Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy
By: Thomas N. Mitchell
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A history of the world’s first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to …
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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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- history
- philosophy
- ancient history
- nonfiction
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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. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
By: Tom Holland
4.16
Format: 418 pages, Hardcover
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more
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- history
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3. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
4. Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
By: Christina Henry
3.84
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
A mind-bending new novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll... In a warren… read more
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"Just because I’m mad doesn’t mean I’m not right."-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
"I do know this. You’re a Magician, as sure as I’m mad."-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
"You’re thinking. That’s good. Not just a pretty face, then."-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
"Memories surfaced, one by one, and she was afraid to see all of them at once"-Christina Henry, Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
5. 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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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
6. Alexander the Great (Makers of History, #3)
By: Jacob Abbott
3.83
Format: 216 pages,
Alexander the Great is part of Makers of History, a 19th century biography series by two brothers--… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- greece
7. The Fountainhead
By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff
3.88
Format: 704 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking ph… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
"This is pity,"-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack"-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
8. Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
By: Anne McCaffrey
4.09
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
How can one girls save an entire world? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing … read more
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"My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckle; the rest is subject to change without notice."-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
"Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed."-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
"Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great…"-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
9. Imperium (Cicero, #1)
By: Robert Harris
4.13
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified… read more
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- politics
"What a terrible audit Death lays upon a man."-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)
"Few subjects make more tedious reading than happiness."-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)
"Since when has idiocy been a bar to advancement in politics?"-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)
"Tak usah cemas, akan banyak waktu untuk tidur setelah kita mati."-Robert Harris, Imperium (Cicero, #1)
10. Childhood’s End
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily sup… read more
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"...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no on of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"...no one of intelligence resents the inevitable."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
"Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom."-Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End
11. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
By: C.L.R. James
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intens… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
12. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
By: Atul Gawande
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the … read more
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- nonfiction
13. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconog… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
By: Mary Beard
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million peopl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. The Quiet American
By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more
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16. An Officer and a Spy
By: Robert Harris
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This … read more
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17. Books That Changed History: From the Art of War to Anne Frank's Diary
By: D.K. Publishing
4.23
Format: 690 pages, Hardcover
With a foreword by James Naughtie Turn the pages of the most famous books of all time and marvel at… read more
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18. The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
By: Ellen Meiksins Wood
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extensi… read more
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19. Pyrrhus of Epirus
By: Jeff Champion
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pyrrhus of Epirus was rated by Hannibal as the second greatest general yet seen (placing himself th… read more
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20. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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21. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- history
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
22. 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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- nonfiction
- history
23. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
24. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
By: Jean M. Auel
4.09
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the bounda… read more
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"Más vale ser un hombre viejo que un muchacho que se cree hombre."-Jean M. Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
"Ese aperitivo que es el hambre contribuía a que todo tuviera mejor sabor aún."-Jean M. Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
"The test is not just something hard to do, the test is knowing you can do it."-Jean M. Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
"Ayla loved these moments of solitude. Basking in the sun, feeling relaxed and content, she thought about nothing in particular, except the beautiful day and how happy she was."-Jean M. Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
26. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.22
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
27. The Greeks: A Global History
By: Roderick Beaton
4.17
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today More than two thousand years ago, t… read more
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- nonfiction
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28. The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (The Princeton History of the Ancient World)
By: Kyle Harper
4.21
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental rete… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
29. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
30. 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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- history
31. Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy
By: Thomas N. Mitchell
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A history of the world’s first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to … read more
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- politics
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
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