The Crusades: A History (Yale Nota Bene)
By: Jonathan Riley-Smith
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Pulls off the enviable feat of summing up seven centuries of religious warfare in a crisp 309 page…
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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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- nonfiction
- history
"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 Alexiad
By: Anna Comnena , E.R.A. Sewter
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is one of the fundamental sources of information on chivalry as well as many other interesting… read more
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- medieval
- nonfiction
- history
- medieval history
3. The Conquest of Gaul
By: S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs. Be… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
4. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Life Itself
By: Roger Ebert
3.90
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago … read more
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- nonfiction
6. Orlando
By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more
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"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Thoughts are divine."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
7. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
8. On Anarchism
By: Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. Dragon Teeth
By: Michael Crichton
3.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Michael Crichton's recently discovered novel--an adventure set in the Wild West during the golden a… read more
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10. The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
By: Lars Brownworth
4.25
Format: 127 pages,
In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wa… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- medieval
11. Midnight’s Children
By: Salman Rushdie
3.98
Format: 647 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke… read more
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"Life again refused to remain lifesized"-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"What grows best in the heat: fantasy; unreason; lust."-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake"-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
"Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence."-Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
12. The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
By: Scott Hahn , Benedict J. Groeschel
4.43
Format: 174 pages, Hardcover
As seen on EWTN, bestselling author Scott Hahn unveils the mysteries of the Mass, offering readers … read more
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- nonfiction
"To deny the force of divine judgment, then, is to make God less than God, and to make us less than His children. For every father must discipline His children, and paternal discipline is itself a mer…"-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
"Judgment, then, is not an impersonal, legalistic process. It is a matter of love, and it is something we choose for ourselves. Nor is punishment a vindictive act. God's "curses" are not expressions o…"-Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth
13. The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
By: Andrew Wheatcroft
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Major historian Andrew Wheatcroft reveals the full story behind four centuries of Ottoman incursion… read more
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14. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong
By: Chris Anderson , David Sally
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Moneyballmeets Freakonomicsin this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popul… read more
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15. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
16. The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
By: Stephen King , Peter Straub
4.12
Format: 652 pages,
On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a sile… read more
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17. The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—the Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
By: Walter R. Borneman
4.32
Format: 559 pages, Hardcover
How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the worl… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
18. The Peloponnesian War
By: Donald Kagan
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For three decades in the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was… read more
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19. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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20. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
21. Politics
By: Aristotle
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it br… read more
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22. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
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23. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
By: Laurence Bergreen
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more
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24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
By: Jack Weatherford
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"The first key to leadership is self-control."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to de…"-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
25. Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade
By: Anthony Kaldellis
4.23
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: f… read more
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- history
- medieval history
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
26. The Gospel Comes with a House Key
By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
4.31
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more
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27. The Biggest Story Bible Storybook
By: Kevin DeYoung
4.70
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
104 Engaging Bible Stories for Ages 6–12 from Author Kevin DeYoung, Illustrated by Don Clark The Bi… read more
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28. The Crusades: A Reader
By: S.J. Allen
3.78
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has … read more
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29. No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers
By: Robert Lighthizer
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before… read more
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- history
30. The Crusades: A History (Yale Nota Bene)
By: Jonathan Riley-Smith
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Pulls off the enviable feat of summing up seven centuries of religious warfare in a crisp 309 page… read more
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- church history
- war
- military history
- medieval history
- religion
- nonfiction
- european history
- medieval
31. The Avignon Papacy: The Popes in Exile 1305-1403
By: Yves Renouard
3.50
Format: 157 pages, Hardcover
During the political and social upheaval of the 14th century, the Catholic Church suffered a crisis… read more
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