10 must-read history books like Leaders Who Changed History by D.K. Publishing

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Leaders Who Changed History

By: D.K. Publishing

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Discover the full stories behind over 85 of the world's most influential people Comprehensive in…

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1. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

By: Robert Dallek

3.99

Format: 849 pages, Paperback

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"She was a little removed,"

-Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Cover of The Treatment (Jack Caffery, #2) by Mo Hayder

2. The Treatment (Jack Caffery, #2)

By: Mo Hayder

4.03

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

Midsummer, and in an unassuming house on a quiet residential street on the edge of Brockwell Park i… read more

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3. Đề Thi Đẫm Máu (Phương Mộc, #2)

By: None , Mi Lei , Lôi Mễ

4.09

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Một tên sát thủ có sở thích uống chất hỗn hợp máu nạn nhân với sữa tươi, hắn có căn bệnh gì đặc biệ… read more

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4. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

By: Elspeth Huxley

4.11

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water."

-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

"Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of achievement."

-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

"What sorts of sin?" Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural."

-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

"...when the present stung her, she sought her antidote in the future, which was as sure to hold achievement as the dying flower to hold the fruit when its petals wither."

-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

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5. The Comedy of Errors

By: William Shakespeare

3.72

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from Die Kom�die der Irrungen Geste Grayorum or the History of the High and mighty Princ… read more

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"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"El tiempo es insolvente y debe más de lo que tiene."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"Mi corazón ora por él, aunque mi lengua lo maldiga."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"¡A cuántos tontos enamorados esclaviza la locura de los celos!"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

6. The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more

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7. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

By: Oscar Wilde

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories th… read more

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8. Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality

By: Jared Diamond

3.64

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why are human females the only mammal… read more

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  • nonfiction

9. Notes from a Small Island

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to … read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Cymbeline

By: William Shakespeare , Harold Bloom , Gabriele Baldini

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Cymbeline also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by Willia… read more

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11. As You Like It

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more

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12. Birdman (Jack Caffery, #1)

By: Mo Hayder

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Greenwich, south-east London. The Met's crack murder squad, AMIP, is called out by nervous CID dete… read more

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13. All's Well That Ends Well

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.99

Format: 273 pages,

In the acclaimed BBC Radio Shakespeare series, each play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Dire… read more

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14. Hayao Miyazaki. Un mondo incantato

By: None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lo definiscono il Disney giapponese eppure alla Disney ammettono di aver preso ispirazione da molti… read more

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15. Books That Changed History: From the Art of War to Anne Frank's Diary

By: D.K. Publishing

4.23

Format: 690 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by James Naughtie Turn the pages of the most famous books of all time and marvel at… read more

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16. The Winter's Tale

By: William Shakespeare

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emph… read more

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17. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages,

'At last we have the truth about Henry VIII's wives. This book is as reliable and scholarly as it i… read more

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18. The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

By: D.K. Publishing

4.00

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

From Jack the Ripper to the modern day drug cartels, discover the most notorious crimes and crimina… read more

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19. Measure for Measure

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more

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20. 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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21. Brief Answers to the Big Questions

By: Stephen Hawking

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"I use the word “God"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"This “Hawking temperature"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Cover of What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) by Randall Munroe

22. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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25. Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

By: Ben Macintyre

4.16

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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26. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

By: Hannah Fry

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book P… read more

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  • nonfiction
"you're not using the product; you are the product"

-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

"And how biased is too biased? At what point do you prioritize the victims of preventable crimes over the victims of the algorithm?"

-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

"He realized that – when whetted in the right way – people’s voracious appetite for an expert’s assessment of themselves could over-ride their desire for privacy. What’s more, they were often willing …"

-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

"Gary Marx, professor of sociology at MIT, put the dilemma well in an interview he gave to the Guardian: ‘The Soviet Union had remarkably little street crime when they were at their worst of their tot…"

-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

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27. The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

By: Mariana Mazzucato

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Modern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to in… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Governments and central banks were quietly admitting something they were still reluctant to announce publicly: the extraordinary power of private-sector banks lending to determine the pace of money c…"

-Mariana Mazzucato, The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

"In essence, we behave as economic actors according to the vision of the world of those who device the accounting conventions. The marginalist theory of value underlying contemporary national accounti…"

-Mariana Mazzucato, The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

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28. Fake History

By: Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Fake news about the past is fake history. Did Hugo Boss design the Nazi uniforms? Did medieval peop… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Nóng Giận Là Bản Năng, Tĩnh Lặng Là Bản Lĩnh

By: Tống Mặc

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Sai lầm lớn nhất của chúng ta là đem những tật xấu, những cảm xúc tiêu cực trút bỏ lên những người … read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Leaders Who Changed History

By: D.K. Publishing

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Discover the full stories behind over 85 of the world's most influential people Comprehensive in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Gemme di Luce – Artbook dei Tempi Antichi by Lorenzo Pierangeli

31. Gemme di Luce – Artbook dei Tempi Antichi

By: Lorenzo Pierangeli

4.86

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Il progetto Il progetto di “Gemme di Luce” nasce dal desiderio di esplorare un’opera fondamental… read more

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Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Robert Dallek

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley

4.11

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Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality

Jared Diamond

3.64

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Bill Bryson

3.42

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Martha Wells

4.22

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John Scalzi

3.99

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Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Cody Cassidy

4.06

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