Five Star History and Biography Books

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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 26,143 ratings — published 2008
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A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How to Study History (Little Books) A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How to Study History (Little Books)
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avg rating 4.34 — 116 ratings — published
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From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 152 ratings — published 2007
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American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877 American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.47 — 138 ratings — published
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 88,103 ratings — published 1997
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Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,370 ratings — published 2023
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Common Sense Common Sense (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 38,852 ratings — published 1776
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All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 43,890 ratings — published 2023
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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 2,581 ratings — published 2020
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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 8,476 ratings — published 2014
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God's Smuggler God's Smuggler (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 46,291 ratings — published 1964
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 356,068 ratings — published 2013
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Born Again Born Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,960 ratings — published 1975
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Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 15,737 ratings — published 1950
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
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avg rating 4.35 — 156,460 ratings — published 1972
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For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,765 ratings — published 2016
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 1,803,377 ratings — published 2018
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 11,564 ratings — published 1968
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The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 3,790 ratings — published 2003
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Neptune: Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings Neptune: Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 520 ratings — published 2014
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Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-day Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-day (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,829 ratings — published 2012
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 42,640 ratings — published 2012
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,423,279 ratings — published 1945
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Heart of a Samurai Heart of a Samurai (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 8,116 ratings — published 2010
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Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 572 ratings — published
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Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 599 ratings — published 1986
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Hearts and Hands: Chronicles of the Awakening Church (History Lives #4) Hearts and Hands: Chronicles of the Awakening Church (History Lives #4)
by (shelved 1 time as five-star-history-and-biography)
avg rating 3.91 — 85 ratings — published 2007
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Freedom's Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley (Daughters of the Faith Series) Freedom's Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley (Daughters of the Faith Series)
by (shelved 1 time as five-star-history-and-biography)
avg rating 4.26 — 146 ratings — published 2009
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The Mystery of the Periodic Table The Mystery of the Periodic Table (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 634 ratings — published 2003
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Isaac Newton: A Biography of an Inventor, Astronomer, Physicist, and Philosopher (Christian Encounters Series) Isaac Newton: A Biography of an Inventor, Astronomer, Physicist, and Philosopher (Christian Encounters Series)
by (shelved 1 time as five-star-history-and-biography)
avg rating 4.21 — 155 ratings — published 2010
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The Ocean Of Truth: The Story Of Sir Isaac Newton The Ocean Of Truth: The Story Of Sir Isaac Newton (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 433 ratings — published 1997
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Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold (Christian Heroes: Then and Now) Eric Liddell: Something Greater Than Gold (Christian Heroes: Then and Now)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,556 ratings — published 1998
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Courage and Conviction: Chronicles of the Reformation Church (History Lives #3) Courage and Conviction: Chronicles of the Reformation Church (History Lives #3)
by (shelved 1 time as five-star-history-and-biography)
avg rating 3.98 — 137 ratings — published 2007
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.06 — 60,777 ratings — published 2005
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Monks and Mystics: Chronicles of the Medieval Church (History Lives #2) Monks and Mystics: Chronicles of the Medieval Church (History Lives #2)
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avg rating 3.95 — 171 ratings — published 2005
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Peril and Peace: Chronicles of the Ancient Church (History Lives #1) Peril and Peace: Chronicles of the Ancient Church (History Lives #1)
by (shelved 1 time as five-star-history-and-biography)
avg rating 4.11 — 327 ratings — published 2006
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Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions: You Can Build Yourself (Bible Time) Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions: You Can Build Yourself (Bible Time)
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avg rating 3.94 — 124 ratings — published 2006
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The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.49 — 1,677 ratings — published 2009
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 5,229 ratings — published 2003
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Washington: A Life Washington: A Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 81,003 ratings — published 2010
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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 8,460 ratings — published 2010
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Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 2,706 ratings — published 2003
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Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology) Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
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avg rating 3.66 — 50 ratings — published 2001
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Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies) Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America (The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies)
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avg rating 3.89 — 454 ratings — published 1988
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 994,844 ratings — published 2010
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,338,791 ratings — published 2005
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Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,196 ratings — published 2005
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The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World, #4) The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (The Story of the World, #4)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,654 ratings — published 2005
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 351,241 ratings — published 1971
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Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners (The Story of the World, #3) Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners (The Story of the World, #3)
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avg rating 4.29 — 2,087 ratings — published 2004
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