Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace
By: John D. Hosler
3.88
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked as of…
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1. The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
By: Tim Clarkson
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Covering a thousand years of Scottish history, this account incorporates both historical and contem… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. Black Hawk Down
By: Mark Bowden
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more
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- history
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3. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more
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4. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
5. 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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6. A Curious History of Sex
By: Kate Lister
4.17
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throug… read more
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"Vulvas aren’t dainty. They can eat a penis and push out a baby."-Kate Lister, A Curious History of Sex
7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
8. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
9. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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10. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemen… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
By: Lucy Adlington
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que era pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que c…"-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que eran pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que …"-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
14. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
15. The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
By: Jeff Goodell
4.32
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The world is waking up to a new wildfires are now seasonal in California, the Northeast is getting… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
By: Megan Kate Nelson
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A dramatic, riveting, and deeply researched narrative account of the epic struggle for the West dur… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
17. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
By: Uri Kaufman
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- israel
- jewish
18. The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
By: Rachel L. Swarns
4.13
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New W… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
19. 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
- nonfiction
20. 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
21. Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
By: Honor Cargill-Martin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, ebook
The shocking and scandalous story of Messalina—the third wife of Emperor Claudius—one of the most c… read more
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22. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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- nonfiction
23. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By: Oren Kessler
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more
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- nonfiction
- israel
- jewish
24. Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free
By: Sarah Weinman
3.55
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murde… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
By: Anthony Sattin
3.96
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history.… read more
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- nonfiction
26. The Library: A Fragile History
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 518 pages, Hardcover
Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, des… read more
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- nonfiction
"In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son: 'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors a…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
"Mudie's insistence on the three-volume format was undoubtedly responsible for the verbosity of many nineteenth-century novels, as authors went to extraordinary efforts to pad their texts to the requi…"-Andrew Pettegree, The Library: A Fragile History
27. The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth
By: Adam Goodheart
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated h… read more
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- nonfiction
28. God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible
By: Candida Moss
3.97
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From an award-winning biblical scholar, the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meani… read more
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- nonfiction
29. The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
By: Andrew Pettegree
3.84
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone fo… read more
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- nonfiction
30. A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
By: Peter Cozzens
4.09
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insat… read more
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- nonfiction
31. Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace
By: John D. Hosler
3.88
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked as of… read more
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