Capetian France 987-1328
By: Elizabeth Hallam
3.75
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In 987, when Hugh Capet took the throne of France, founding a dynasty which was to rule for over 30…
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.88
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republ… read more
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3. The Elephant Vanishes
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Alfred Birnbaum
3.83
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750536 With the same deadpan mania and genius for disloca… read more
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"Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory."-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
"Sometimes when I think about entities—like in “separate entities"-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
"Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory."-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
"The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert."-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes
4. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
5. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
6. Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
By: Nancy Goldstone
4.00
Format: 32 pages,
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7. 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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8. 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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9. Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
By: Alison Weir
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval Engla… read more
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10. The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328
By: Jim Bradbury
3.00
Format: 76 pages, Hardcover
Following the demise of the Carolingian dynasty in 987 the French lords chose Hugh Capet as their k… read more
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11. Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution (The History of England, #3)
By: Peter Ackroyd
2.64
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people.… read more
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12. Paris
By: Edward Rutherfurd
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps th… read more
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13. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
By: John Kelly
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
La moria grandissimabegan its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, le… read more
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14. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.88
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more
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"W"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
15. A History of the Archaic Greek World: ca. 1200-479 BCE
By: Jonathan Hall
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
A History of the Archaic Greek Worldoffers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek w… read more
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16. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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18. Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
By: Roger Crowley
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration i… read more
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19. A Short History of Byzantium
By: John Julius Norwich
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
"Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recount… read more
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20. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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21. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more
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22. The Rabbit Hutch
By: Tess Gunty
3.52
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building. An online obituary writer. A young moth… read more
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"On the opposite end of the sidewalk, a large woman in her sixties collapsed. Immediately, two people rushed to the woman's side, gingerly tending to her, touching her shoulders and face, speaking to …"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
"· Las calles por las que caminas, el alimento que comes, el trabajo que haces, el medio de transporte que eliges, los productos de belleza que compras, los programas que ves, los enlaces en los que p…"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
"Acaba de ponerse a llover. Estamos encantados de que se quede un rato más, si quiere. Milagroso. Joan recuerda que existen los perros, las tiendas de manualidades, los analgésicos, las bibliotecas pú…"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
"—Estoy harta —dice Blandine— de la violencia contra las mujeres disfrazada de validación. —Lo siento —murmura James de manera automática, pero tiene el gesto de la mascota reprendida que no sabe qué …"-Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch
23. The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History
By: Jamie Mackay
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands. Sicily has always acted as a gat… read more
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24. Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
By: Joseph Luzzi
3.77
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
Some five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of uneart… read more
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25. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
26. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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27. Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
By: Fernando Cervantes
3.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, authoritative history that aims to deepen our understanding of the campaigns and conque… read more
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28. A History of the Ottoman Empire
By: Douglas A. Howard
3.72
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia to its dis… read more
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29. Capetian France 987-1328
By: Elizabeth Hallam
3.75
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In 987, when Hugh Capet took the throne of France, founding a dynasty which was to rule for over 30… read more
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30. The Valois: Kings of France 1328-1589
By: Robert J. Knecht
3.63
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The house of Valois ruled France for 250 years, playing a crucial role in its establishment as a ma… read more
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