5 must-read nonfiction books like The Siege of Malta, 1565: Translated from the Spanish edition of 1568 (First Person Singular) by Francisco Balbi di Correggio

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The Siege of Malta, 1565: Translated from the Spanish edition of 1568 (First Person Singular)

By: Francisco Balbi di Correggio

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An eyewitness account of one of the greatest-ever battles as a few men under the Knights of St John…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Siege of Malta, 1565: Translated from the Spanish edition of 1568 (First Person Singular) by Francisco Balbi di Correggio , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"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

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2. The Great Siege: Malta 1565

By: Ernle Bradford

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

In 1565 the Ottoman Empire was at its peak. Under their sultan, Solyman the Magnificent, the Turks … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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3. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

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4. Confessions of a Mask

By: Yukio Mishima

2.57

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Confessions of a Maskis the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact tha… read more

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5. We

By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more

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"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

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6. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan

3.85

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more

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"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

7. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

3.90

Format: 216 pages,

If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more

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8. The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

By: Eugene Rogan

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nati… read more

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9. The World of Yesterday

By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more

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10. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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11. Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

By: Roger Crowley

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration i… read more

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12. Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

By: Roger Crowley

3.93

Format: 265 pages,

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, d… read more

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13. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more

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"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

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14. Stay True

By: Hua Hsu

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for se… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My parents are great, I said. Unbelievably non-stereotypical."

-Hua Hsu, Stay True

"The first generation thinks about survival; the ones that follow tell the stories."

-Hua Hsu, Stay True

"You were describing people we had not yet met, maybe people we ourselves would become."

-Hua Hsu, Stay True

"It was a sign of personal growth, I thought to myself, that I could be friends with someone who liked Pearl Jam this much."

-Hua Hsu, Stay True

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15. The Making of Oliver Cromwell

By: Ronald Hutton

3.77

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell—providing a major new interpretation of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Siege of Malta, 1565: Translated from the Spanish edition of 1568 (First Person Singular)

By: Francisco Balbi di Correggio

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An eyewitness account of one of the greatest-ever battles as a few men under the Knights of St John… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • european history

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