A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia: Multiculturalism and Prosperity: The Shared History of Two Southeast Asian Tigers (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Christopher Hale
3.74
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different iden…
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1. A History of Japan
By: R.H.P. Mason , J.G. Caiger
3.49
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
This is one of the most classic books of Japanese history and still the preeminent work on the hist… read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
2. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. The Case for Christ
By: Lee Strobel
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobe… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Korea: The Impossible Country
By: Daniel Tudor
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
South Korea was "the poorest, most impossible country on the planet"when it was founded, according … read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
5. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
By: Susan Wise Bauer
3.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
6. A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
By: Tim Hannigan
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is… read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
7. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
By: John Kelly
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
La moria grandissimabegan its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, le… read more
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8. The Life of Elizabeth I
By: Alison Weir
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Eliza… read more
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9. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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10. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
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11. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. When McKinsey Comes to Town
By: Walt Bogdanich
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more
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- nonfiction
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town
13. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more
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- asia
"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
14. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
15. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
By: Alexander Chee
4.39
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author’s manifesto on the entangling of life, literat… read more
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- nonfiction
"Destroying art is practice for destroying people."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
"A novel, should it survive, protects what a missile can't."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
"...books were still to me as they had been when I found them: the only magic."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
"My first novel was not the first one I started. It was the first one I finished."-Alexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
16. How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
By: Michael Pollan
4.27
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a m… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"The opposite of spiritual is not material but egotistical."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Normal waking consciousness feels perfectly transparent, and yet it is less a window on reality than the product of our imaginations-a kind of controlled hallucination."-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"Nature does in fact teem with subjectivities — call them spirits if you like — other than our own; it is only the human ego, with its imagined monopoly on subjectivity, that keeps us from recognizing…"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
"The philosophical implications of "predictive coding" are deep and strange. The model suggests that our perceptions of the world offer us not a literal transcription of reality but rather a seamless …"-Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
17. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
By: Bill Gates
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing … read more
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- nonfiction
18. The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
3.83
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
The third title in Japan’s most popular murder mystery series — after The Honjin Murders and The In… read more
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"The only person who had not touched the pickles was me! I never did like pickles..."-Seishi Yokomizo, The Village of Eight Graves (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #3)
19. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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- nonfiction
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
20. The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
By: Michael Wood
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its si… read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
21. In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
By: Nancy Goldstone
4.16
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in histo… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia
By: Richard A. Ruth
3.88
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this pop… read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
23. Cult X
By: Fuminori Nakamura
2.83
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
The magnum opus by Akutagawa Prize-winner Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the … read more
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- asia
24. A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
By: Jonathan Clements
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, Chi… read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
25. How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
By: Josephine Quinn
4.12
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing i… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. A Brief History of Vietnam: Colonialism, War and Renewal: The Story of a Nation Transformed (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Bill Hayton
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous history A Brief History of Vi… read more
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- history
27. A Brief History Of Bali: Piracy, Slavery, Opium and Guns: The Story of an Island Paradise (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Willard A. Hanna
3.46
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
This book tells the story of Bali--the "paradise island of the Pacific"--its rulers and its people,… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
28. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Erdoğan
By: Can Dündar
4.35
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
يعرض الصحفي التركي جان دوندار قصَّة صعود رجُلٍ إلى السُّلطة، رجل لا يتورَّع عن استخدام أي وسيلة لبلوغ هدفه،… read more
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30. A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia: Multiculturalism and Prosperity: The Shared History of Two Southeast Asian Tigers (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Christopher Hale
3.74
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The fascinating account of two former British colonies with a shared past but vastly different iden… read more
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- asia
- history
- nonfiction
31. War
By: Bob Woodward
4.43
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more
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- nonfiction
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."-Bob Woodward, War
"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"-Bob Woodward, War
"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"-Bob Woodward, War
"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"-Bob Woodward, War
