12 Top history books like A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter Hitchens

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A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System

By: Peter Hitchens

3.93

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their childr…

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1. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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2. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

By: Amanda H. Podany

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book explores the lands of the ancient Near East from around 3200 BCE to 539 BCE. The earth-sh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Decline and Fall

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Expelled from Oxford for indecent behaviour, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself… read more

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  • british literature

4. Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

By: Theodore Dalrymple

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Here is a searing account-probably the best yet published-of life in the underclass and why it pers… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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5. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson

4.08

Format: 529 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"

-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

6. Mortality

By: Christopher Hitchens

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens wa… read more

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7. Amsterdam

By: Ian McEwan

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Paperback

On a chilly February day, two old friends meet in the throng outside a London crematorium to pay th… read more

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8. Money

By: Martin Amis

3.69

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Time Magazine included the book in its list of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 20… read more

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  • british literature
"Points of a journey do not matter when the journey has no destination, only an end."

-Martin Amis, Money

"Making lots of money--it's not that hard, you know. It's overestimated. Making lots of money is a breeze. You watch."

-Martin Amis, Money

"Suffering doesn’t concern itself with the scale of other sufferings. It has no community sense. It isn’t relative, is it."

-Martin Amis, Money

"Making lots of money--it's not that hard, you know. It's overestimated. Making lots of money is a breeze. You watch. ch. 1, p. 23 in Penguin paperback"

-Martin Amis, Money

9. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States

By: Founding Fathers

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution wa… read more

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10. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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11. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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12. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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13. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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15. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

By: The Secret Barrister

3.90

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. T… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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18. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics

By: Matthew Goodwin

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"This tendency to see politics as a conveyor belt on which conservatives fall off and liberals stay on reflects how progressives see the world. Rather than see politics and human nature as what they a…"

-Matthew Goodwin, Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics

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20. A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System

By: Peter Hitchens

3.93

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their childr… read more

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  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • education
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21. Unleashed

By: Boris Johnson

3.00

Format: 761 pages, Kindle Edition

Shattering the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir and written in his inimitable style, Bo… read more

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13 Top politics books like A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter Hitchens

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

Theodore Dalrymple

4.06

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson

4.08

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Ian Dunt

4.45

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