5 Top history books like El Libro de la Historia by D.K. Publishing

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El Libro de la Historia

By: D.K. Publishing

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas Con un lenguaje claro, El libro de la historia ofrece bre…

If you liked the history plot in El Libro de la Historia by D.K. Publishing , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Men Explain Things to Me

By: Rebecca Solnit

3.83

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wro… read more

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  • nonfiction
"...the Men Who Knew came out of the woodwork."

-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me

"By now you’ve noticed that Woolf says “I don’t know"

-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me

"Were revolutions ever really that we thought them to be?"

-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me

"You can use the power of words to bury meaning or to excavate it."

-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me

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2. A History of the Jews

By: Paul Johnson

4.16

Format: 644 pages, Paperback

This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Waiting for the Barbarians

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.93

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny fr… read more

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"Nothing is worse than what we can imagine"

-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians

"Schmerz ist Wahrheit; alles andere wird angezweifelt."

-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians

"A fool in love is laughed at but in the end always forgiven"

-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians

"I am now no more than a pile of blood, bone and meat that is unhappy."

-J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians

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4. A Pale View of Hills

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

3.79

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780571225378. In his highly acclaim… read more

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"Sisters are supposed to be people you’re close to, aren’t they. You may not like them much, but you’re still close to them."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

"It doesn’t matter how old someone is, it’s what they’ve experienced that counts. People can get to be a hundred and not experience a thing."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

"I’ve come to appreciate cooking over the years. It’s an art, I’m convinced of it, just as noble as painting or poetry. It’s not appreciated simply because the product disappears so quickly"

-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

"The Americans, they never understood the way things were in Japan. Not for one moment have they understood. Their ways may be fine for Americans, but in Japan things are different, very different."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

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5. Death with Interruptions

By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago

4.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant new novel poses the question what happens when the gri… read more

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"Al día siguiente no murió nadie."

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

"Eu sunt moartea,restul nu e nimic."

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

"La muerte está enfadada. Es el momento de sacarle la lengua."

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

"Sin muerte no hay resurrección, y sin resurrección no hay iglesia"

-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions

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6. The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

By: Sam Atkinson , Rebecca Warren , Kate Johnsen

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From ancient and medieval philosophers such as Confucius and Thomas Aquinas, to revolutionary thoug… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

By: Walter Benjamin , Rodney Livingstone , Michael W. Jennings , Brigid Doherty , None , Howard Eiland , Thomas Y. Levin

4.02

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Benjamin's famous 'Work of Art' essay sets out his boldest thoughts--on media and on culture in gen… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

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"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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9. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more

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10. Roman Republic

By: Isaac Asimov

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

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  • history
  • nonfiction

11. The Day of the Triffids

By: John Wyndham

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffidsto moderate acclaim. Fifty-two year… read more

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12. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more

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13. Piercing

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A pulsating psycho-thriller from Ryu Murakami, author of In the Miso Soup A renaissance man for the… read more

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14. おやすみプンプン 1

By: Inio Asano , 浅野いにお

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

aruRi nokoto, punpunhakurasuniyatsutekitaZhuan Xiao Sheng Tian Zhong Ai Zi niYi Mu Bu re. Bi Nu kar… read more

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15. The Literature Book

By: D.K. Publishing

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A global look at the greatest works of Eastern and Western literature and the themes that unite the… read more

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16. The Philosophy Book

By: Will Buckingham , Douglas Burnham , Clive Hill , Peter J. King , None , Marcus Weeks

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

To the complete novice, learning about philosophy can be a cause for dread-"I won't understand" is … read more

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17. The Omen

By: David Seltzer

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now updated, this classic tale of the antichrist who comes to Earth in the form of a young boy is a… read more

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18. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

By: Jason F. Stanley

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philos… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Fascist politics does not necessarily lead to an explicitly fascist state, but it is dangerous nonetheless. Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intel…"

-Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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19. Panza de burro

By: Andrea Abreu López

3.80

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

«Reconozco que al principio, cuando Panza de burro solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que s… read more

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"A la altura del cruce vi la forma del cuerpo de Isora al final del camino. Era verla allá, al final de la carretera, justo en el rasante, donde el camino se volvía casi vertical, y me golpeaba una al…"

-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

"Y ya las ranitas del estanque en el que ya nadie nadaba empezaban a cantar y parecía como una canción antigua, una canción que venía de siglos atrás, de cuando Isora y yo todavía no éramos amigas per…"

-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

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20. 20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1

By: Naoki Urasawa

4.55

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and … read more

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21. El Libro de la Historia

By: D.K. Publishing

4.18

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas Con un lenguaje claro, El libro de la historia ofrece bre… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

8 best-selling nonfiction books like El Libro de la Historia by D.K. Publishing

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Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

3.83

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Paul Johnson

4.16

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The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Sam Atkinson , Rebecca Warren , Kate Johnsen

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media

Walter Benjamin , Rodney Livingstone , Michael W. Jennings , Brigid Doherty , None , Howard Eiland , Thomas Y. Levin

4.02

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Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Nancy MacLean

4.29

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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

Philip S. Gorski

4.19

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Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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