A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War
By: Gary Forsythe
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italia…
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1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee Brown
4.25
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more
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"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
2. 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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- history
"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
3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
4. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
By: Adam Tooze
4.20
Format: 42 pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking new history, Adam Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi wa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. 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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"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
6. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
7. The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
By: Robert L. O'Connell
3.83
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A stirring account of the most influential battle in history: For millennia, Carthage's triumph ove… read more
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- ancient
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- nonfiction
8. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
By: Mark Miodownik
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesBestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surroun… read more
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- history
9. Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits gua… read more
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10. Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing' - he drew… read more
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11. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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- ancient
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"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
12. The Robots of Dawn (Robot #3)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.15
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonizatio… read more
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13. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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- ancient
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"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
14. Cratylus
By: Plato , C.D.C. Reeve
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
"It is. . . remarkable that Reeve's is the first new English translation since Fowler's Loeb editio… read more
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15. Pax Romana
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
For much of its thousand year history, Rome was an invincible power protected by the most formidabl… read more
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16. Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Neighbours... hah. People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their w… read more
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17. The Broken Sword
By: Poul Anderson
3.86
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
Thor broke the sword Tyrfing to save the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds earth, heaven and … read more
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"Happier are all men than the dwellers in Faerie – or the gods, for that matter…Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness that can see naught above or beyond itse…"-Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword
18. How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying t… read more
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- history
19. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000-264 BC)
By: Tim J. Cornell
4.18
Format: 507 pages, Paperback
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell p… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- ancient
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20. A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War
By: Gary Forsythe
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italia… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Making of Medieval Rome: A New Profile of the City, 400-1420
By: Hendrik Dey
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Integrating the written sources with Rome's surviving remains and, most importantly, with the resul… read more
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