16 best-selling history books like Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe by Trenton W. Holliday

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Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

By: Trenton W. Holliday

4.14

Format: None pages, ebook

During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, r…

If you liked the history plot in Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe by Trenton W. Holliday , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story

By: Lee Berger , John Hawks , Harrison Ford , Douglas Chadwick

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolu… read more

Similar categories in Lee Berger's Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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2. The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

By: Jake Page , J.M. Adovasio

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific de… read more

Similar categories in Jake Page's The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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3. Salt: A World History

By: Mark Kurlansky

4.11

Format: None pages,

From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more

Similar categories in Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A World History book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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4. Son of Hamas

By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف

4.11

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more

Similar categories in Mosab Hassan Yousef's Son of Hamas book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • history

5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the… read more

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6. 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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7. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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8. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

By: Kenneth W. Harl

4.00

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."

-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

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9. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe

By: Matthew Gabriele

3.65

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Gabriele's The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

By: Camilla Townsend

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Townsend's Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • anthropology
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"

-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

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11. Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

By: Philip Plait

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with t… read more

Similar categories in Philip Plait's Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • science
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12. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.04

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

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13. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art

By: Rebecca Wragg Sykes

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of t… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Wragg Sykes's Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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14. Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans

By: Francis Pryor

4.09

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of i… read more

Similar categories in Francis Pryor's Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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15. Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More

By: Darren Naish

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea monsters who reigned the ocean for 150 … read more

Similar categories in Darren Naish's Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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16. Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

By: Elsa Panciroli

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dino… read more

Similar categories in Elsa Panciroli's Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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17. The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature

By: Ludovic Slimak

3.69

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species’ unique form … read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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18. Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins (The Rediscovered Series)

By: Paul Pettitt

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Who are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species differ from the extinct… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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19. Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

By: Trenton W. Holliday

4.14

Format: None pages, ebook

During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, r… read more

Similar categories in Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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20. The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom

By: David Helfand

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy se… read more

Similar categories in David Helfand's The Universal Timekeepers: Reconstructing History Atom by Atom book and Trenton W. Holliday's Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

  • science

17 Top nonfiction books like Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe by Trenton W. Holliday

Transform Your Habits

Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story

Lee Berger , John Hawks , Harrison Ford , Douglas Chadwick

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

Jake Page , J.M. Adovasio

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Son of Hamas

Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف

4.11

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25 best-selling history books like Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans by Francis Pryor

Transform Your Habits

Poland: A History

Adam Zamoyski

4.00

Transform Your Habits

After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC

Steven Mithen

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death

Laura Cumming

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

3.95

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