Tudor Children
By: Nicholas Orme
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first history of childhood in Tudor England What was it like to grow up in England under the …
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1. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
By: Caroline Fraser
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Lit… read more
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- history
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2. Marie Antoinette: The Journey
By: Antonia Fraser
4.07
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
Brilliantly written, a work of impeccable scholarship. An utterly riveting and intensely moving boo… read more
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- history
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3. The Aleph and Other Stories
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley
4.33
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's mo… read more
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4. Adam Bede
By: George Eliot , Joanna Trollope , Hugh Osborne
3.82
Format: 624 pages, Paperback
The story of a beautiful country girl's seduction by the local squire and its bitter, tragic sequel… read more
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"She hates everything that is not what she longs for."-George Eliot, Adam Bede
"Our deeds determine us, as long as we determine our deeds"-George Eliot, Adam Bede
"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."-George Eliot, Adam Bede
"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."-George Eliot, Adam Bede
5. Horror In The East: Japan And The Atrocities Of World War - II
By: Laurence Rees , Akira Iriye
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
The question is as searing as it is fundamental to the continuing debate over Japanese culpability … read more
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6. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
By: Helen Castor
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left… read more
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7. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
8. A Haunting on the Hill
By: Elizabeth Hand
3.35
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more
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9. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
By: Janice Hallett
3.95
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into belie… read more
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10. Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
By: Dennis Duncan
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. Bu… read more
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"[Citing "Alice in Wonderland"] the White Knight insists on singing Alice a song which he introduces as follows: 'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes".' 'Oh, that's the name of the song, is…"-Dennis Duncan, Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
11. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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12. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. 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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- history
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14. Blood, Fire and Gold
By: Estelle Paranque
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biogr… read more
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- history
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15. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
By: Tracy Borman
4.26
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more
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- nonfiction
- tudor period
16. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World
By: Malcolm Gaskill
3.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils,… read more
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17. Leonard and Hungry Paul
By: Ronan Hession
4.15
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
In this startling debut, Ronan Hession tells the story of two thirty-something men who take care of… read more
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"You may wish to note the above"-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul
"It was strange that after all the years of getting the kids to be independent, she would feel so daunted at having her life back. But it was the nature of being a parent. The kids' lives are their ow…"-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul
"Leonard wore a new feeling of peace. He had always associated peace with the idea of happiness, as if it were some sort of steady state that happiness turned into when it was for real. But now he rea…"-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul
18. The Bone Chests
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more
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19. Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
By: Simon Schama
3.65
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Da millenni gli esseri umani e i virus coesistono e, suo malgrado, l'umanità più di una volta si è … read more
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20. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
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"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
21. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more
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22. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
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"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
23. Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
By: Antonia Fraser
3.73
Format: 224 pages, ebook
The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron ove… read more
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24. Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
By: Simon Winder
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Following Germania and Danubia, the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe … read more
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"John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in Th…"-Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
25. London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers
By: Jack Chesher
4.43
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
See London in a completely new light in this guide to the city's hidden secrets, untold stories and… read more
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26. Pilgrims
By: Matthew Kneale
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The year 1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pil… read more
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27. The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World
By: Karl Schlögel
4.25
Format: 928 pages, Hardcover
An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet Union The Soviet Unio… read more
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28. Tudor Children
By: Nicholas Orme
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first history of childhood in Tudor England What was it like to grow up in England under the … read more
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29. Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
By: Guy de la Bédoyère
4.03
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
For more than two centuries Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful, and richest dynasty o… read more
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