5 must-read nonfiction books like A Short Guide to Writing About History by Richard Marius

Cover of A Short Guide to Writing About History by Richard Marius

A Short Guide to Writing About History

By: Richard Marius

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinkin…

"Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian's mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do anything."

-Richard Marius, A Short Guide to Writing About History

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Short Guide to Writing About History by Richard Marius , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Praise of Folly by Erasmus, Betty Radice, A.H.T. Levi

1. Praise of Folly

By: Erasmus , Betty Radice , A.H.T. Levi

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist move… read more

Similar categories in Erasmus's Praise of Folly book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more

Similar categories in Kai Bird's American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

This Nebula Award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in s… read more

Similar categories in Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

4. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

Cover of Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) by L.M. Montgomery

5. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.22

Format: 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s fiv… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

"I've come home in love with loneliness"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"Everything that's worth having is some trouble…"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

"She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)

Cover of When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

6. When We Cease to Understand the World

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more

Similar categories in Benjamín Labatut's When We Cease to Understand the World book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

Cover of Musical Tables: Poems by Billy Collins

7. Musical Tables: Poems

By: Billy Collins

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A collection of more than 125 small poems, all of them new, each a thought or observation compresse… read more

Similar categories in Billy Collins's Musical Tables: Poems book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

  • nonfiction
Cover of A Short Guide to Writing About History by Richard Marius

8. A Short Guide to Writing About History

By: Richard Marius

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinkin… read more

Similar categories in Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History book and Richard Marius's A Short Guide to Writing About History

  • american history
  • history
  • school
  • college
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • education
"Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian's mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do anything."

-Richard Marius, A Short Guide to Writing About History

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