8 Best nonfiction books like Het oerboek van de mens (Dutch Edition) by Carel van Schaik

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Het oerboek van de mens (Dutch Edition)

By: Carel van Schaik

4.18

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

Geen boek ter wereld heeft meer mensen bewogen dan de Bijbel. Maar de Bijbel is altijd vereerd – of…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Het oerboek van de mens (Dutch Edition) by Carel van Schaik , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

By: Joseph von Eichendorff , Konrad Nussbächer

3.31

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" (1826) gilt als beispielhaftes literarisches Dokument der Spätrom… read more

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"And the world suddenly appeared to me as such an awfully large place, with I so totally alone in it that I could have cried from the bottom of my heart."

-Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

"Everybody is so happy, and no one has a thought for you. And this is what happens to me everywhere and always. Everyone has marked out his own little spot on the Earth, his warm stove, his cup of cof…"

-Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

"At last the gardener arrived, mumbling something about rascals and country bumpkins, and took me out into the park, giving me a lengthy lecture as he did so. I was instructed to be sober and industri…"

-Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

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2. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

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3. Night Train to Lisbon

By: Pascal Mercier , Barbara Harshav

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

A huge international best seller, this ambitious novel plumbs the depths of our shared humanity to … read more

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4. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

By: Heinrich Böll , Leila Vennewitz

3.88

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story, Henrich Boll's The Lost Honor… read more

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5. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By: David Mitchell

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In 1799, Jacob de Zoet disembarks on the tiny island of Dejima, the Dutch East India Company's remo… read more

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6. Jamilia

By: Chingiz Aitmatov , James Riordan

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Jamilia is the first major novel by Chingiz Aytmatov, published originally in Russian in 1958. The … read more

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7. Altes Land

By: Dörte Hansen

4.20

Format: None pages,

Zwei Frauen, ein altes Haus und eine Art von Familie Das ,,Polackenkind" ist die funfjahrige Vera a… read more

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8. Paula

By: Isabel Allende

3.94

Format: 229 pages,

Paula es el libro mas conmovedor, mas personal y mas intimo de Isabel Allende. Junto al lecho en qu… read more

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9. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

By: Tom Holland

4.15

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

By: Daniel Quinn

4.01

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search f… read more

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  • religion
"With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?"

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

"You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer"

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

"The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity’s captive."

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

"The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way."

-Daniel Quinn, Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)

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12. Tyll

By: Daniel Kehlmann

3.94

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Tyll, der neue Roman des Erfolgsautors Daniel Kehlmann – er veröffentlichte u.a. Die Vermessung der… read more

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"What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

"Die Liebe zu den Kindern - besser, man kämpft gegen sie an. Man kommt ja auch nicht einem Hund zu nahe; sogar wenn er freundlich aussieht, kann er zuschnappen. Stets muss man einen Abstand lassen zwi…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

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13. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

By: Hannah Ritchie

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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14. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. Sie sagt. Er sagt.

By: Ferdinand von Schirach

4.17

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

Katharina Schlüter, eine erfolgreiche TV-Moderatorin, behauptet, ihr ehemaliger Geliebter habe sie … read more

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16. Last Summer in the City

By: Gianfranco Calligarich

3.66

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last S… read more

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"Tą kartą ir sužinojau, kad du žmonės tyli tyliau už vieną."

-Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City

"There was great sadness in the speed at which the days were getting shorter. As if they were trying to redeem something that was irredeemable. With a sense of heartache, I thought about September, wh…"

-Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City

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17. Lichtspiel

By: Daniel Kehlmann

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition

Einer der Größten des Kinos, vielleicht der größte Regisseur seiner Epoche: Zur Machtergreifung dre… read more

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18. Der Osten: eine westdeutsche Erfindung

By: Dirk Oschmann

3.82

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

»Der Osten hat keine Zukunft, solange er nur als Herkunft begriffen wird.« Was bedeutet es, eine… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Het oerboek van de mens (Dutch Edition)

By: Carel van Schaik

4.18

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

Geen boek ter wereld heeft meer mensen bewogen dan de Bijbel. Maar de Bijbel is altijd vereerd – of… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • christianity
  • biology
  • evolution
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • anthropology
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20. Die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra: Der Schlüssel zu einer untergegangenen Kultur im Herzen Europas

By: Harald Meller

4.16

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Sie ist die älteste Darstellung des Himmels, ihre Entdeckung war eine archäologische Sensation: Die… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

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