5 Best nonfiction books like The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Rodgers

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

By: Nigel Rodgers

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This title presents a comprehensive history with 1000 photographs. It offers an authoritative accou…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Rodgers , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

1. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beard's SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Tortilla Flat

By: John Steinbeck

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a ge… read more

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3. The Lost World

By: Michael Crichton

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary d… read more

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4. David Copperfield

By: Charles Dickens , Jeremy Tambling

4.03

Format: 882 pages, Paperback

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impov… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

"Trifles make the sum of life. "

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"the sight of me is good for sore eyes"

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him."

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

"My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day"

-Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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5. Psycho

By: Robert Bloch

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy … read more

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6. Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more

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"Axel,"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"Then don’t you despair?"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"I dream with my eyes open."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

7. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

By: David Eagleman

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

If the conscious mind--the part you consider you--accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain's … read more

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8. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Schiff's The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

Similar categories in Candice Millard's River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

  • history
  • nonfiction
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

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10. The Christmas Guest

By: Peter Swanson

3.63

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hal… read more

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11. The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans

By: Laura Trethewey

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—and… read more

Similar categories in Laura Trethewey's The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Loot

By: Tania James

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century - a hero’s quest, a love story, the s… read more

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"She is reading; he loves the lost expression on her face when she reads."

-Tania James, Loot

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13. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

By: Nigel Rodgers

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This title presents a comprehensive history with 1000 photographs. It offers an authoritative accou… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • reference
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14. Myths of Ancient Egypt

By: Catherine Chambers

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Features some of the greatest Egyptian myths ever told, such as those related to the creation of th… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chambers's Myths of Ancient Egypt book and Nigel Rodgers's The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

  • history
  • mythology

6 Best history books like The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Rodgers

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Stacy Schiff

3.74

Transform Your Habits

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Candice Millard

3.84

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The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans

Laura Trethewey

4.00

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Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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