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Books like Darkwater; voices from within the veil
Loved Darkwater; voices from within the veil by W. E. B. Du Bois? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from history, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Why some societies came to dominate others, argued from geography rather than race; sweeping and influential.
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Sapiens
A sweeping history of humanity from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa to the present, arguing that what made humans uniquely powerful was the ability to create and believe in shared fictions — nations, religions, money — that allowed large-scale social cooperation impossible for other species. One of the bestselling non-fiction books of the 21st century.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Great Migration of Black Americans told through three unforgettable lives; monumental narrative history.
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Some Do Not ..
Christopher Tietjens, quietly preoccupied with his disastrous marriage to the beautiful, faithless Sylvia, takes a diverting golfing weekend in the country at the suggestion of his friend Macmaster. T
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No more parades
Second book in the "Parade's End" series about the Tietjens family and WWI.
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The Everlasting Man
The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contra
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A man could stand up
"Surrounded by the jubilation of Armistice Day, Valentine Wannop receives a telephone call which brings alarming news of her dear friend Christopher Tietjens. For whilst she strains to hear against th
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Ten Days That Shook the World
Ten Days That Shook the World (1919) is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed. Here, Reed presented a firsthand account of the 1917 Russian October Revolution. Reed followed many o
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Before becoming one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated economists, John Maynard Keynes served as a financial representative for the British Treasury at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference to negot
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The Outline of History
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