19 Best nonfiction books like Historiography: An Introductory Guide by Eileen Ka-may Cheng

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Historiography: An Introductory Guide

By: Eileen Ka-may Cheng

3.62

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians…

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1. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

By: Dan Flores

3.41

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Walden

By: Henry David Thoreau

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Notes on the State of Virginia

By: Thomas Jefferson

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

A request in 1780 by the French legation to the United States to learn more about the newly formed … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

By: Clive Barker , Neil Gaiman , Steve Parkhouse , Chris Bachalo , Michael Zulli , Mike Dringenberg , Malcolm Jones III , Todd Klein

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

A being who has existed since the beginning of the universe, Dream of the Endless rules over the re… read more

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"And Desire smiles, and forgets, for Desire is a creature of the moment."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

"For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

"Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

"Fictions are merely frozen dreams, linked images with some semblance of structure. They are not to be trusted, no more than the people who create them."

-Clive Barker, The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

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5. The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America

By: Michael S. Neiberg

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

America's entry into World War One in April 1917 marked the end of one era in the nation's history … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Vietnam War: A Concise International History

By: Mark Atwood Lawrence

3.94

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, not least because of striking parallels … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill

3.70

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more

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"Et tu, Brute?"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Beware the ides of March."

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"

-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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9. The Hunger

By: Alma Katsu

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The Hunger is a tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical mome… read more

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10. 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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11. The American Revolution Reader

By: None , David J. Silverman

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The American Revolution Reader is a collection of the leading essays on the history of the American… read more

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12. The Things They Carried

By: Tim O'Brien

4.10

Format: None pages,

They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated bibles, each… read more

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13. On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

3.97

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."

-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

14. American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804

By: Alan Taylor

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

Often wishfully understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution builds in this … read more

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15. Silent Spring

By: Edward O. Wilson , Rachel Carson , Linda Lear

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in… read more

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16. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

By: Eric Foner

3.91

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

From a master historian, the story of Lincoln's--and the nation's--transformation through the cruci… read more

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17. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

By: David W. Blight

4.15

Format: 888 pages, Hardcover

As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"

-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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18. Rez Dogs

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From the U.S.'s foremost indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during t… read more

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"No one should feel guilty about the past. Unless they're not doing anything about the present."

-Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

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19. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.62

Format: 590 pages, Hardcover

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Cuba: An American History

By: Ada Ferrer

4.45

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History ​“Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of an Extraordinary Life

By: David F. Walker

4.47

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Not all who read learn. Not all who learn understand. Not all who understand care."

-David F. Walker, The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of an Extraordinary Life

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23. Thinking About History

By: Sarah C. Maza

4.09

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating questio… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. American History Now (Critical Perspectives On The P)

By: Eric Foner

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

American History Now collects eighteen original historiographic essays that survey recent scholarsh… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. What is History, Now?

By: Suzannah Lipscomb

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the influential text WHAT IS HISTORY? authored by Helen Carr’s great-grandfather, E.H. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Indian Resilience and Rebuilding: Indigenous Nations in the Modern American West

By: Donald L. Fixico

4.48

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Indian Resilience and Rebuilding provides an Indigenous view of the last one-hundred years of Nativ… read more

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  • history
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27. The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present

By: Allan J. Lichtman

4.22

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Impeachment shows that gerrymandering and vot… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Summary of The Mueller Report, for those too busy to read It all

By: Thomas Patterson

4.00

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

An abridged version of the Mueller Report intended for those who don't have the time to read the ne… read more

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29. American Enlightenments: Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)

By: Caroline Winterer

3.95

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A provocative reassessment of the concept of an American golden age of European-born reason and int… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Historiography: An Introductory Guide

By: Eileen Ka-may Cheng

3.62

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. West of Jim Crow: The Fight against California's Color Line

By: Lynn M. Hudson

4.44

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

African Americans who moved to California in hopes of finding freedom and full citizenship instead … read more

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  • nonfiction

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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Dan Flores

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson

3.75

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The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

John Lewis Gaddis

3.63

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The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America

Michael S. Neiberg

3.68

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John Bew

4.46

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The Uses and Abuses of History

Margaret MacMillan

3.94

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The Age of Empire, 1875-1914

Eric J. Hobsbawm

3.66

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Anna Funder

4.20

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