16 best-selling history books like Who Was Napoleon? by Jim Gigliotti

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Who Was Napoleon?

By: Jim Gigliotti

4.17

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, the decorated French military leader who conquered much of Eur…

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1. What Is the Statue of Liberty? (What was...?)

By: Joan Holub , John Mantha , Scott Anderson

4.20

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In 1876, France decided to give the United States a very big and very special present--the Statue o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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2. What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

By: Judith St. George , Tim Foley

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
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3. What Was the Great Depression?

By: Dede Putra , Janet B. Pascal

3.91

Format: 20 pages, Paperback

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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4. What Was Woodstock?

By: Joan Holub , Gregory Copeland , None

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

On August 15, 1969, a music festival called "Woodstock" transformed one small dairy farm in upstate… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • childrens
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5. Where Is the Eiffel Tower?

By: Tim Foley , Dina Anastasio

3.67

Format: 364 pages,

Learn about the Eiffel Tower, beloved and iconic symbol of Paris, France, and one of the most recog… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction

6. Where Is the Taj Mahal?

By: Dorothy Hoobler , Thomas Hoobler , David Groff , John Hinderliter

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in… read more

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7. What Was Pompeii?

By: Jim O'Connor , John Hinderliter , Fred Harper

3.60

Format: None pages,

The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was … read more

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8. What Was D-Day?

By: Scott Anderson , Patricia Brennan Demuth , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

By: Candace Fleming

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs--at once an intimate portrait of R… read more

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10. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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11. What Are the Ten Commandments? (What Was?)

By: Yona Zeldis McDonough

3.92

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Learn the story behind the ten laws that have been the guiding light of Judeo-Christian belief. No… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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12. 2023 on Goodreads

By: Various

4.11

Format: None pages, None

Whether or not you've had time to write your own reviews, here's a chance to review your entire 202… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. What Was the Titanic?

By: Stephanie Sabol

4.36

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that … read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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14. What Was the Plague?

By: Roberta Edwards

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Oh, rats! It's time to take a deeper look at what caused the Black Death--the deadliest pandemic re… read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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15. What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

By: Caleb Gayle

4.33

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Learn how envy and racism led to the tragic destruction of the thriving Black community in Tulsa, O… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens
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16. Where Is the Tower of London?

By: Janet B. Pascal

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets!The Tower of London draws more … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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17. Where Is the Parthenon? (Where Is?)

By: Roberta Edwards

4.17

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world!     … read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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18. What Is the Story of Frankenstein?

By: Sheila Keenan

4.16

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! One of the most iconic monsters of … read more

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  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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19. Who Was Napoleon?

By: Jim Gigliotti

4.17

Format: 112 pages, Library Binding

Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, the decorated French military leader who conquered much of Eur… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • war
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • france
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20. Where Is Niagara Falls? (Where Is?)

By: Megan Stine

4.23

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

While traveling through Canada in 1678, a French priest came across the most gigantic waterfalls he… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • childrens
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21. Where Is the Mississippi River?

By: Dina Anastasio

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Discover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the the mighty Mississippi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • childrens

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3.95

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