21 Best nonfiction books like Robert E. Lee and His High Command by Gary W. Gallagher

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Robert E. Lee and His High Command

By: Gary W. Gallagher

4.32

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Few events have captivated students of American history like the Civil War. Its most striking perso…

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1. Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ Bestselling author Bernard Co… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.32

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Many of us know the Black Death as a catastrophic event of the medieval world. But the Black Death … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Skeleton Coast (The Oregon Files, #4) by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

3. Skeleton Coast (The Oregon Files, #4)

By: Clive Cussler , Jack Du Brul

4.16

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

Chairman of the Corporation Juan Cabrillo and his mercenary crew steer theOregon into battle agains… read more

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  • audiobook
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4. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

By: Dan Jones

4.27

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • audiobook
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Extravagance was a political necessity."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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5. Beethoven - His Life and Music

By: Robert Greenberg

4.00

Format: 32 pages, Audio CD

Course Lecture Titles 1. The Immortal Beloved 2. What Comes down Must Go up, 18131815 3. What Goes … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • war
  • military history
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
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7. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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8. Churchill

By: J. Rufus Fears

3.88

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

9. A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts (Great Courses, #8470)

By: Robert O. Bucholz

3.57

Format: None pages, Audio CD

During the 229-year period from 1485 to 1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state … read more

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10. American Religious History

By: Patrick N. Allitt

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Audio CD

Join historian Patrick N. Allitt in exploring the story of religious life in America from the first… read more

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11. The Life and Work of Mark Twain (Great Courses, #2567)

By: Stephen Railton

2.96

Format: 7 pages,

Samuel Clemens, the man known to history as Mark Twain, was more than one of America's greatest wri… read more

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12. Great Battles of the Ancient World

By: Garrett G. Fagan

4.42

Format: None pages, Audio Book

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13. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

By: Dan Jones

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more

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14. Patriot Games (Jack Ryan Universe, #2)

By: Tom Clancy

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguish… read more

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15. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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16. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)

By: Craig Johnson

4.37

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

17. The Problem of Pain

By: C.S. Lewis

4.13

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

Cover of The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party by Adam Jortner

18. The Hidden History of the Boston Tea Party

By: Adam Jortner

3.91

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The history of the Boston Tea Party is a hidden one. Why? Since it was a clandestine operation, all… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Patrick N. Allitt

19. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

By: Patrick N. Allitt

4.17

Format: 18 pages, Audio CD

Audio CDs in three cases (parts 1, 2, and 3), accompanied by a "like new" course booklet. 36 lectur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Author reports that a group of tortoises was given to the British by India's natives during the Seven Years War which ended in 1763. The last of those tortoises died in 2004 at the age of 255."

-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

"Author relates the reaction of an Irish village to a landowner who tried to raise rents on the land's occupants. The villagers refused to talk to or trade with the man, whose name was Captain Boycott."

-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

"If you study a historical episode and feel good about it, it probably means that you haven't had it explained very well. Historical conflict is usually the struggle of different conceptions of what i…"

-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

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20. Where the Light Fell

By: Philip Yancey

4.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this searing meditation on the bonds of family and the allure of extremist faith, one of today's… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance by Larissa Tracy

21. The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance

By: Larissa Tracy

3.63

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

See the word "knight " and you’ll likely think of gallant men facing off on the field of battle, or… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3) by Timothy Zahn

22. Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3)

By: Timothy Zahn

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Audible Audio

The fate of the Chiss Ascendancy hangs in the balance in the epic finale of the Star Wars: Thrawn A… read more

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  • audiobook
"You're my brother, and my friend." Thrass countered. "If it's important to you, it's important to me."

-Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3)

"Did Thrawn even recognize the depth of loyalty he inspired in those who worked with him? Knowing Thrawn, probably not."

-Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3)

"He cares about non-Chiss lives." "Yes, he does," Samakro agreed. "You threaten his people, and see how fast that changes."

-Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3)

"All beings begin their lives with hopes and aspirations. Among these aspirations is the desire that there will be a straight path to those goals. It is seldom so. Perhaps never."

-Timothy Zahn, Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #3)

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23. Hal Moore on Leadership: Winning When Outgunned and Outmanned

By: Harold G. Moore

4.46

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

"If you think you might lose, you've already lost" is just one of Moore's rules for leading self an… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of 36 Books That Changed the World by Andrew R. Wilson

24. 36 Books That Changed the World

By: Andrew R. Wilson

3.66

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Certain works of literature, history, science, philosophy, political theory and religion offer powe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach by Gregory S. Aldrete

25. History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach

By: Gregory S. Aldrete

3.91

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 12 hours and 12 minutes Military history often highlights successes and sugges… read more

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  • history
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of American Monsters by Adam Jortner

26. American Monsters

By: Adam Jortner

3.99

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

4 hours and 55 minutes Cackling witches in Puritan communities calling forth Satan. Sea serpents… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome by Gregory S. Aldrete

27. The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome

By: Gregory S. Aldrete

4.20

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

When Octavian, who took the title of Augustus as the first emperor of Rome, defeated Mark Antony to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
  • audiobook
Cover of 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War by Caroline E. Janney

28. 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War

By: Caroline E. Janney

3.93

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 4 hours and 4 minutes In 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War, join note… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • civil war
  • american civil war
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A New History of the American South by Edward L. Ayers

29. A New History of the American South

By: Edward L. Ayers

3.96

Format: None pages, Audiobook

None read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • american civil war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Robert E. Lee and His High Command by Gary W. Gallagher

30. Robert E. Lee and His High Command

By: Gary W. Gallagher

4.32

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Few events have captivated students of American history like the Civil War. Its most striking perso… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • civil war
  • war
  • military history
  • american civil war
  • civil war eastern theater
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Best audiobook books like Robert E. Lee and His High Command by Gary W. Gallagher

Transform Your Habits

Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague

Dorsey Armstrong

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Skeleton Coast (The Oregon Files, #4)

Clive Cussler , Jack Du Brul

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.27

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29 Best audiobook books like American Monsters by Adam Jortner

Transform Your Habits

Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

John McWhorter

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works

Maureen Corrigan

4.18

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