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The Travels of Marco Polo: A Modern Translation by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo* Translated by Teresa Waugh from the Italian translati...

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History by Moudhy Al-Rashid 262 pages Published 2025 Read from June 15 to June 26 R...

The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilizations by Owen Rees 314 pages Published 2025 Read from April 1 t...

The Roads to Rome: A History of Imperial Expansion by Catherine Fletcher 311 pages Published 2024 Read from November 10 to November 17 Ratin...

The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability by Annette Kehnel Translated by Gesche Ipsen 281 pages Published 2021 (English transl...

The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe by Martyn Rady 520 pages Published 2023 Read from January 4 to January 27 Rating: 3 out...

Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory 580 pages Published 2023 Read from January 4 to January 22 Rating: 4....

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard 479 pages Published 2023 Read from December 21 to December 25 Rating: 4 out of...

The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard 337 pages Published 2008 Read from November 21 to November 27 Rating: 4 out of 5...

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic by Tabitha Stanmore 232 pages Published 2024 Read from November 15 to November 21 Rating: 3...

Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden 465 pages Published 2020 Read from October 15 ...

The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern by Peter Ackroyd 385 pages Published 2023 Read from June 6 to June 12 Rating: 3 out of 5 Around t...

Lego Space: 1978-1992 by Tim Johnson 200 pages Published 2023 Read from April 23 to April 24 Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Lego sets — Lego Space set...

In the Land of Giants: A Journey through the Dark Ages by Max Adams 446 pages Published 2016 Read from January 10 to January 15 Rating: 3.5 ...

Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain  by Charlotte Higgins 257 pages Published 2013 Read from October 23 to October 24 Rating: 3.5 o...

Whereas by Layli Long Soldier 106 pages Published 2017 Read from August 17 to August 18 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 The first half of this collecti...

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany 557 pages Published 2022 Read from April 13 to April...

Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 521 pages Published 2004 Read from February 10 to February 24 Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve rarely rea...

London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 775 pages Published 2000 Read from approximately January 15, 2021 to December 21, 2022 Rating: 3.5 ou...

Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Sam Witwer 433 pages Published 2018 Read from June 1...