Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon
By: Joyce A. Tyldesley
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means “a beautiful woman has come.” …
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1. The Children of Jocasta
By: Natalie Haynes
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents... Jocasta is just… read more
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2. Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
By: Agatha Christie
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Paperback
Nurse Amy Leatheran had a most unusual patient. Louise, according to her husband, celebrated archae… read more
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3. 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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- nonfiction
- history
4. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
By: Natalie Haynes
4.00
Format: 10 pages, Hardcover
This revelatory book explores modern society while journeying back to the Greeks and Romans -- "wil… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
5. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
By: Naomi Novik
4.06
Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride migh… read more
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"I am sure I could not have liked any French captain half so much as you"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on."-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
"I am never going to let anyone take you away from me.' 'Nor I, my dear,' Laurence said, smiling"-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
6. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconog… read more
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- history
- egypt
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
7. Akhenaten: The Heretic King
By: Donald B. Redford
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here is a striking portrait of Akhenaten, monotheistic worshiper of the sun and best-known Egyptian… read more
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- history
- biography
- egyptology
- egypt
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- archaeology
8. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more
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9. Death Comes to Pemberley
By: None
4.27
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
The world is classic Jane Austen. The mystery is vintage P.D. James. The year is 1803, and Fitzwill… read more
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10. Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet
By: Nicholas Reeves
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history, Akhenaten has captured the imagina… read more
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11. La Locandiera
By: Carlo Goldoni , Guido Davico Bonino , None
3.95
Format: 473 pages, Paperback
Messa per la prima volta in scena sul palcoscenico del Teatro Sant'Angelo a Venezia nel 1753, La lo… read more
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12. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.21
Format: 539 pages, Hardcover
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of… read more
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13. The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and Its People
By: None
4.06
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
The ancient site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt was the capital city of the heretic pharaoh Akhe… read more
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14. Men Who Hate Women
By: Laura Bates
4.34
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more
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- nonfiction
"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
15. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more
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- history
- biography
- egypt
- ancient history
- nonfiction
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
16. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
By: Natalie Haynes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Greek myths are one of the most important cultural foundation-stones of the modern world. St… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"For my mum, who has always thought that a woman with an axe was more interesting than a princess"-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"Medusa wasn't always a monster, Helen of Troy wasn't always an adulterer, Pandora wasn't ever a villain."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The greatest virtue, in other words, that an Athenian woman could aspire to was not to be registered, almost not to exist."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The guiding principle when searching for the cause of everything wrong in the world has been, all too often: _cherchez la femme_."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
17. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
By: Stephen Fry
4.35
Format: 414 pages, Hardcover
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
18. Pandora
By: Susan Stokes-Chapman
3.67
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
London, 1799. Dora Blake, an aspiring jewelry artist, lives with her odious uncle atop her late par… read more
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"but since when did gratitude mean the acceptance of rage?"-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora
"It amazes him how much money rich people seem happy to waste on entertainment for one mere evening."-Susan Stokes-Chapman, Pandora
19. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
By: Sue Black
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
20. So You Want to Talk About Race
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.49
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from w… read more
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- nonfiction
"Conversations on racism should never be about winning."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"When we say ‘Asian American’ we are talking about so much more than can be fit in a single stereotype."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
21. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
By: Stephen Fry
4.32
Format: 415 pages, Paperback
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
22. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
By: Elinor Cleghorn
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
23. Pharaoh Seti I: Father of Egyptian Greatness
By: Nicky Nielsen
3.96
Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition
This authoritative biography examines the life and times of the transformative Egyptian ruler and f… read more
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- egypt
- history
- nonfiction
- egyptology
24. Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife (Lives and Afterlives)
By: Aidan Dodson
4.24
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Egypt's sun queen magnificently revealed in a new book by renowned Egyptologist, Aidan Dodson Du… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- egyptology
25. Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
By: Chris Naunton
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Tombs, mummies, and funerary items make up a significant portion of the archeological remains that … read more
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- history
- egyptology
- egypt
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- archaeology
26. The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
By: Kara Cooney
3.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Written in the tradition of historians like Mary Beard and Stacy Schiff who find modern lessons in … read more
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- history
- biography
- egyptology
- egypt
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- archaeology
"Examining Senwosret III´s Egypt clarified how hate rhetoric broadcast within a society created political cohesion. Emasculating an enemy through dehumanizing ideas and acts forged a nation."-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"...The authoritarian is usually not some kind of evil genius but rather the bumbling fool, who in an attempt to become the biggest, most wealthy, most successful king of kings, ends up bringing down …"-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"...Akhenaton is the king who allows us to see the invention of one-god worship for what it really was: a patriarchal cult leader´s tactic, the modern manifestation of which many of us still deludedly…"-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
"What is the endgame of all these megaconstructions? Well, in ancient Egypt, the late 6th-dynasty state had not only become so large that it was nonfunctional (think of the giant cable company that ne…"-Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
27. Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
By: Toby Wilkinson
4.21
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian bo… read more
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- art
- history
- egypt
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- archaeology
28. Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide
By: Christina Riggs
3.94
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In the ancient world, if you needed a love charm, wanted to contact your dead wife, or needed the a… read more
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- history
- egyptology
- egypt
- ancient history
- nonfiction
29. Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon
By: Joyce A. Tyldesley
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means “a beautiful woman has come.” … read more
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- art history
- biography
- history
- egyptology
- egypt
- ancient history
- ancient
- nonfiction
- archaeology
30. Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
By: Guy de la Bédoyère
4.03
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
For more than two centuries Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful, and richest dynasty o… read more
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