history: unsung moments of peril or bravery

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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age 4.34 avg rating — 2,933 ratings
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Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India 4.17 avg rating — 12,327 ratings
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The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women 4.09 avg rating — 64,221 ratings
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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain 4.04 avg rating — 720 ratings
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic 4.19 avg rating — 3,530 ratings
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Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel
Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel 4.13 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World 3.89 avg rating — 55,255 ratings
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The Great Imperial Hangover: How Empires Have Shaped the World
The Great Imperial Hangover: How Empires Have Shaped the World 3.84 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 4.05 avg rating — 70,018 ratings
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Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires
Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires 3.60 avg rating — 512 ratings
10.
Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning? 4.15 avg rating — 4,024 ratings
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Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History 4.03 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
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Singled Out
Singled Out 3.77 avg rating — 892 ratings
14.
The Iranian Revolution at Forty
The Iranian Revolution at Forty 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Siege at Jadotville
Siege at Jadotville 4.02 avg rating — 384 ratings
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The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924
The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924 4.11 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Libya's Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict
Libya's Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
18.
A Concise History of Portugal
A Concise History of Portugal 3.26 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures
The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures 3.70 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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The Great Empires of Asia (Paperback) /anglais
The Great Empires of Asia (Paperback) /anglais 3.44 avg rating — 329 ratings
21.
Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,508 ratings
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World 4.06 avg rating — 81,005 ratings
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Maoism
Maoism 3.98 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
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Zhou Enlai: The Enigma Behind Chairman Mao
Zhou Enlai: The Enigma Behind Chairman Mao 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Yalu River 1950–51: The Chinese spring the trap on MacArthur (Campaign Book 346)
Yalu River 1950–51: The Chinese spring the trap on MacArthur (Campaign Book 346) 3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 3.86 avg rating — 3,269 ratings
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,743 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,265 ratings
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Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust
Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust 4.11 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family
The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family 3.80 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
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The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-41
The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-41 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Great Terror: A Reassessment
The Great Terror: A Reassessment 4.13 avg rating — 1,187 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of Communism
The Rise and Fall of Communism 4.10 avg rating — 1,175 ratings
34.
History and the Law: A Love Story
History and the Law: A Love Story liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
35.
An Economic History of the English Garden
An Economic History of the English Garden 3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings
36.
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle 4.10 avg rating — 2,130 ratings
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Superstition: Black Cats and White Rabbits – The History of Common Folk Beliefs
Superstition: Black Cats and White Rabbits – The History of Common Folk Beliefs 3.65 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Tiny Histories: Trivial Events and Trifling Decisions that Changed British History
Tiny Histories: Trivial Events and Trifling Decisions that Changed British History 3.62 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard
Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard 3.95 avg rating — 365 ratings
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A Short History of Europe
A Short History of Europe 3.90 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
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A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present
A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present 3.84 avg rating — 478 ratings
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To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 4.23 avg rating — 3,980 ratings
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Military Strategy: A Global History
Military Strategy: A Global History 3.35 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France 4.44 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II 4.51 avg rating — 37,428 ratings
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A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection
A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection 3.82 avg rating — 3,450 ratings
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She-Merchants Buccaneers & Gentlewomen
She-Merchants Buccaneers & Gentlewomen 3.77 avg rating — 192 ratings
48.
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815 - 1914
The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815 - 1914 4.15 avg rating — 1,942 ratings
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Do Morals Matter?: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump
Do Morals Matter?: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump 3.90 avg rating — 265 ratings
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Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World
Can Democracy Work?: A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World 3.54 avg rating — 174 ratings