Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
By: Diana Preston
3.98
Format: 269 pages,
In 44 bc, Julius Caesar was murdered on the Ides of March. His mistress, Cleopatra of Egypt, fled b…
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1. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
2. 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
3. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
By: Ron Chernow
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dy… read more
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4. Cleopatra: A Life
By: Stacy Schiff
4.09
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of th… read more
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5. Albert Einstein: A Biography
By: Ewald Osers , Albrecht Fölsing
3.95
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"(Folsing) provides a nuanced, nonjudgmental personal portrait resting firmly on prodigious archiva… read more
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6. Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
By: Diana Preston
3.98
Format: 269 pages,
In 44 bc, Julius Caesar was murdered on the Ides of March. His mistress, Cleopatra of Egypt, fled b… read more
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7. Long Walk To Freedom (Volume 1: 1918-1962)
By: Nelson Mandela
3.82
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
From his birth in a village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Transkei to his politicisation … read more
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8. Leonardo's Notebooks
By: Leonardo da Vinci , H. Anna Suh
4.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international … read more
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9. Peter the Great: His Life and World
By: Robert K. Massie
4.14
Format: 909 pages, Paperback
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the… read more
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10. Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
By: Flora Fraser
4.57
Format: None pages,
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11. Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt
By: Joyce A. Tyldesley
4.38
Format: None pages,
She was the last effective ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for thr… read more
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12. Wishful Drinking
By: Carrie Fisher
3.82
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitabl… read more
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"I just have basically too much personality for one person, and not quite enough for two"-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
13. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
14. 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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15. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
By: Eric Metaxas
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate t… read more
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16. Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
By: Jane Dunn
3.67
Format: None pages,
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17. Alexander the Great
By: Robin Lane Fox
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of confl… read more
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18. The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry #1)
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
3.78
Format: 320 pages,
The first volume in Guy Gavriel Kay's stunning fantasy masterwork. Five men and women find themselv… read more
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19. The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, #2)
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
3.78
Format: 320 pages,
The second volume in Guy Gavriel Kay's stunning fantasy masterwork. As the evil of Rakoth Maugrim t… read more
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20. Elizabeth I
By: Anne Somerset
3.86
Format: None pages, Paperback
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21. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
By: Jack Weatherford
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback… read more
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"The first key to leadership is self-control."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words."-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
"The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to de…"-Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
