bookhookgeek
Laura

Nonfiction

Position
Details
Rating
Readers Count
Controls
#204
The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women and Power in Renaissance Italy
The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women and Power in Renaissance Italy
  • Leonie Frieda
31 read
#205
Consider the Fork: How Technology Transforms the Way We Cook and Eat
Consider the Fork: How Technology Transforms the Way We Cook and Eat
  • Bee Wilson
31 read
#206
Dearie
Dearie
  • Bob Spitz
44 reads
#207
Extra Sensory: The Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy and Other Powers of the Mind
Extra Sensory: The Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy and Other Powers of the Mind
  • Brian Clegg
31 read
#208
And Man Created God: A History of the World at the Time of Jesus
And Man Created God: A History of the World at the Time of Jesus
  • Selina O'Grady
00 reads
#209
Who Was Dracula?
Who Was Dracula?
  • Jim Steinmeyer
32 reads
#210
Cover 2

The Children of Henry VIII

The Children of Henry VIII
  • John Guy
21 read
#211
The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
  • Susan P. Mattern
00 reads
#212
Cover 0

The Tragedy of the Templars

The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
  • Michael Haag
31 read
#213
Abominable science!
Abominable science!
  • Daniel Loxton
41 read
#214
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
  • Ian Mortimer
3.59 reads
#215
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
  • Reza Aslan
3.9149 reads
#216
The twelve caesars
The twelve caesars
  • Matthew Dennison
00 reads
#217
How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity
How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity
  • Nigel Spivey
31 read
#218
Jane Austen's England
Jane Austen's England
  • Roy A. Adkins
  • Lesley Adkins
3.53 reads
#219
The History of the Renaissance World
The History of the Renaissance World
  • Susan Wise Bauer
53 reads
#220
Shakespeare's Restless World
Shakespeare's Restless World
  • Neil MacGregor
52 reads
#221
Because I Said So! : The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
Because I Said So! : The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
  • Ken Jennings
3.3612 reads
#222
Heretics and Heroes
Heretics and Heroes
  • Thomas Cahill
31 read
#223
History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
  • Brad Meltzer
  • Keith Ferrell
3.46 reads
#224
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
  • Matthew Goodman
31 read
#225
Cover 6

Between Man and Beast

Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm
  • Monte Reel
00 reads
#226
Tudors
Tudors
  • Peter Ackroyd
00 reads
#227
The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects
The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects
  • Richard Kurin
00 reads
#228
The Infographic History of the World
The Infographic History of the World
  • Valentina D'Efilippo
  • James Ball
3.52 reads
#229
Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years
Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years
  • Tom Standage
3.333 reads
#230
Servants
Servants
  • Lucy Lethbridge
31 read
#231
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
  • Alison Weir
37 reads
#232
The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story
The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story
  • Dimitra Papagianni
  • Michael A. Morse
3.52 reads
#233
A History of the World in 12 Maps
A History of the World in 12 Maps
  • Jerry Brotton
3.333 reads
#234
America The Story of Us: An Illustrated History
America The Story of Us: An Illustrated History
  • Kevin Baker
41 read
#235
A Short History of Christianity
A Short History of Christianity
  • Geoffrey Blainey
21 read
#236
The World of Downton Abbey
The World of Downton Abbey
  • Jessica Fellowes
3.52 reads
#237
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
  • Linda Rodríguez McRobbie
3.514 reads
#238
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey the lost legacy of Highclere Castle
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey the lost legacy of Highclere Castle
  • Fiona Carnarvon
3.888 reads
#239
A History of the World in 100 Objects
A History of the World in 100 Objects
  • Neil MacGregor
48 reads
#240
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
  • Donald C. Johanson
41 read
#241
Holy Holidays!: The Catholic Origins of Celebration
Holy Holidays!: The Catholic Origins of Celebration
  • Greg Tobin
41 read
#242
This Saint's for You!: 300 Heavenly Allies Who Will Change Your Life
This Saint's for You!: 300 Heavenly Allies Who Will Change Your Life
  • Thomas J. Craughwell
41 read
#243
The Etymologicon
The Etymologicon
  • Mark Forsyth
3.8323 reads
#244
The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family
The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family
  • Susan Higginbotham
31 read
#245
Terry Jones' Barbarians
Terry Jones' Barbarians
  • Terry Jones
  • Alan Ereira
3.52 reads
#246
Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
  • Mark Forsyth
31 read
#247
The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
  • Anna Whitelock
00 reads
#248
The Rise of the Tudors: The Family That Changed English History
The Rise of the Tudors: The Family That Changed English History
  • Chris Skidmore
00 reads
#249
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
  • Terry Jones
  • Alan Ereira
41 read
#250
The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors
The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors
  • Edward Hollis
31 read
#251
Cover 2

British English from A to Zed

British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English
  • Norman W. Schur
41 read
#252
Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family
Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family
  • Leanda de Lisle
31 read
#253
Gods of Olympus a History
Gods of Olympus a History
  • Barbara Graziosi
00 reads
#254
Broken Elements
Broken Elements
  • Mia Marshall
3.519 reads
#255
The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man
  • Stephen Jay Gould
416 reads
#256
THE PANDA'S THUMB: More Refelctions in Natural History
THE PANDA'S THUMB: More Refelctions in Natural History
  • Stephen Jay Gould
41 read
#257
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History
Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural History
  • Stephen Jay Gould
41 read
#258
Gulp
Gulp
  • Mary Roach
412 reads
#259
Mythical Zoo: Animals in Life, Legend and Literature
Mythical Zoo: Animals in Life, Legend and Literature
  • Boria Sax
31 read
#260
Love Life
Love Life
  • Rob Lowe
3.53 reads
#261
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
  • Sam Kean
46 reads
#262
Is that a fact?
Is that a fact?
  • Joe Schwarcz
00 reads
#263
The Serpent's Promise
The Serpent's Promise
  • Steve Jones
00 reads
#264
Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why
  • Scott Weems
00 reads
#265
My boyfriend barfed in my handbag ... and other things you can't ask Martha
My boyfriend barfed in my handbag ... and other things you can't ask Martha
  • Jolie Kerr
45 reads
#266
The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy
The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy
  • Jo Marchant
31 read
#267
The Chemistry of Alchemy
The Chemistry of Alchemy
  • Cathy Cobb
  • Monty L. Fetterolf
  • Harold Goldwhite
00 reads
#268
Cover 0

The Third Horseman

The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century
  • William Rosen
43 reads
#269
Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders
Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders
  • Susanne Alleyn
41 read
#270
West of the Revolution
West of the Revolution
  • Claudio Saunt
00 reads
#271
A Dog's History of the World: Canines and the Domestication of Humans
A Dog's History of the World: Canines and the Domestication of Humans
  • Laura Hobgood-Oster
21 read
#272
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
  • Andrew Carroll
41 read
#273
The Victorian city
The Victorian city
  • Judith Flanders
42 reads
#274
This is Improbable Too - Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research
This is Improbable Too - Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research
  • Marc Abrahams
00 reads
#275
Riveted
Riveted
  • Jim Davies
31 read
#276
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?: How America Kept Its Feet
  • John Bemelmans Marciano
31 read
#277
Inside the Victorian Home
Inside the Victorian Home
  • Judith Flanders
43 reads
#278
The Human Age
The Human Age
  • Diane Ackerman
42 reads
#279
The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty
The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty
  • Philip Matyszak
31 read
#280
Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age
Renaissance People: Lives that Shaped the Modern Age
  • Robert C. Davis
  • Beth Lindsmith
00 reads
#281
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
  • Randall Munroe
4.23495 reads
#282
Demon's brood
Demon's brood
  • Desmond Seward
41 read
#283
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
  • Lucy Worsley
3.56 reads
#284
How We Got to Now
How We Got to Now
  • Steven Johnson
3.9521 reads
#285
Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Isabella: The Warrior Queen
  • Kirstin Downey
43 reads
#286
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
  • Kathryn Harrison
3.334 reads
#287
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
  • Jill Lepore
3.4830 reads
#288
How to Be a Victorian
How to Be a Victorian
  • Ruth Goodman
4.2718 reads
#289
The Age of the Vikings
The Age of the Vikings
  • Anders Winroth
00 reads
#290
Zoom
Zoom
  • Bob Berman
00 reads
#291
Your Atomic Self
Your Atomic Self
  • Curt Stager
41 read
#292
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
  • Johannes Fried
41 read
#293
Cover 3

The Perfect King

The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
  • Ian Mortimer
00 reads
#294
Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops
Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops
  • Keiron Pim
31 read
#295
Cover 8

1000 Years of Annoying the French

1000 Years of Annoying the French
  • Stephen Clarke
41 read
#296
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
  • Dan Jurafsky
32 reads
#297
They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French
They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French
  • Piu Marie Eatwell
00 reads
#298
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
  • Annalee Newitz
42 reads
#299
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad
  • Brian Catlos
00 reads
#300
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
  • Malcolm Gladwell
  • מלקולם גלדוול
  • עפרה אביגד (Translator)
3.85427 reads
#301
Cover 6

A Crack in the Edge of the World

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America & the Great California Earthquake of 1906
  • Simon Winchester
41 read
#302
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
  • Dava Sobel
4.0694 reads
#303
Cover 2

The Age of Wonder

The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
  • Richard Holmes
00 reads