Mythology, Folklore & Legends
The ancient stories that still shape our imagination and beliefs
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The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Neil Price
A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
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A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017.
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Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.
Tania Gergel
The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History’s Greatest Conqueror as Told by His Original Biographers. Penguin Books, 2004.
Mark Pendergrast
The History of Coffee and How It Transformed the World. Basic Books, 2019.
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A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.
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A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
Martin Lings
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Inner Traditions, 2006.
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Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women. Broadleaf Books, 2023.
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The Golden Age of Egyptology. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
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The Stories in Our Genes. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2016.
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
Evan Osnos
Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China. Vintage, 2015.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Stephen Cavalier
The World History of Animation. Quarto Publishing, 2011.
Laura Lee
How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.
Emma Kay
A Dark History of Chocolate. Pen and Sword History, 2021.
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My Remarkable Life in Show Business. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
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On Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches. Ballantine Books, 2021.
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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
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The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
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A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
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A New Africa Breaks Free. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
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Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. Princeton University Press, 2017.
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The Stories in Our Genes. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2016.
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Loving the Game That Saved Me. McClelland and Stewart, 2017.
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