2024 History Book Challenge - hosted by bookshelf_from_mars

A history of a place you want to visit
Read any history book about a place you would like to visit.
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Ancient Egypt: A Photographic History by Nigel Fletcher-Jones

Ancient Egypt: A Photographic History

Nigel Fletcher-Jones

224 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction art history
A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie

A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance

Stella Dadzie

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War by Samanth Subramanian

This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War

Samanth Subramanian

336 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional informative medium-paced
Iberia by James A. Michener

Iberia

James A. Michener

960 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History by David Sinclair

The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History

David Sinclair

384 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous slow-paced
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans

Lawrence N. Powell

422 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire by Anthony Kaldellis

A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire

Anthony Kaldellis

248 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction historical history adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Hills of Chianti: The Story of a Tuscan Winemaking Family, in Seven Bottles by Piero Antinori

The Hills of Chianti: The Story of a Tuscan Winemaking Family, in Seven Bottles

Piero Antinori

230 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography food and drink history informative reflective medium-paced
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr

Lost Japan

Alex Kerr

269 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction essays history travel adventurous slow-paced
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