Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Immerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome – from its origins as a small settlement on the Pal…
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1. The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch
By: Lewis Dartnell
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch? If our technological societ… read more
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2. Life in a Medieval City (Medieval Life)
By: Frances Gies , Joseph Gies
3.83
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
Life in a Medieval City evokes every aspect of city life in the Middle Ages by depicting in detail … read more
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"As the baby grows bigger, she [wet nurse] will chew his meat for him."-Frances Gies, Life in a Medieval City (Medieval Life)
"...beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep. "-Frances Gies, Life in a Medieval City (Medieval Life)
"Instrumental keys [on organs], introduced in the twelfth century, are so heavy and stiff that they must be played with clenched fists. "-Frances Gies, Life in a Medieval City (Medieval Life)
"Between two each places stands a two-handed bowl, or ecuelle, which is filled with soup or stew. Two neighbors share the ecuelle, as well as a winecup and spoon."-Frances Gies, Life in a Medieval City (Medieval Life)
3. The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe CA. 1200 B.C., Third Edition
By: Robert Drews
3.41
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Bronze Age came to a close early in the twelfth century b.c. with one of the worst calamities i… read more
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- ancient history
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4. Thirst
By: Mary Oliver
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Thirst,a collection of forty-three new poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, introduces… read more
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- nonfiction
5. The Chimes
By: Charles Dickens
3.54
Format: 230 pages,
"The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Vec… read more
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6. Lords of the Sith
By: Paul S. Kemp
3.89
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Dar… read more
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7. Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more
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8. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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9. Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
As the British army fights its way through India toward a diabolical trap, young private Richard Sh… read more
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10. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
By: Judith Herrin
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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11. Paper: Paging Through History
By: Mark Kurlansky
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millen… read more
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12. Why I Wake Early
By: Mary Oliver
3.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snak… read more
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13. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By: Wil Wheaton , David Kushner
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Masters of Doomis the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack a… read more
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14. Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
By: Colleen McCullough
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of "The Thorn Birds"In this breathta… read more
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15. The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #6)
By: Colleen McCullough
4.34
Format: None pages, Paperback
A SWEEPING EPIC OF ANCIENT ROME FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THORN BIRDSWith her renowned … read more
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16. Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Other children get given xylophones. Susan just had to ask her grandfather to take his vest off. Ye… read more
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"We're on a mission from Glod."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"It's . . . it's like a legend! It has to happen!"-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"The fastest way to travel is to be there already."-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
"Big fat hairy monkey, hands a couple of octaves wide?"-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
17. The Romanovs: 1613-1918
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
3.17
Format: None pages,
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more
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18. The Making of Middle-Earth: A New Look Inside the World of J.R.R. Tolkien
By: None
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Ringsconsistently tops polls as the best-loved literary work of … read more
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19. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
20. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
By: Barry S. Strauss
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A “splendid” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-… read more
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21. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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22. Celestial Bodies
By: Jokha Alharthi
3.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbre… read more
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"Laughter looks so disgusting sometimes."-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"Como nos sentimos livres, quando já não nos limitamos a ser uma extensão ou uma personificação da fantasia de outra pessoa, mesmo que essa pessoa seja o nosso pai."-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"I could not believe how much pain was crackling through the air, generated simply by Mayya's being there. Haloes of light embraced that presence. If I were to just put my hand out, I felt, I could to…"-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
"Não tinhas a mínima noção do que é o amor, Mayya? Não sentiste nada do que eu passei enquanto andava à volta da tua casa como um peregrino em volta da Caaba, uma, duas, sete vezes? Como pôde a casa t…"-Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies
23. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
By: Dan Jones
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Cr… read more
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24. The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain
By: Ian Mortimer
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
'Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain tells you all you need to know about crim… read more
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25. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore
By: Emma Southon
4.22
Format: 285 pages, None
They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more
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26. The Tragedy of Empire: From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy (History of the Ancient World)
By: Michael Kulikowski
3.86
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping political history of the turbulent two centuries that led to the demise of the Roman Emp… read more
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27. Alexandria: The City that Changed the World
By: Islam Issa
4.10
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A city drawn in sand. Inspired by the tales of Homer and his own ambitions of empire, Alexander … read more
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28. Ancient Rome: Infographics
By: Nicolas Guillerat
4.17
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A revealing history of ancient Rome, told through visually stunning, state-of-the-art infographics.… read more
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29. Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Immerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome – from its origins as a small settlement on the Pal… read more
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- nonfiction
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