19 Top nonfiction books like The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire by Bruce Gilley

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The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire

By: Bruce Gilley

4.49

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Sir Alan Burns was the most prominent defender of the British empire in its final stages. The Last …

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Cover of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"

-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Cover of Storm of Steel by Michael Hofmann, Ernst Jünger

2. Storm of Steel

By: Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

By: Christopher Clark

3.79

Format: None pages,

On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell

4. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

By: Thomas Sowell

3.49

Format: 16 pages, Hardcover

This is the revised and enlarged edition of a new kind of introduction to economics for the general… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

5. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

By: Charles C. Mann

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more

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6. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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Cover of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier

7. Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

By: Abigail Shrier

4.14

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

Irreversible Damage is an exploration of a mystery: Why, in the last decade, has the diagnosis "gen… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Women feel things deeply. We empathize. For good reason, when asked to identify their best friend, most men name their wives; most women name another woman."

-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

"For those of you who have ever been an adolescent or attempted the toe-curling, hair-whitening endeavor of raising one—hold your laughter. Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notio…"

-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

"Nearly every novel problem teenagers face traces itself back to 2007 and the introduction of Steve Jobs’s iPhone. In fact, the explosion in self-harm can be so precisely pinpointed to the introductio…"

-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

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8. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

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9. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

Cover of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath by Peter Zeihan

10. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture by Aaron Renn

11. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture

By: Aaron Renn

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Learning how to live in today's new social and cultural environment will require examination, trial… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Feminism Against Progress

By: Mary Harrington

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Modern feminism increasingly benefits only a small class of professional women. There is no reason … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"But the weakness of these proposals isn't that they're unworkable, or even that they're 'traditional,' but that they're not traditional enough. For most of history, men and women worked together, in …"

-Mary Harrington, Feminism Against Progress

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13. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

By: Douglas Murray

4.21

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technol… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World by Jeff Fynn-Paul

14. Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

4.09

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

A renowned historian debunks current distortion and myths about European colonialism in the New Wor… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet by Bjørn Lomborg

15. False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

By: Bjørn Lomborg

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Art… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich

16. The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

By: Joseph Henrich

4.12

Format: 706 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times Notable Book of 2020A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020A Behavioral Scientis… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The assembly of the innovation engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution becomes easier to see once we recognize how the psychology of premodern Europeans had been quietly evolving in the backg…"

-Joseph Henrich, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

Cover of Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar

17. Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning

By: Nigel Biggar

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam by Raymond Ibrahim

18. Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam

By: Raymond Ibrahim

4.64

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the lives and epic battles of eight Western defenders against violent Islamic… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers by Robert Lighthizer

19. No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers

By: Robert Lighthizer

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Man of the House: A Handbook for Building a Shelter That Will Last in a World That Is Falling Apart by C.R.  Wiley

20. Man of the House: A Handbook for Building a Shelter That Will Last in a World That Is Falling Apart

By: C.R. Wiley

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

What is your plan for the end of the world as we know it? How will you protect the people you love?… read more

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21. The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire

By: Bruce Gilley

4.49

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Sir Alan Burns was the most prominent defender of the British empire in its final stages. The Last … read more

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16 Top history books like The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire by Bruce Gilley

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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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Storm of Steel

Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

Thomas Sowell

3.49

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14 Top history books like The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

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Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Max Hastings

4.06

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Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March

Adam Zamoyski

4.35

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The Great War and Modern Memory

Paul Fussell

4.13

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July 1914: Countdown to War

Sean McMeekin

3.68

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