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A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa

A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa

ByDominique Lapierre

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Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba: The Life and Legacy of the Pan-African Politician Who Became Congo’s First Prime Minister

ByCharles River Editors

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The Anglo-Zulu War

The Anglo-Zulu War: The History and Legacy of the British Empire’s Conflict with the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa

ByCharles River Editors

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Worlds Political Hotspots

Worlds Political Hotspots: South Africa

ByHarry Reasoner

African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

ByMichael A. Gomez

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

ByRichard Miles

Ethiopia

ByWendy McElroy

Nigeria & West Africa

Nigeria & West Africa

ByWendy McElroy

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South Africa

South Africa: The History and Legacy of the Nation from European Colonization to the End of the Apartheid Era

ByCharles River Editors

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NUBIA

NUBIA: The Rise and Fall of African Empires

ByAndre Samuels

The Golden Rhinoceros

The Golden Rhinoceros

ByFrançois-Xavier Fauvelle

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The Kingdom of Kush

The Kingdom of Kush: A Captivating Guide to an Ancient African Kingdom in Nubia That Once Ruled Egypt

ByCaptivating History

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

ByJames Clear

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The Ancient Nubians

The Ancient Nubians: The History of One of the Oldest Civilizations in Africa

ByCharles River Editors

The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

ByKarl Marx

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Ancient Nubia

Ancient Nubia: A Captivating Guide to One of the Earliest Civilizations in Africa and African Kingdoms, Such as the Kingdoms of Kerma and Kush

ByCaptivating History

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Ancient Africa

Ancient Africa: A Captivating Guide to Ancient African Civilizations, Such as the Kingdom of Kush, the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, and ... Empire with its Timbuktu

ByCaptivating History

Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America

Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America

ByCraig Childs

The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages

The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages

ByDavid Bercovici

Swann's Way - Remembrance of Things Past (À la recherche du temps perdu) - Book 1

#1 of 7 in À la recherche du temps perdu

ByMarcel Proust,Lydia Davis(Translator)

On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species

ByCharles Darwin

The Jungle

ByUpton Sinclair

The Brothers

ByStephen Kinzer

King Lear

ByWilliam Shakespeare

The Handmaid's Tale

#1 of 2 in The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

ByMargaret Atwood

The Anatomy of Fascism

The Anatomy of Fascism

ByRobert O. Paxton

Quantum

ByManjit Kumar

The making of Donald Trump

The Making of Donald Trump

ByDavid Cay Johnston

A Dance with Dragons

#5 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Dance with Dragons

ByGeorge R.R. Martin

Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

ByJordan Ellenberg

Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

ByHerman Melville

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

ByReza Aslan

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version

ByAnonymous

1611 • 213 Readers • 1,243 pages • 3.7

Medieval Myths & Mysteries

Medieval Myths & Mysteries

ByDorsey Armstrong

The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems

The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems

ByAnonymous,Henry Adams Bellows(Translator)

The Burnout Generation

The Burnout Generation

ByAnne Helen Petersen

The Space Race

ByColin Brake,Patrick Chapman,+5 more

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Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why

ByMichael Shermer

Man's Search for Meaning

El Hombre en Busca de Sentido

ByViktor E. Frankl

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

ByG.K. Chesterton

Voltaire and Rousseau

Voltaire and Rousseau

ByCharles Sherover

Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave

BySolomon Northup

History of Bourbon

The Great Courses

History of Bourbon

ByKen Albala

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

ByJeff Ryan

Galileo: A Life

Galileo: A Life

ByJames Reston Jr.

Caffeine

ByMichael Pollan

Common Sense

ByThomas Paine

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

#1 of 3 in Capitaine Nemo

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

ByJules Verne,Anthony Bonner(Translator),+1 more

The Prince

ByNiccolò Machiavelli,Rufus Goodwin(Translator)

BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL

Beyond Good and Evil

ByFriedrich Nietzsche

The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Picture of Dorian Gray

ByOscar Wilde

Sun Tzu: The Art of War

BySun Tzu

Jane Eyre

ByCharlotte Brontë

Treasure Island

Les Classiques illustrés

Treasure Island

ByRobert Louis Stevenson

Frankenstein

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

ByMary Shelley

The Republic

#3 of 3 in Диалози

ByPlato

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

ByMarcus Aurelius

The Late Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages

ByPhilip Daileader

The High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages

ByPhilip Daileader

The Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages

ByPhilip Daileader

The African Experience: From "Lucy" to Mandela

The African Experience: From "Lucy" to Mandela

ByKenneth P. Vickery

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The Irish Identity

The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature

ByMarc C. Conner

A History of Eastern Europe

A History of Eastern Europe

ByVejas Gabriel Liulevicius

The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad

The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad

ByJoyce E. Salisbury

Understanding Russia: A Cultural History

Understanding Russia: A Cultural History

ByLynne Ann Hartnett

The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes

The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes

ByKenneth W. Harl

The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age

The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age

ByEamonn Gearon

A History of India

A History of India

ByMichael H. Fisher

The Foundations of Eastern Civilization

The Foundations of Eastern Civilization

ByCraig G. Benjamin

Understanding Japan: A Cultural History

Understanding Japan: A Cultural History

ByMark J. Ravina

Native Peoples of North America

Native Peoples of North America

ByDaniel M. Cobb

Ancient Civilizations of North America

The Great Courses

Ancient Civilizations of North America

ByEdwin Barnhart

Lost Worlds of South America

Lost Worlds of South America

ByEdwin Barnhart

Maya to Aztec

ByEdwin Barnhart

Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45

#2 of 2 in Adolf Hitler

Hitler: Downfall, 1939-45

ByVolker Ullrich

The Tempest

ByWilliam Shakespeare

1611 • 351 Readers • 211 pages • 3.9

The Old Testament

The Old Testament

ByAmy-Jill Levine

Churchill: Walking with Destiny

ByAndrew Roberts

The Valley of Fear

#7 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

The Valley of Fear

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

#6 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

#5 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

ByArthur Conan Doyle

Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes

#4 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

#11 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

#10 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

#9 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

#7 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Speckled Band

#8 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Speckled Band

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

#6 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Five Orange Pips

The Five Orange Pips

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of Four

#2 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four

ByArthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

#1 of 10 in Sherlock Holmes

A Study in Scarlet

ByArthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia

#1 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A Scandal in Bohemia

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3

A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle,Clive Merrison,+1 more

The Red-Headed League

#2 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Red-Headed League - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

#4 of 12 in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

ByArthur Conan Doyle

Goodbye, Things

Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

ByFumio Sasaki

Up From Slavery

Up from Slavery

ByBooker T. Washington

A Little History of Economics

A Little History of Economics

ByNiall Kishtainy

Titan

ByRon Chernow