Best Books for History Fans

The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance [Jim Al-Khalili] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages

The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter [Melissa Lane] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A lively and accessible introduction to the Greek and Roman origins of our political ideas In The Birth of Politics

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The greatest epic poem in the English language, John Milton’s Paradise Lost, has divided critics – but its influence on English literature is second only to Shakespeare’s.

Epic of Gilgamesh, ancient Mesopotamian odyssey recorded in the Akkadian language about Gilgamesh, the king of the Mesopotamian city-state Uruk (Erech). The fullest extant text of the Gilgamesh epic is on 12 incomplete Akkadian-language tablets found in the mid-19th century by the Turkish

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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, by Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier [Ishmael Beah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

Otto Frank doubted whether he should publish Anne's diary. Eventually, he did. Read here how the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl came about.

Down and Out in Paris and London book. Read 3,637 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This unusual fictional memoir - in good part au...

A Moveable Feast book. Read 7,537 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in...