19 Best nonfiction books like Exploring the Roots of Religion by John R. Hale

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Exploring the Roots of Religion

By: John R. Hale

4.01

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. The Acropolis. The Great Pyramids at Giza. Sites such as these have capti…

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1. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

By: Roger Lowenstein

4.20

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

“A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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2. The Pickwick Papers

By: Charles Dickens , Mark Wormald

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers--a comic masterpiec… read more

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3. The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

3.33

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an i… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Greece and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient Mediterranean

By: Robert Garland

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Audible Audio

Integrated approaches to teaching Greek and Roman history are a rarity in academia. Most scholars a… read more

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  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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5. Answer to Job

By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull

4.17

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Jung has never pursued the "psychology of religion" apart from general psychology. The unique impor… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
"«Es necesario acostumbrarse a la idea de que 'tiempo' es un concepto relativo, y que propiamente tiene que ser completado por el concepto de una pleromática existencia 'simultánea' o 'bárdica' de tod…"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

"«El que algo sea una realidad 'física' no es el único criterio de verdad. También existen verdades 'anímicas', las cuales no pueden ni probarse ni explicarse, pero tampoco negarse físicamente. [...] …"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

"I would even go so far as to say that the mythical character of a life is just what expresses its universal human validity. It is perfectly possible, psychologically, for the unconscious or an archet…"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

"The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one which is consciously realized, is tremendous. In the first case consciousness nowhere inte…"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

6. History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev (The Great Courses, Course No. 8380)

By: None

3.51

Format: 235 pages, Audio CD

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7. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)

By: Bob Brier

0.00

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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8. One Summer: America, 1927

By: Bill Bryson

4.09

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports read… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"He [Henry Ford] seldom let facts or logic challenge the certainty of his instincts"

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

"Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs."

-Bill Bryson, One Summer: America, 1927

9. Memento Mori

By: Muriel Spark

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on … read more

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10. The History Of World Literature (Great Courses, #2300)

By: Grant L. Voth

3.22

Format: 224 pages,

This is a series of 48 half-hour lectures by Professor Grant L Voth, professor emeritus of English … read more

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11. The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, #5)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to … read more

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12. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

By: Sam Harris

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a gu… read more

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13. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

By: David McCullough

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more

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14. From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity (Great Courses #6577)

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

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15. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , I.N.J. Culbard

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

This is a tale of terror. The barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless or s… read more

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16. The Oregon Trail

By: Francis Parkman

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing fr… read more

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17. A History of India (The Great Courses #8350)

By: Michael H. Fisher

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Audiobook

Over 5,000 years, India has been home to a rich tapestry of peoples and cultures. Two of the world'… read more

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18. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

By: Benjamin Lorr

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • anthropology
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19. The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.08

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

2 hours and 43 minutes The world has been fundamentally changed by the shock and devastation of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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20. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more

Similar categories in Dorsey Armstrong's Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses) book and John R. Hale's Exploring the Roots of Religion

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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21. Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization

By: Amanda H. Podany

4.19

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

When we imagine what life might have been like thousands of years in the past, the images we often … read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • mythology
  • anthropology
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22. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

By: Amanda H. Podany

4.50

Format: 662 pages, Hardcover

A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, pri… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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23. Dante's Divine Comedy

By: William R. Cook

4.33

Format: None pages, Audio CD

12 Audio CDs with Course Outline Booklet read more

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  • history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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24. Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations

By: Brian M. Fagan

3.81

Format: 18 pages, Audible Audio

Where do we come from? How did our ancestors settle this planet? How did the great historic civiliz… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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25. Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites

By: Eric H. Cline

4.18

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 12 hours and 41 minutes The work of archaeologists has commanded worldwide att… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
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26. Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past

By: Allen C. Guelzo

3.68

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Length: 12 hours 15mins History is not truth. While it forms the backbone of our knowledge abou… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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27. The Celtic World

By: Jennifer Paxton

4.09

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Following the surge of interest and pride in Celtic identity since the 19th century, much of what w… read more

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  • history
  • anthropology
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • audiobook
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28. Creation Stories of the Ancient World

By: Joseph Lam

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

Length: 4 hours and 57 minutes Creation stories, found within many ancient cultures, are traditi… read more

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  • history
  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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29. On Tyranny

By: Timothy Snyder

4.57

Format: 10 pages, Audiobook

The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed histo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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30. A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome

By: Gregory S. Aldrete

3.78

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

How have films like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator, or even a satire like Monty Python's Life of Bri… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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31. Exploring the Roots of Religion

By: John R. Hale

4.01

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. The Acropolis. The Great Pyramids at Giza. Sites such as these have capti… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • mythology
  • anthropology

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