28 Top nonfiction books like The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film by David Thomson

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The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film

By: David Thomson

3.34

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In The Fatal Alliance the acclaimed film critic David Thomson offers us one of his most provocative…

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Cover of Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson

1. Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power

By: Victor Davis Hanson

4.07

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greek… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
"The great hatred of capitalism in the hearts of the oppressed, ancient and modern, I think, stems not merely from the ensuing vast inequality in wealth, and the often unfair and arbitrary nature of w…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power

"This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—would provide superb manpower for growing legions and a legal framework that would guarantee that the…"

-Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power

Cover of The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem, Michael Kandel

2. The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

By: Stanisław Lem , Michael Kandel

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless plane… read more

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3. Consequences of Ideas

By: R.C. Sproul

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the wo… read more

Similar categories in R.C. Sproul's Consequences of Ideas book and David Thomson's The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film

  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Set the Boy Free

By: Johnny Marr

2.50

Format: 32 pages, ebook

The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more

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  • nonfiction

5. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

6. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

By: William Craig

4.25

Format: None pages,

Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more

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7. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • film
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

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8. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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9. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more

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  • nonfiction
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."

-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

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10. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Heat 2

By: Michael Mann

4.26

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more

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  • film
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

12. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson

13. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

By: Sam Wasson

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe by James  Holland

14. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe

By: James Holland

4.33

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
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15. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America by Steve Inskeep

16. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

By: Steve Inskeep

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."

-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

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17. Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

By: Ken Auletta

4.12

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Twenty years ago, Ken Auletta wrote one of the iconic New Yorker profiles for which he is famous, o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
" Harvey Weinstein took pride in not paying bills ,"

-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

"By suing his former lawyer, Baez’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, said Harvey had waived attorney-client privilege, allowing Tacopina on Baez’s behalf to denounce Harvey as ' a vile fiend ' and a ' rapist ."

-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence

Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

18. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles by Peter Brown

19. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles

By: Peter Brown

3.53

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins

20. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson

21. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story

By: Sam Wasson

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided by Scott Eyman

22. Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided

By: Scott Eyman

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil

23. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker

24. Kubrick: An Odyssey

By: Robert P. Kolker

4.26

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Cameron McWhirter

25. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15

By: Cameron McWhirter

4.29

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn by Josh Young

26. The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn

By: Josh Young

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood’s most infamous … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher--Television by Foster Hirsch

27. Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher--Television

By: Foster Hirsch

3.98

Format: 654 pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set aga… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • film
Cover of Baseball: The Movie by Noah Gittell

28. Baseball: The Movie

By: Noah Gittell

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and enter… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Soviet Sixties by Robert Hornsby

29. The Soviet Sixties

By: Robert Hornsby

4.40

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The story of a remarkable era of reform, controversy, optimism, and Cold War confrontation in the S… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film by David  Thomson

30. The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film

By: David Thomson

3.34

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In The Fatal Alliance the acclaimed film critic David Thomson offers us one of his most provocative… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
  • film
Cover of Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments by Joe Posnanski

31. Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

25 Top history books like The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film by David Thomson

Transform Your Habits

Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power

Victor Davis Hanson

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Consequences of Ideas

R.C. Sproul

4.33

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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Transform Your Habits

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Joe Posnanski

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

David Zucker

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

Matt Singer

4.06

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