A History of Florence, 1200 - 1575
By: John M. Najemy
4.02
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major developmen…
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1. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
By: Christopher Hibbert
3.88
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republ… read more
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2. Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
4.03
Format: 464 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by … read more
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3. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
4. Relic (Pendergast, #1)
By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visi… read more
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5. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
6. The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
By: Jonathan Stroud
4.24
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty ye… read more
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",,Plenty of time for a cup of tea. Then we find ourselves a ghost."-Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
"I wasn't pretty, but as my mother once said, prettiness wasn't my profession."-Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
"His dark eyes sparkled as he looked into mine. In that instant it was as if nothing in the world fascinated him as much as me."-Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
"Я багато що побачила в Кумб-Кері-Голлі цієї ночі, але ця квола посмішка на старечих лютих вустах була найстрашнішим з видовищ."-Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)
7. Dream Country (The Sandman #3)
By: Neil Gaiman , Malcolm Jones III , Colleen Doran , Charles Vess , Steve Erickson , Kelley Jones
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The third volume of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. In each of… read more
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8. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
By: Dan Simmons
4.27
Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more
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"You have to live to really know things, my love"-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
9. A Month in the Country
By: J.L. Carr , Michael Holroyd
3.76
Format: None pages,
In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken ma… read more
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10. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)
By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more
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11. Leonardo da Vinci
By: Walter Isaacson
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A #1 New York Timesbestseller "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creat… read more
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12. A Hero of Our Time
By: Mikhail Lermontov , Paul Foote
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Timelooks… read more
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13. The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co., #2)
By: Jonathan Stroud
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in Eng… read more
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14. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
By: Ross King
3.26
Format: None pages,
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15. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
16. Our Share of Night
By: Mariana Enríquez
4.28
Format: 588 pages, Hardcover
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family. … read more
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"Los fantasmas son reales. Y no siempre vienen los que uno llama."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"They sought me out, here I am. I don’t know how to let go of the dead."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"Nothing can hurt you now, how long was now, how long did the present last?"-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
"Detestaba cuando la gente se reía de esas fiestas donde la gente trataba de ser feliz."-Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night
17. France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
By: John Julius Norwich
3.97
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
'For his final book, the late Norwich tackled the dauntingly vast subject of two millennia of Frenc… read more
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"With the Roman Empire effectively gone (...) Gaul disintegrated into a mass of small barbarian states under so-called kings, dukes, and counts. As we know however, nature abhors a vacuum, sooner or l…"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
"In 1870, the throne was offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Had the Prince rejected the offer at once, there might have been no Franco-Prussian war, and Napoleon III might have end…"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
"Martyrs were innumerable, among them, Saint Denis, 3rd century bishop of Paris, who, when beheaded, calmly picked up his severed head and walked several miles to the site of the abbey that bears his …"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
"[The Gauls] were carnivores through and through and they loved fighting. Their horsemanship probably outclassed even that of the Romans and, though they lacked the more sophisticated Roman weaponry, …"-John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
18. The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it
By: Alice Procter
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again. Should museums be made to g… read more
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"I do not believe guilt is inherited, but responsibility is, and there is nobody alive today whose existence has not been shaped by colonialist, racist forces. That is a legacy we all live with, and w…"-Alice Procter, The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums... and why we need to talk about it
19. A History of Florence, 1200 - 1575
By: John M. Najemy
4.02
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major developmen… read more
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