Non-fiction in History
14 wonderful books about History.
The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books
The Analects
A collection of Confucius's sayings to express a moral code by which Confucius believed everyone should live
The Pursuit of Glory
Europe 1648-1815
An accessible chronicle of European history from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the Battle of Waterloo
Self-help
The precursor of today's motivational and self-help literature. Its vision is significantly more cosmopolitan than that of most books in a still-expanding genre.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
** Winner of the Pulitzer Prize **
Civil Disobedience
And Other Essays
Thoreau has inspired generations of readers to think for themselves and to find meaning and beauty in nature
The Neanderthals Rediscovered
How A Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story
Dimitra Papagianni and Michael Ari Morse
There is a little Neanderthal in all of us
Stalin and the Scientists
A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953
An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
David Graeber and David Wengrow
** Instant New York Times Bestseller **
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
From the author of the global phenomenon Sapiens - Winner of multiple 'Book of the Year' awards
