16 Best history books like Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History by D.K. Publishing

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Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History

By: D.K. Publishing

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties. From the clans and legends of preh…

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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

By: Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"

-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Cover of Rembrandt 1606-1669: The Mystery of the Revealed Form by Michael Bockemühl, Michael Claridge

2. Rembrandt 1606-1669: The Mystery of the Revealed Form

By: Michael Bockemühl , Michael Claridge

4.01

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The mystery of the revealed A mirror of the artistic and intellectual developments of the 17th cen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • reference
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3. A Little History of Religion

By: Richard Holloway

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. A Short History of England

By: Simon Jenkins

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

England's history is the most exciting of any nation on Earth. Its triumphs and disasters are insta… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies by Alastair Bonnett

5. Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

By: Alastair Bonnett

4.23

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

A tour of the world's hidden geographies--from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts--and a stu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire

By: Roger Crowley

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. Vermeer, 1632-1675: Veiled Emotions

By: Norbert Schneider

3.62

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • reference

8. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

By: Judith Herrin

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

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9. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan

3.85

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more

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  • asia
"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

10. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more

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11. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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12. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

By: Jack Weatherford

3.22

Format: 224 pages,

Ratu-ratu Mongol abad ketiga belas memerintah kekaisaran terbesar yang pernah diketahui dunia. Namu… read more

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13. History of Britain & Ireland

By: R.G. Grant

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the Roman conquest of 43 CE to the Norman conquest of 1066 and from the Elizabethan age of Sha… read more

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14. Caravaggio, 1571-1610

By: None

4.06

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recogn… read more

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15. 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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16. Jan van Eyck

By: Till-Holger Borchert

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Van Eyck left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist paint… read more

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17. Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?

By: Neil Gaiman , Matt Wagner , Bernie Mireault , Andy Kubert , Mark Buckingham , Simon Bisley

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Neil Gaiman(The Sandman) joins a murderer's row of talented artists in lending … read more

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18. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

Cover of Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0) by Andrzej Sapkowski

19. Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

3.97

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games. Geralt of Rivia. A … read more

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"O medo nunca é irracional."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"É preciso comprovar a culpa, e não a inocência."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"O provérbio diz: a quem mal vive, o medo o segue."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"Zwykłość zaś równa się nijakość, a nijakość to taniość."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

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20. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

By: Dipo Faloyin

4.43

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo

21. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

By: Julie Zhuo

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the ch… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs by Marc David Baer

22. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

By: Marc David Baer

3.95

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire by Eckart Frahm

23. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

By: Eckart Frahm

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires    At its … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. Lemon

By: Kwon Yeo-Sun

3.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, nineteen-year-old Kim H… read more

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  • asia
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25. The Silence of Bones

By: June Hur

3.82

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

I have a mouth, but I mustn't speak;Ears, but I mustn't hear;Eyes, but I mustn't see.1800, Joseon (… read more

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  • asia
"It was strange how sadness reached so deeply into my chest for a man I had never spoken to."

-June Hur, The Silence of Bones

"Never had I thought of the dead Lady O as someone who had been precious, as my own family was precious to me."

-June Hur, The Silence of Bones

"When we believe, we hold on to what we think is true. But when we have a conviction, that truth holds on to us."

-June Hur, The Silence of Bones

"There is one lesson all who enter the capital will learn: evil comes from the unfulfilled need for significance."

-June Hur, The Silence of Bones

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26. Egypt: People, Gods, Pharaohs

By: Rose-Marie Hagen

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What do we really know about our ancestors? Not about the rulers and generals, but about laborers, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • reference
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27. Rubens

By: Gilles Néret

4.16

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Extravagance and sensuality Renowned among his contemporaries as one of the foremost paint… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. Diego Velazquez

By: Norbert Wolf

4.09

Format: None pages, Broché

Diego Velázquez, encensé pour sa manière de fondre réalisme et atmosphère, ainsi que pour la formid… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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29. Romanticism

By: Norbert Wolf

3.84

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Harmony between man and nature In a revolt against Rationalism, Romanticism was characterized by a … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History by D.K. Publishing

30. Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History

By: D.K. Publishing

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties. From the clans and legends of preh… read more

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  • history
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • china
Cover of Ancient Egypt: The Definitive Visual History (DK Classic History) by Steven Snape

31. Ancient Egypt: The Definitive Visual History (DK Classic History)

By: Steven Snape

4.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Discover the intimate details of life under the pharaohs--and their extraordinary legacy--in this f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • reference

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