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#203
Mythical Zoo: Animals in Life, Legend and Literature
Mythical Zoo: Animals in Life, Legend and Literature
  • Boria Sax
31 read
#204
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
  • Sam Kean
4.0527 reads
#205
The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy
The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy
  • Jo Marchant
31 read
#206
The Chemistry of Alchemy
The Chemistry of Alchemy
  • Cathy Cobb
  • Monty L. Fetterolf
  • Harold Goldwhite
00 reads
#207
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The Third Horseman

The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century
  • William Rosen
3.53 reads
#208
West of the Revolution
West of the Revolution
  • Claudio Saunt
00 reads
#209
A Dog's History of the World: Canines and the Domestication of Humans
A Dog's History of the World: Canines and the Domestication of Humans
  • Laura Hobgood-Oster
21 read
#210
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
  • Andrew Carroll
41 read
#211
The Victorian city
The Victorian city
  • Judith Flanders
3.673 reads
#212
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet
  • John Bemelmans Marciano
31 read
#213
Inside the Victorian Home
Inside the Victorian Home
  • Judith Flanders
43 reads
#214
The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty
The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty
  • Philip Matyszak
31 read
#215
Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age
Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age
  • Robert C. Davis
  • Beth Lindsmith
00 reads
#216
Demon's brood
Demon's brood
  • Desmond Seward
41 read
#217
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
  • Lucy Worsley
3.56 reads
#218
How We Got to Now
How We Got to Now
  • Steven Johnson
3.9126 reads
#219
Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Isabella: The Warrior Queen
  • Kirstin Downey
43 reads
#220
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
  • Kathryn Harrison
3.334 reads
#221
How to be a Victorian
How to be a Victorian
  • Ruth Goodman
4.2918 reads
#222
The Age of the Vikings
The Age of the Vikings
  • Anders Winroth
3.673 reads
#223
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The Perfect King

The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
  • Ian Mortimer
00 reads
#224
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
  • Johannes Fried
41 read
#225
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1000 Years of Annoying the French

1000 Years of Annoying the French
  • Stephen Clarke
41 read
#226
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
  • Dan Jurafsky
3.111 reads
#227
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
  • Annalee Newitz
42 reads
#228
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad
  • Brian Catlos
00 reads
#229
A Crack in the Edge of the World
A Crack in the Edge of the World
  • Simon Winchester
3.313 reads
#230
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
  • Dava Sobel
4.06123 reads
#231
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The Age of Wonder

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
  • Richard Holmes
00 reads
#232
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
  • Gary Krist
3.53 reads
#233
Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity
Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity
  • James J. O'Donnell
35 reads
#234
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
  • Edward Dolnick
43 reads
#235
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
  • Simon Winchester
3.755 reads
#236
Constantine the Emperor
Constantine the Emperor
  • David Potter
00 reads
#237
Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
  • Peter Ackroyd
32 reads
#238
Jumbo: This being the true story of the world's greatest elephant
Jumbo: This being the true story of the world's greatest elephant
  • Paul Chambers
31 read
#239
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A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
  • Howard Zinn
51 read
#240
Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
Defending the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Crusades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
  • Sharan Newman
21 read
#241
1776
1776
  • David McCullough
4.05140 reads
#242
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
  • Simon Winchester
310 reads
#243
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
  • Jane Ridley
51 read
#244
Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History
  • Mark Kurlansky
3.6499 reads
#245
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
  • Yuval Noah Harari
4.221,254 reads
#246
The Edge of the World
The Edge of the World
  • Michael Pye
33 reads
#247
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
  • Hampton Sides
4.530 reads
#248
Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier
Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier
  • Charles Spencer
00 reads
#249
European History for Dummies
European History for Dummies
  • Sean Lang
3.52 reads
#250
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
    21 read
    #251
    British history for dummies
    British history for dummies
    • Sean Lang
    00 reads
    #252
    Joan of Arc: A History
    Joan of Arc: A History
    • Helen Castor
    4.174 reads
    #253
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    The Story of Western Science

    The Story of Western Science
    • Susan Wise Bauer
    00 reads
    #254
    Dr. Mutter's Marvels
    Dr. Mutter's Marvels
    • Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
    3.66 reads
    #255
    A Concise History of Modern Europe
    A Concise History of Modern Europe
    • David S. Mason
    00 reads
    #256
    Coined
    Coined
    • Kabir Sehgal
    00 reads
    #257
    The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession
    The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession
    • James Ward
    31 read
    #258
    Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
    Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
    • James W. Loewen
    3.624 reads
    #259
    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    • Simon Winchester
    3.5524 reads
    #260
    Dirty old London : the Victorian fight against filth
    Dirty old London : the Victorian fight against filth
    • Lee Jackson
    31 read
    #261
    The Johnstown Flood
    The Johnstown Flood
    • David McCullough
    3.9419 reads
    #262
    Packing for Mars
    Packing for Mars
    • Mary Roach
    4.02133 reads
    #263
    Cover 1

    Queen Isabella

    Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
    • Alison Weir
    00 reads
    #264
    In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby-Dick
    In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired Moby-Dick
    • Nathaniel Philbrick
    4.1101 reads
    #265
    The Map that Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology
    The Map that Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology
    • Simon Winchester
    3.7916 reads
    #266
    Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
    Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
    • Greg King
    • Penny Wilson
    31 read
    #267
    The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe
    The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe
    • Dan Falk
    31 read
    #268
    George Washington's Secret Six The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
    George Washington's Secret Six The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
    • Brian Kilmeade
    3.674 reads
    #269
    Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity
    Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity
    • Andrew Scull
    41 read
    #270
    Georgette Heyer's Regency World
    Georgette Heyer's Regency World
    • Jennifer Kloester
    3.53 reads
    #271
    Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony
    Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony
    • Leslie Carroll
    3.52 reads
    #272
    A is for Arsenic
    A is for Arsenic
    • Kathryn Harkup
    4.0512 reads
    #273
    A Little History of the United States
    A Little History of the United States
    • James West Davidson
    4.45 reads
    #274
    The Making of Home
    The Making of Home
    • Judith Flanders
    42 reads
    #275
    The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
    The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
    • Simon Winchester
    3.85124 reads
    #276
    Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
    Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
    • Erik Larson
    3.94146 reads
    #277
    Making a Point
    Making a Point
    • David Crystal
    41 read
    #278
    The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
    The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
    • Nancy Goldstone
    31 read
    #279
    George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
    George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
    • M.J. Carter
    41 read
    #280
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    The Borgias

    The Borgias: The Hidden History
    • G.J. Meyer
    11 read
    #281
    Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia
    Secret Lives of the Tsars: Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia
    • Michael Farquhar
    31 read
    #282
    Women of the Renaissance
    Women of the Renaissance
    • Margaret L. King
    31 read
    #283
    Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science
    Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science
      00 reads
      #284
      The Witches: Salem, 1692
      The Witches: Salem, 1692
      • Stacy Schiff
      3.1538 reads
      #285
      The axe and the oath
      The axe and the oath
      • Robert Fossier
      00 reads
      #286
      Dynasty
      Dynasty
      • Tom Holland
      4.2515 reads
      #287
      Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
      Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
      • Eric Jager
      31 read
      #288
      It Ended Badly
      It Ended Badly
      • Jennifer Wright
      4.139 reads
      #289
      A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
      A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life
      • Bill Mesler
      • H. James Cleaves II
      4.52 reads
      #290
      The Lost Tudor Princess
      The Lost Tudor Princess
      • Alison Weir
      32 reads
      #291
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      Of Beards and Men

      Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair
      • Christopher Oldstone-Moore
      00 reads
      #292
      SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
      SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
      • Mary Beard
      3.99147 reads
      #293
      The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
      The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
      • Elizabeth Norton
      31 read
      #294
      Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
      Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
      • Dan Jones
      3.52 reads
      #295
      The Medici
      The Medici
      • Paul Strathern
      00 reads
      #296
      The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
      The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
      • Dan Jones
      421 reads
      #297
      You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
      You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
      • Jack Lynch
      01 read
      #298
      Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
      Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
      • Brady Carlson
      31 read
      #299
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      Henry IV

      Henry IV: The Righteous King
      • Ian Mortimer
      42 reads
      #300
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      Ambition and Desire

      Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
      • Kate Williams
      00 reads
      #301
      Hair: A Human History
      Hair: A Human History
      • Kurt Stenn
      00 reads
      #302
      Richard III: A Ruler and his Reputation
      Richard III: A Ruler and his Reputation
      • David Horspool
      31 read