21 Best nonfiction books like The American Revolution: A Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories) by James C. Bradford

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The American Revolution: A Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)

By: James C. Bradford

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Uncover the remarkable story of the American Revolution! Who were the Redcoats, and what was the Bo…

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1. Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News

By: Todd Andrlik

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colonial papers published between 1763 and 1783 fanned the flames of revolution in America, provide… read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • war
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Never confuse Motion with Action."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"When the well is dry we know the value of water"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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3. Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

By: Mary Rowlandson

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

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"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

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5. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

By: Michael B. Oren

4.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Eve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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6. A People's History of the United States

By: Howard Zinn

3.00

Format: None pages,

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the Unit… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The First World War

By: John Keegan

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly end… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

8. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.67

Format: None pages,

A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abrah… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Roots: The Saga of an American Family

By: Alex Haley

3.33

Format: None pages,

When he was a boy in Henning, Tennessee, Alex Haley's grandmother used to tell him stories about th… read more

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10. Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.27

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • war
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction

11. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

By: Deborah Blum

3.60

Format: 212 pages,

Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very… read more

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12. The Civil War: A Visual History

By: D.K. Publishing

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Produced with the Smithsonian Institution and released in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of… read more

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13. Captive Paradise: The Story of the United States and Hawaii

By: James L. Haley

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. … read more

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14. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

By: Mark Bramhall , Michael Finkel

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audio CD

Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I read. That's my form of travel."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"There was no one to complain to in the woods, so I did not complain,' Knight said."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

15. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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16. Titanic

By: Simon Adams

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The story of "Titanic's" tragic maiden voyage still tugs at the heartstrings and sparks universal c… read more

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17. The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew, #3)

By: Carolyn Keene , Russell H. Tandy , P.M. Carlson

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

While trying to help a friend out of a difficulty, Nancy has a perilous experience in and around a … read more

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18. Assassination Vacation

By: Sarah Vowell

3.67

Format: 220 pages,

Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and… read more

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19. Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

By: Roger Crowley

3.93

Format: 265 pages,

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, d… read more

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20. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

By: Sonia Purnell

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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21. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Jonathan Martin

4.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The shocking, definitive account of the 2020 election and the first year of the Biden presidency by… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

By: Bill O'Reilly

3.67

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

By: Greg Melville

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."

-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

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24. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

By: Edward J. Larson

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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25. The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

By: Bill Shaffer

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. World War II Map by Map

By: D.K. Publishing

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Trace the epic history of World War 2 across the globe with more than 100 maps. Includes a foreword… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • reference
Cover of Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks (Union Square & Co. Illustrated Histories) by Clifford A. Pickover

27. Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks (Union Square & Co. Illustrated Histories)

By: Clifford A. Pickover

3.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated journey through the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, from popul… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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28. American History: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)

By: D.K. Publishing

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Uncover the key moments that shaped American history in this extensive history encyclopedia for chi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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29. Battles Map by Map (DK History Map by Map)

By: Smithsonian Institution

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Explore the world's most famous battles by their geography as you uncover the most ancient, medieva… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • reference
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30. The American Revolution: A Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)

By: James C. Bradford

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Uncover the remarkable story of the American Revolution! Who were the Redcoats, and what was the Bo… read more

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  • american history
  • american
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • war
  • united states
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • reference
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31. Fool: In Search of Henry VIII's Closest Man

By: Peter K. Andersson

3.44

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first biography of Henry VIII’s court fool William Somer, a legendary entertainer and one of th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

20 Top history books like The American Revolution: A Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories) by James C. Bradford

Transform Your Habits

Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News

Todd Andrlik

4.27

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Mary Rowlandson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Michael B. Oren

4.61

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1776

David McCullough

4.09

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

4.25

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

4.36

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

4.00

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