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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorA History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603
Simon Schama · 356 pages
'The British Wars' is a compelling chronicle of the changes that transformed every strand and strata of British life, faith and thought from 1603 to 1776. It explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change.
Scotland: The Story of a Nation
Magnus Magnusson · 734 pages
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
William L. Shirer · 1,264 pages
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
David Hackett Fischer · 959 pages
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63
Taylor Branch · 1,064 pages
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.
The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad
Harrison E. Salisbury · 754 pages
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany -- June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
Stephen E. Ambrose · 512 pages
From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II. In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen Soldiers opens at 0001 hours, June 7, 1944, on t
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
David McCullough · 698 pages
The building of the Panama Canal was one of the most grandiose, dramatic, and sweeping adventures of all time. Spanning nearly half a century, from its beginnings by a France in pursuit of glory to its completion by the United States on the eve of World War I, it enlisted men, nations, and money on a scale never before seen. Apart from the great wars, it was the largest, costliest single effort ev
The Coming of the Third Reich
Richard J. Evans · 622 pages
There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the worlds most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and
Vietnam: A History
Stanley Karnow · 768 pages
Examines American involvement in the Vietnam War, delves into the decisionmaking process in Washington and Asia, and presents interviews with participants on both sides.
Woodrow Wilson: A Biography
John Milton Cooper Jr. · 702 pages
The first major biography of America's twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America's foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.A Democrat who reclaimed the White House after sixteen years of Republican administrations, Wilson was a transformative president--he helped create the regulatory bodies and legislation that prefigured FDR's New Deal and would prove central to governance thro
The Fifties
David Halberstam · 808 pages
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the A
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
G.J. Meyer · 704 pages
The First World War is one of history’s greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today. The First World War is one of history’s greatest tragedies. In th
Congo: The Epic History of a People
David Van Reybrouck · 656 pages
Van Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Max Hastings · 656 pages
By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained unclear. The ensuing drama--that ended in Japan's utter devastation--was acted out across the vast theater of Asia in massive clashes between army, air, and naval forces.In recounting these extraordinary events, Max Hastings draws incisive portraits of MacArthur, Mao, Roos
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Gordon W. Prange · 912 pages
"Fifty years after the attack that plunged America into World War II, 'At Dawn We Slept' remains the greatest account of Pearl Harbor ever written. This gripping study scrupulously reconstructs the Japanese attack, from its conception (less than a year before the actual raid) to its lightning execution; and it reveals the true reason for the American debacle: the insurmountable disbelief in the Ja
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
Peter Ackroyd · 496 pages
A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War
Amanda Foreman · 958 pages
Presents a history of the role of British citizens in the American Civil War that offers insight into the interdependencies of both nations and how the Union worked to block diplomatic relations between England and the Confederacy.
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Mike Wallace, Edwin G. Burrows · 1,408 pages
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
George C. Herring · 672 pages
The Renaissance
Will Durant · 776 pages
A history of the Renaissance as it flowered through Italy. Emphasizes the contributions of characters famous in history.