klein Jakob
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents… read more
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30. The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
By: Kara Cooney
3.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Written in the tradition of historians like Mary Beard and Stacy Schiff who find modern lessons in … read more
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- politics
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- ancient history
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"...Akhenaton is the king who allows us to see the invention of one-god worship for what it really was: a patriarchal cult leader´s tactic, the modern manifestation of which many of us still deludedly…"-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"What is the endgame of all these megaconstructions? Well, in ancient Egypt, the late 6th-dynasty state had not only become so large that it was nonfunctional (think of the giant cable company that ne…"-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
31. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919
By: James Carl Nelson
3.55
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary lost chapter in the history of World War I: the story of America’s year-long invas… read more
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