Great Kingdoms of Africa
By: John Parker
3.59
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, wr…
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1. The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns, #1)
By: Django Wexler
4.80
Format: None pages,
Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel--but whe… read more
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2. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
By: Chinua Achebe
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary author of Things Fall Apartcomes a longawaited memoir about coming of age with a… read more
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- africa
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- nonfiction
3. Precolonial Black Africa
By: Cheikh Anta Diop , None
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to th… read more
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4. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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- history
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- world history
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europe…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Today we are less likely to speak of humanitarianism, with its overtones of paternalistic generosity, and more likely to speak of human rights. The basic freedoms in life are not seen as gifts to be …"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
"Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all, woodcarving. It would be two decades before Europ…"-Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
5. A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
By: Arkady Martine
4.32
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one ca… read more
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"I thought you hated them,"-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
"On the flagship Weight of the Wheel : “You’d have to ask medical,"-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
"exile happened in the heart and the mind long before it happened to the body"-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
"Mahit couldn't decide if she was horrified, proud, or simply, deliciously, hideously intrigued."-Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
6. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
- world history
7. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
8. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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9. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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- history
10. Poland: The First Thousand Years
By: Patrice M. Dabrowski
3.95
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, a… read more
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- history
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11. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
By: Heather McGhee
4.63
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
Heather McGhee's specialty is the American economy--and the mystery of why it so often fails the Am… read more
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- history
"They have to make Americans afraid of one another. They're exploiting fear in America to sell guns."-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
"Ultimately, an economy, the rules we abide by and set for what's fair and who merits what, is an expression of our moral understanding."-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
"Instead of being blind to race, color blindness makes people blind to racism, unwilling to acknowledge where its effects have shaped opportunity or to use race-conscious solutions to address it."-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
"It's often unconscious, but their perception of The Other as undeserving is so important to their perception of themselves as deserving that they'll tear apart the web that supports everyone, includi…"-Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
12. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
- world history
13. The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
By: John Scalzi
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has … read more
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14. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
By: Christina Thompson
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
15. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
By: Eckart Frahm
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
16. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe
By: Martyn Rady
4.13
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more
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- history
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17. Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes
By: Barnaby Phillips
4.31
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of art A Prospect Bes… read more
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- africa
- history
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18. China's Leaders: From Mao to Now
By: David Shambaugh
3.98
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over 70 years ago, five paramount leaders have… read more
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19. Great Kingdoms of Africa
By: John Parker
3.59
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
A groundbreaking, sweeping overview of the great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, wr… read more
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20. Ancient Africa: A Captivating Guide to Ancient African Civilizations, Such as the Kingdom of Kush, the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, and ... Empire with its Timbuktu (African History)
By: Captivating History
3.77
Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition
If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient Africa, then keep reading... Free Histor… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- africa
21. Collected Stories
By: Donald Barthelme
4.40
Format: 1168 pages, Hardcover
The stories of Donald Barthelme are wonders of invention, compression, and imaginative brilliance t… read more
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