7 Best history books like Sir Walter Raleigh by L. Du Garde Peach

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Sir Walter Raleigh

By: L. Du Garde Peach

3.88

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

1. Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

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2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • childrens
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

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3. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

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  • childrens
"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

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4. Paris

By: Edward Rutherfurd

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps th… read more

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5. The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

By: Edward Brooke-Hitching

4.36

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. The… read more

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6. Let it Snow

By: John Green , Maureen Johnson , Lauren Myracle

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for  The New York Timesbestseller! Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful p… read more

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7. The Guest Cat

By: Takashi Hiraide , Eric Selland

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the ac… read more

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8. Planet Dinosaur

By: BBC

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ten years ago, Walking with Dinosaursbrought this prehistoric species to life with groundbreaking C… read more

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9. The Story of the First Queen Elizabeth (Ladybird Series

By: Ladybird Books

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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10. Breakfast at Tiffany's

By: Truman Capote

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the Am… read more

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11. The Cat Who Saved Books

By: Sōsuke Natsukawa

3.72

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The Cat Who Saved Books is a heart-warming story about finding courage, caring for others – and the… read more

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"But time is merciless in its passing."

-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

"Books have souls,’ repeated the cat softly. ‘A cherished book will always have a soul. It will come to its reader’s aid in times of crisis."

-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

"In today's world, a lot of what should be obvious has been turned upside down. The weak are used as stepping stones and those in need are taken advantage of. People just caught up in this pattern. No…"

-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

"Being able to express shallow words of sympathy in a sweet voice doesn't make someone a caring, compassionate soul. What's important is the ability to have empathy for another human being--to be able…"

-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

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12. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • history
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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13. If Cats Disappeared from the World

By: Genki Kawamura

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage… read more

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"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"They say that when a man is dying, the first name that comes to mind is his first love."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Throughout history we’ve given birth to new things, only to lose the old way of doing things."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Yeah, but just being alive doesn't mean all that much on its own. How you live is more important."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

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14. Ghosts: The Button House Archives

By: Mathew Baynton

4.56

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS. Everybody leaves a trace. The ghosts of Button Hou… read more

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15. She and Her Cat: Stories

By: Makoto Shinkai

3.89

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka’s Earthlings, this Japanese bestsel… read more

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"I recalled that rainy day when I'd rescued Chobi-or so I'd arrogantly believed at the time. Actually, I was the one who'd been rescued."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat: Stories

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16. This Much is True

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.09

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a … read more

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"...it is the vulnerabilities in people, rather more than their strengths, which allow us to love them."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

"And I was in love with him because, when he ended it, I can remember the feeling of being annihilated - a pure, wrenching grief and loss."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

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17. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

By: Michiko Aoyama

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel show… read more

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18. A Tudor Christmas

By: Alison Weir

4.07

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking ‘to drive the cold winte… read more

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  • history
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19. Oceanarium

By: Loveday Trinick

4.72

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the museum that is always open to explore... Step inside the pages of Oceanarium to enjo… read more

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  • childrens
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20. The Girl and the Dinosaur

By: Hollie Hughes

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Antlered Ship, this evocative, beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates one … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Disney Manga: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - The Battle for Pumpkin King by Dan Conner

21. Disney Manga: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas - The Battle for Pumpkin King

By: Dan Conner

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Jack Skellington is the undisputed Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. But it wasn't always that way...… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Edward II: The Terrors of Kingship (Penguin Monarchs) by Christopher Given-Wilson

22. Edward II: The Terrors of Kingship (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Christopher Given-Wilson

3.87

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. … read more

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  • history
Cover of George I: The Lucky King by Timothy C.W. Blanning

23. George I: The Lucky King

By: Timothy C.W. Blanning

3.78

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

Tim Blanning's incisive short biography examines George's life and career as a German prince, and a… read more

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  • history
Cover of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life (DK Children's Anthologies) by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan

24. Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life (DK Children's Anthologies)

By: Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Tyrannosaurus and saber-toothed cats, to ferns and woolly mammoths, every page will captivate … read more

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  • history
  • childrens
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25. An Anthology of Aquatic Life

By: Sam Hume

4.57

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the deepest, widest ocean to the tiniest puddle, this beautiful compendium takes young readers… read more

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  • childrens
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26. The Rough Guide to the North Coast 500 (Compact Travel Guide with eBook) (Rough Guide Main Series)

By: Rough Guides

4.20

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

This practical travel guide to the North Coast 500 features detailed factual travel tips and points… read more

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27. Strange Tales of Hampton Court

By: Sheila Dunn

3.67

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

For those who like light reading and stories and general folklore about a place, in this case, Hamp… read more

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  • history
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28. Dinosaurium (Welcome To The Museum)

By: Christopher Wormell

4.57

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the museum that is always open to explore... Step inside the pages of this beautiful boo… read more

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  • childrens
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29. Sir Walter Raleigh

By: L. Du Garde Peach

3.88

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

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30. Sea Monsters : Prehistoric Predators of the Deep

By: Nigel Marven

4.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sea Monsters is the book version of the latest offering from the BBC TV "Walking With" series, exce… read more

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