The Warrior King and the Invasion of France: Henry V, Agincourt, and the Campaign that Shaped Medieval England
By: Desmond Seward
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Presenting a radical new look at Henry V―as a brilliant and brutal warmonger―this dynamic historica…
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1. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.93
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more
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2. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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3. A Brief History Of The English Civil Wars
By: John Leslie Miller
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The English Civil War' is one of the most hotly contested areas of English History and John Miller… read more
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4. Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more
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5. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)
By: Sarah MacLean
4.08
Format: 397 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A lady does not smoke cheroot. She does not ride astride. She does not fence or attend duels. She d… read more
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"Never doubt how beautiful you are, Callie. For your beauty has quite ruined me for all others. And, frankly, I rather wish I'd found you years ago."-Sarah MacLean, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers, #1)
6. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
7. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more
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8. Passing
By: Nella Larsen
3.93
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the upcoming Netfl… read more
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9. 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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"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
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"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
10. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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11. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelv… read more
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12. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy
By: Jonathan Martin
4.00
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by… read more
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13. Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
By: Laura Thompson
3.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses , a fascinating look at the… read more
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14. Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
By: Eleanor Herman
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, re… read more
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"Another method to identify misogyny is to picture a well-known politician as belonging to the opposite sex and see where that takes you. For instance, imagine Donald Trump as a woman. Let's call her …"-Eleanor Herman, Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power
15. The Warrior King and the Invasion of France: Henry V, Agincourt, and the Campaign that Shaped Medieval England
By: Desmond Seward
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Presenting a radical new look at Henry V―as a brilliant and brutal warmonger―this dynamic historica… read more
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16. The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
By: Amanda Bellows
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordina… read more
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