7 Best nonfiction books like The Black Death: A Personal History by John Hatcher

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The Black Death: A Personal History

By: John Hatcher

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, world-renowned scholar John Hatcher re-cr…

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1. Exile's Return (Conclave of Shadows, #3)

By: Raymond E. Feist

4.43

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Saved by a mage's intervention from certain death, Kaspar, the evil Duke of Olasko, is lord no more… read more

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2. Flight of the Nighthawks (The Darkwar Saga, #1)

By: Raymond E. Feist

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sorcerer Pug wakes from a nightmare that portends destruction for all of Midkemia, and his son Magn… read more

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3. Rage of a Demon King (The Serpentwar Saga, #3)

By: Raymond E. Feist

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited installment in this immensely popular saga offers a thrilling tale of danger, a… read more

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4. The King's Buccaneer (Krondor's Sons, #2)

By: Raymond E. Feist

3.95

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

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5. Pompeii

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his trademark elegance and intelligence Robert Harris recreates a world on the brink of disast… read more

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  • historical
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6. Wrath of a Mad God (The Darkwar Saga, #3)

By: Raymond E. Feist

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The celebrated "New York Times" bestselling master of fantasy returns with the thrilling conclusion… read more

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7. Looking Backward: 2000-1887

By: Edward Bellamy , Walter James Miller

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

Edward Bellamy's classic look at the future has been translated into over twenty languages and is t… read more

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8. The Black Death: A Personal History

By: John Hatcher

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, world-renowned scholar John Hatcher re-cr… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • science

9. Shards of a Broken Crown (The Serpentwar Saga, #4)

By: Raymond E. Feist

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The terrible Emerald Queen is vanquished...but the war in Midkemia is not yet won, as the remarkabl… read more

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10. Into a Dark Realm (The Darkwar Saga, #2)

By: Raymond E. Feist

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

The Conclave of Shadows has smashed the Nighthawks' dread plot to destroy the Empire of Great Kesh,… read more

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11. Rise of a Merchant Prince (The Serpentwar Saga, #2)

By: Raymond E. Feist

4.01

Format: 275 pages,

A TALE OF WEALTH AND AMBITION IN A WORLD OF MURDER, MAGIC AND INTRIGUE. Roo Avery, recently returne… read more

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12. King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows, #2)

By: Raymond E. Feist

3.68

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the mountains of Midkemia, a boy came brutally of age in blood and in terror. And now he lives f… read more

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13. World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)

By: Ken Follett

3.82

Format: 287 pages,

The #1 New York Timesbestseller from the author of The Pillars of the Earthand A Column of Fire(com… read more

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14. The Black Death

By: Philip Ziegler

4.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Philip Ziegler follows the course of the black plague as it swept from Asia into Italy and then int… read more

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15. Shadow of a Dark Queen (The Serpentwar Saga, #1)

By: Raymond E. Feist

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"An epic reading experience." --San Diego Union-Tribune Acclaimed, New York Times bestselling fanta… read more

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16. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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17. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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18. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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19. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Jak przeżyć w starożytnym Egipcie

By: Charlotte Booth

3.61

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Starożytne Teby są wyraźnie przedzielone Nilem: żywi zajmują wschodni brzeg, a martwi – zachodni. W… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval

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