Best General History Books

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
de Jared Diamond
24,985 membres
376 ressenyes
4.1
10 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, norabelle414, aulsmith, SylviaC, Percevan, HxBuff, John_Vaughan, tedhought, aanilsakaryali, ,
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A History of Warfare
de John Keegan
2,470 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
timspalding, ABVR, Rensslaer, andejons
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Undaunted Courage
de Stephen E. Ambrose
7,504 membres
78 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
Rensslaer, AnnaClaire, HxBuff, John_Vaughan
4
1776
de David McCullough
13,175 membres
245 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
Rensslaer, AnnaClaire, sjmccreary
5
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
de Paul Kennedy
2,925 membres
20 ressenyes
4
3 Members
Rensslaer, dmofnd, lewbs
6
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Simon Winchester
3,824 membres
80 ressenyes
½ 3.6
4 Members
seabear, AnnaClaire, HxBuff, John_Vaughan,ABVR ,DaynaRT
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
de Steven Pinker
2,853 membres
72 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
Percevan, HxBuff
8
Maps of Time : An Introduction to Big History
de David Christian
612 membres
12 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sjmccreary, HxBuff
9
Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
de Brian Fagan
267 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.3
2 Members
ABVR, aulsmith
10
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
de Tony Horwitz
1,850 membres
55 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
DaynaRT, John_Vaughan
11
Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350
de Janet L. Abu-Lughod
386 membres
3 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
ABVR, HxBuff
12
The Tribes of Britain
de David Miles
258 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.6
2 Members
DaynaRT, John_Vaughan
13
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
de Jared M. Diamond
12,212 membres
183 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Percevan, John_Vaughan
14
The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440-1870
de Hugh Thomas
784 membres
7 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
Rensslaer, John_Vaughan
15
The Middle East: 2000 Years of History From the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day
de Bernard Lewis
1,593 membres
14 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
HxBuff, John_Vaughan
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
de Jack Weatherford
3,207 membres
91 ressenyes
4
2 Members
HxBuff, John_Vaughan
18
The Waning of the Middle Ages
de Johan Huizinga
3,287 membres
35 ressenyes
4
Member
Nicole_VanK
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A History of the Arab Peoples
de Albert Hourani
3,262 membres
18 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
20
Decisive Moments in History: Twelve Historical Miniatures
de Stefan Zweig
583 membres
14 ressenyes
4
Member
lewbs
21
Let the Sea Make a Noise...: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to Macarthur
de Walter A. McDougall
204 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
ABVR
22
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
de Leonard L. Richards
151 membres
5 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sjmccreary
23
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
de Simon Singh
5,971 membres
75 ressenyes
4.2
Member
lewbs
24
A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776
de Simon Schama
1,391 membres
4 ressenyes
4
Member
John_Vaughan
25
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
de William H. McNeill
707 membres
8 ressenyes
4.2
Member
ABVR
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
de John Kelly
1,654 membres
59 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
27
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
de Paul Johnson
1,141 membres
16 ressenyes
4.1
Member
lewbs
28
Millennium : A History of the Last Thousand Years
de Felipe Fernández-Armesto
849 membres
8 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
ABVR
29
The Anatomy of Revolution
de Crane Brinton
556 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
aulsmith
30
The Lessons of History
de Will Durant
1,756 membres
31 ressenyes
3.9
Member
lewbs
31
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
de Samuel P. Huntington
3,349 membres
36 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
lewbs
32
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
de Peter Ackroyd
1,253 membres
32 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
33
Plagues and People
de William H. McNeill
1,877 membres
20 ressenyes
4
Member
ABVR
34
The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World
de Daniel Boorstin
1,180 membres
7 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan
35
Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
de Antonia Fraser
1,103 membres
21 ressenyes
3.9
Member
AnnaClaire
36
The Ascent of Man
de Jacob Bronowski
2,586 membres
19 ressenyes
4.2
Member
John_Vaughan
37
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
de William H. McNeill
482 membres
1 ressenya
4.2
Member
ABVR
38
Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America
de Sara M. Evans
461 membres
3 ressenyes
3.8
Member
AnnaClaire
39
The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
de Daniel R. Headrick
211 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
Member
ABVR
40
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
de Winston S. Churchill
1,497 membres
7 ressenyes
4.2
Member
John_Vaughan
41
The Days of the French Revolution
de Christopher Hibbert
769 membres
8 ressenyes
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
42
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
de Tom Standage
2,714 membres
88 ressenyes
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan
43
The Incas; the royal commentaries of the Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega, 1539-1616
de Garcilaso de la Vega
256 membres
2 ressenyes
4
Member
John_Vaughan
44
The Great Republic: A History of America
de Winston S. Churchill
265 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan
45
The English: A Portrait of a People
de Jeremy Paxman
1,537 membres
21 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
John_Vaughan
46
L'origen de les espècies
de Charles Darwin
14,341 membres
121 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
DaynaRT, John_Vaughan, ,
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
de Benjamin Franklin
7,326 membres
111 ressenyes
3.8
Member
John_Vaughan,ABVR
48
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
de Thomas L. Friedman
13,056 membres
168 ressenyes
½ 3.7
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
de Lewis Mumford
1,400 membres
8 ressenyes
4.2
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Mankind and Mother Earth: A Narrative History of the World
de Arnold Joseph Toynbee
183 membres
2 ressenyes
3.8