5 must-read history books like A History of China by Morris Rossabi

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A History of China

By: Morris Rossabi

3.84

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

Capturing China’s past in all its complexity, this multi-faceted history portrays China in the cont…

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1. Watchmen

By: Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes pla… read more

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"Never despair. Never surrender."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"It doesn’t matter how “successful"

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"The superman exists and he's American."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

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2. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Is it better to be loved or feared?"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

4. The Analects

By: Confucius , D.C. Lau

3.20

Format: 168 pages,

This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china
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5. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)

By: Robert Graves

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more

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6. The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction

By: Eric Rauchway

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the -A… read more

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7. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974

By: James T. Patterson

2.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

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8. The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

9. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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10. A Little History of Philosophy

By: Nigel Warburton

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the… read more

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11. Ancient Rome

By: None

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

Ancient Rome masterfully synthesizes the vast period from the second millennium BCE to the sixth ce… read more

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12. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

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"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

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13. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

By: Jack Weatherford

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china
"The first key to leadership is self-control."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words."

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to de…"

-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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14. A History of China

By: Morris Rossabi

3.84

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

Capturing China’s past in all its complexity, this multi-faceted history portrays China in the cont… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china

6 must-read nonfiction books like A History of China by Morris Rossabi

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Robert M. Sapolsky

4.16

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Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

The Analects

Confucius , D.C. Lau

3.20

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The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones

3.66

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Paul of Dune (Heroes of Dune, #1)

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

3.73

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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

William Gibson

3.89

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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

George R.R. Martin

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

4.66

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