12 Best nonfiction books like The True History of Merlin the Magician by Anne Lawrence-Mathers

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The True History of Merlin the Magician

By: Anne Lawrence-Mathers

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who was the historical Merlin? Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individ…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The True History of Merlin the Magician by Anne Lawrence-Mathers , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty by Dan Jones

1. Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

By: Dan Jones

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed h… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You

By: Yumi Sakugawa

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

YALSA Quick Pick Award Winner Express your love for your friends with this sweet, loving book that… read more

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"Because what you find to be beautiful, funny and heartbreaking in this world... is what I find to be beautiful, funny and heartbreaking in this world."

-Yumi Sakugawa, I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You

"Maybe you don't feel the same friend-love that I feel for you. After all, we only have so much time in this world to only have so many friends. I hope you are doing well."

-Yumi Sakugawa, I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You

Cover of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, Anthea Bell, Lisbeth Zwerger

3. The Little Mermaid

By: Hans Christian Andersen , Anthea Bell , Lisbeth Zwerger

3.98

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

From Book Synopsis: Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 language… read more

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"But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more."

-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid

"...and she put a wreath of white lilies round her hair, but every petal of the flowers was half a pearl;"

-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid

"Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater."

-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid

"At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man."

-Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid

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4. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

By: Timothy Snyder

4.38

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Now we will live!"

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

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5. City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire

By: Roger Crowley

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. The Autobiography of Santa Claus (The Christmas Chronicles #1)

By: Jeff Guinn

3.33

Format: 288 pages,

It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Chris… read more

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7. Modern China: A Very Short Introduction

By: Rana Mitter

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of T… read more

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8. The Complete Poems

By: Philip Larkin , None

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

This edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in 'Collected Poems… read more

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9. The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

By: Alison Weir

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a Queen, h… read more

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10. Ulysses

By: James Joyce

3.75

Format: 925 pages, Paperback

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more

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"Shite and onions!"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Let my country die for me."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Be just before you are generous."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

11. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

By: Philip G. Zimbardo

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Renowned social psychologist and creator of the "Stanford Prison Experiment," Philip Zimbardo explo… read more

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12. The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

Uther, the High King, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal a… read more

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  • arthurian
"I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,"

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Mais tarde, muito mais tarde, aprendi que a alegria e o medo são exatamente a mesma coisa."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Dizem que este Deus (deus cristão) é do perdão. Melhor ofender um desses do que qualquer outro."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"I don't believe he was as bad as you make him sound. Igraine protested. No, I think he was worse."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

13. From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity (Great Courses #6577)

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.86

Format: 368 pages,

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14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

By: Kevin Eastman

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks o… read more

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15. Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman

4.10

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780393356182 Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient … read more

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"Ragnarok is coming."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"And the game begins anew."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Rebirth always follows death."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

"Of course it was Loki. It's always Loki."

-Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

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16. Anatomy of Genres

By: John Truby

4.23

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and a… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte

17. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1) by Dan Jones

18. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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19. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

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20. The Sandman: Act I

By: Dirk Maggs

4.39

Format: 11 pages, Audible Audio

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Magazine as “the greatest epic in the history of comic books”, The … read more

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21. He Who Fights with Monsters 9 (He Who Fights with Monsters #9)

By: Shirtaloon

4.56

Format: 662 pages, Kindle Edition

With the Builder threat behind them, the time has finally come for Jason and his team to hit the ro… read more

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22. He Who Fights with Monsters 10 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #10)

By: Shirtaloon

4.54

Format: 758 pages, Kindle Edition

A subterranean power creates strange bedfellows for Jason and his friends in the epic next installm… read more

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23. Posthumous Education (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #8)

By: Drew Hayes

4.42

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Much like accountants, fey never forget a debt. Just as Fred is settling down in his new abode, … read more

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24. Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

By: Wright Thompson

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller! “A warm and loving reflection that, like good bourbon, will stand… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"What became clear in Michigan was that Julian and Sissy have become the fully realized version of themselves through success. That's actually rare. I profile famous and successful athletes for a livi…"

-Wright Thompson, Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last

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25. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

By: Marc David Baer

3.95

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. A Town Divided by Christmas

By: Orson Scott Card

3.36

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

It began with a quarrel over which newborn should be the baby Jesus in the town's Christmas pageant… read more

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27. The Complete The Killer

By: Matz

3.71

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

As an elite assassin suffers a psychological crisis as he attempts to remove himself from the polit… read more

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28. My World

By: Peter Sagan

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly he won three road race World Championships in… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America by James Horn

29. A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America

By: James Horn

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the Powhatan chief who waged a lifelong struggle to drive European settl… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. The True History of Merlin the Magician

By: Anne Lawrence-Mathers

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who was the historical Merlin? Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individ… read more

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  • arthurian
  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire

By: John Keahey

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of his… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

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