The Story of Greece and Rome
By: Tony Spawforth
3.70
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more…
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1. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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- history
- historical
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
2. 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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- classics
- history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier
By: Alistair Moffat
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- ancient history
4. The Pentagon's Brain
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
By: Ben Macintyre
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most re… read more
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6. Cast Iron (The Enzo Files, #6)
By: Peter May
4.60
Format: None pages,
West of France, 1989. A weeping killer deposits the unconscious body of nineteen year old Lucie Mar… read more
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7. Berlin Alexanderplatz
By: Alfred Döblin
4.10
Format: None pages,
Biberkopf hat geschworen, er will anstandig sein, und ihr habt gesehen, wie er wochenlang anstandig… read more
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8. Pax Romana
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
For much of its thousand year history, Rome was an invincible power protected by the most formidabl… read more
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9. Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
By: Richard Miles
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death … read more
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10. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
By: Timothy Garton Ash
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
11. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
By: Tom Holland
4.15
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more
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- classics
- history
- historical
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- classics
- history
- historical
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. The Old Lion
By: Jeff Shaara
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
14. The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (The Shortest History Series)
By: Michael Scott-Baumann
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An accessible, balanced chronicle of how the Israel-Palestine conflict originated and developed ove… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. Mordew (Cities of the Weft, #1)
By: Alex Pheby
3.60
Format: 617 pages, Hardcover
GOD IS DEAD, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew. In the slums of the sea-battered… read more
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"You will be judged on your actions, not by accidents of birth. Yet now, for the Master's purposes, you are worse than nothing...Again, do not let this disturb you-many malodorous things have a use. S…"-Alex Pheby, Mordew (Cities of the Weft, #1)
16. Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts)
By: Mary Beard
3.68
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images… read more
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- classics
- history
- historical
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project
By: Peter W. Wood
4.12
Format: 272 pages, ebook
When and where was America founded? Was it in Virginia in 1619, when a pirate ship landed a group o… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
By: Laura Mersini-Houghton
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Po… read more
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- audiobook
19. Cu inima smulsă din piept
By: Radu Paraschivescu
3.91
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Totul începe cu un gest scandalos, la o nuntă princiară. La marile case regale, căsătoria şi dragos… read more
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20. The Story of Greece and Rome
By: Tony Spawforth
3.70
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more… read more
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