13 must-read history books like America's First Civilization by Michael D. Coe

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America's First Civilization

By: Michael D. Coe

3.90

Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition

Here is the story of America's oldest - and oddest - civilization, the Olmecs of the southern Mexic…

If you liked the history plot in America's First Civilization by Michael D. Coe , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Origin of Species

By: Charles Darwin

4.01

Format: 703 pages, Hardcover

Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

"...Showing that they descend from common parents, and consequently must be ranked as varieties."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

"I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."

-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

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2. Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It

By: Steven Pressfield , Shawn Coyne

4.20

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

There's a mantra that real writers know but wannabe writers don’t. And the secret phrase is this:NO… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Murder on the Île Sordou (Verlaque and Bonnet, #4)

By: M.L. Longworth

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The fourth book in the Verlaque and Bonnet Provencal Mystery series finds Verlaque and Bonnet on va… read more

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4. The Woman in Black

By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more

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5. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey s… read more

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  • nonfiction

7. The Celts

By: Alice Roberts , Neil Oliver

4.70

Format: 84 pages,

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8. The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Marvelous. . . . A wonderful book."--Humana.Mente "Rovelli is the dream author to conduct us on th… read more

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9. 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
"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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10. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

By: William Dalrymple

4.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

By: Steven Pinker

4.20

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"There is no law of complex systems that says that intelligent agents must turn into ruthless conquistadors. Indeed, we know of one highly advanced form of intelligence that evolved without this defec…"

-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

"Enlightenment humanism, then, is far from being a crowd-pleaser. The idea that the ultimate good is to use knowledge to enhance human welfare leaves people cold. Deep explanations of the universe, th…"

-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

"This heroic story is not just another myth. Myths are fictions, but this one is true-true to the best of our knowledge, which is the only truth we can have. We believe it because we have reasons to b…"

-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

"Our understanding of who we are, where we came from, how the world works, and what matters in life depends on partaking of the vast and ever-expanding store of knowledge. Though unlettered hunters, h…"

-Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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12. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

By: Steve Brusatte

4.20

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."

-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

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13. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

By: Andrew H. Knoll

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

By: Thomas Hertog

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We can compare spacetime to an open, conic cup. We move forward in time by following the cone upward to the top. We move through space by going around in circles. If we imagine going back in time, we…"

-Thomas Hertog, On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory

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15. The Library Book

By: Susan Orlean

3.89

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the mo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"You read and read and read and read," she said, "and then what?"

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

"German poet Heinrich Heine [warned], 'There where one burns books, one in the end burns men."

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

"Writing a book, just like building a library, is an act of sheer defiance. It is a declaration that you believe in the persistence of memory."

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

"The water dumped on the fire was now as much a problem as a solution. The librarians always worried more about floods than fire, and now they had both."

-Susan Orlean, The Library Book

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16. The Little Book of Aliens

By: Adam Frank

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire by Eckart Frahm

17. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

By: Eckart Frahm

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires    At its … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
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18. Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

By: Alistair Moffat

3.89

Format: 843 pages, Kindle Edition

Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost “Deserves a … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

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  • history
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20. Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World

By: National Geographic Society

4.20

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead S… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
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21. America's First Civilization

By: Michael D. Coe

3.90

Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition

Here is the story of America's oldest - and oddest - civilization, the Olmecs of the southern Mexic… read more

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  • history
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16 Best nonfiction books like America's First Civilization by Michael D. Coe

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The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

4.01

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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It

Steven Pressfield , Shawn Coyne

4.20

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

4.12

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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Elisabeth Tova Bailey

3.67

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Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth

Steve Snyder

4.21

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How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Cody Cassidy

4.06

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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

Erika Engelhaupt

4.09

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

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