Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
3.55
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan…
Want to Read $ 18.05"Magellan’s fleet more ressembled the Flying Dutchman, condemned to sail for what must have seemed like forever without making port."-Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
"Magellan’s fleet more ressembled the Flying Dutchman, condemned to sail for what must have seemed like forever without making port."-Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
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1. The Moonstone
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3.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazi… read more
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2. The Last Days of the Incas
By: Kim MacQuarrie
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kim MacQuarrie lived in Peru for five years and became fascinated by the Incas and the history of t… read more
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3. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
By: Anthony Everitt
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more
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4. Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
By: Tom Holland
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In AD 900, few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Christendom were candidates for … read more
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5. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
By: Simon Schama
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Instead of a dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital & inventive, infatuated … read more
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6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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7. Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
By: Dan Saladino
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is the prominent broadcaster’s pathbreaking tour of the world’s… read more
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"The science writer David Quammen puts it: 'When we disrupt ecosystems, we shake viruses loose from their natural hosts, and when they happens, they need a new host. Often, we are it. And so, they spi…"-Dan Saladino, Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
8. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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9. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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10. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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11. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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12. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
By: Max Hastings
4.30
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more
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"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
13. Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour's Lost England
By: Sebastian Payne
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Broken Heartlands is a political road trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour… read more
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14. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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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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16. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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17. Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
By: Fernando Cervantes
3.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, authoritative history that aims to deepen our understanding of the campaigns and conque… read more
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18. Empires of the Normans: Conquerors of Europe
By: Levi Roach
3.76
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
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19. The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Epic Siege at the Heart of WWII's Greatest Battle
By: Iain MacGregor
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
To the Soviet Union, the sacrifices that enabled the country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Great Pa… read more
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20. Vergil: The Poet's Life (Ancient Lives)
By: Sarah Ruden
3.62
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21. Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto
3.55
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
An uncompromising study of the fictions, the failures, and the real man behind the myth of Magellan… read more
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"Magellan’s fleet more ressembled the Flying Dutchman, condemned to sail for what must have seemed like forever without making port."-Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan
