Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume I: A History
By: John Matthews
3.65
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
A wide-ranging survey of the history of the Roman Empire―from its establishment to decline and beyo…
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1. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
By: Stephen R. Platt
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars i… read more
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2. Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King
By: Ian Mortimer
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancast… read more
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3. The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty
By: Desmond Seward
4.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family from Henry II to Richard III . F… read more
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4. The Fall of Japan
By: William Craig
3.92
Format: 292 pages,
The Fall of Japan tells the breathtaking story of the last weeks of the war in the Pacific, and the… read more
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5. The Korean War
By: Max Hastings
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more
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6. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
By: Ian Mortimer
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more
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7. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
By: Peter H. Wilson
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more
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8. John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
By: David Wong
3.88
Format: 362 pages, Paperback
STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too … read more
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"When a man plans, a woman laughs."-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
"John, let me make one thing clear,"-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
"My melon soul Crushed by your Gallagher of apathy"-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
"No. We talked about this. I’m going home to eat a pie."-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
9. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
By: S.J. Parris
3.55
Format: 288 pages,
Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more
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10. Medieval Christianity: A New History
By: Kevin J. Madigan
4.12
Format: 80 pages,
An expansive guide to the medieval world, with new attention to women, ordinary parishioners, attit… read more
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11. The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
By: Paul Strathern
3.58
Format: None pages, Paperback
A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, Th… read more
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12. de Gaulle
By: Julian T. Jackson
4.06
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Charles de Gaulle, saviour of France's honour in 1940 and founder of the Fifth Republic in 1958, wa… read more
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13. Battle: The Story of the Bulge
By: John Toland , Carlo D'Este
3.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
"The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and… read more
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14. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
By: Thomas R. Martin
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek ci… read more
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15. Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath
By: John Toland
3.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as "… read more
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16. The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
By: Marie Favereau
3.84
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the Mongols as we have never seen them―not just conquerors but also city builder… read more
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17. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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- history
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18. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
By: Catherine Hanley
4.20
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more
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- audiobook
19. The Borgias: Power and Fortune (Italian Histories)
By: Paul Strathern
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and deprav… read more
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20. Psyche and Eros
By: Luna McNamara
3.78
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall fo… read more
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- audiobook
21. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
By: Philip Freeman
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more
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- audiobook
22. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China
By: Raoul McLaughlin
3.74
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
A fascinating history of the intricate web of trade routes connecting ancient Rome to Eastern civil… read more
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23. Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
By: Helmut Walser Smith
4.04
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea… read more
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24. The Queen: 1926–2022
By: Andrew Morton
4.15
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In this entertaining and insightful biography, award-winning writer Andrew Morton, author of Diana,… read more
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25. Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe (The James Lydon Lectures in Medieval History and Culture)
By: Robert Bartlett
4.10
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
Throughout medieval Europe, for hundreds of years, monarchy was the way that politics worked in mos… read more
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26. The Emperor Charlemagne
By: E.R. Chamberlin
4.02
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
An authoritative biography of the greatest ruler of the medieval period. The Emperor Charlemagne is… read more
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27. The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
By: Katherine Harvey
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people. T… read more
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28. A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
By: Jonathan Clements
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, Chi… read more
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29. Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East
By: Fawaz A. Gerges
3.74
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
How the conflict between political Islamists and secular nationalists has shaped the history of the… read more
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30. Heretic: The Many Lives and Deaths of Jesus Christ
By: Catherine Nixey
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age (“[a] ballista-bolt of a book”— New Yo… read more
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31. Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume I: A History
By: John Matthews
3.65
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
A wide-ranging survey of the history of the Roman Empire―from its establishment to decline and beyo… read more
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