Short History Non-Fiction (19 books)

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Non-fiction books about history that are under roughly 150 pages.

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1		The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, #5) by Nathan Hale (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 5,025 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		Cecil Rhodes, His Private Life by His Private Secretary by Philip Jourdan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		Dress me Baroque or Musketeer's Fashion (Style and Fashion Books) by Alaya Aifel (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Memoir on Pauperism: Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society? by Alexis de Tocqueville 3.95 avg rating — 146 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Bonne: Family Letters from WWII (Legacy Series Book 1) by Nancy J. Healy (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Dress Me Jane Austen: Regency Era Fashion Style (Style and Fashion Books) by Alaya Aifel (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Thomas Jefferson: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History 4.11 avg rating — 578 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		What Would Pacifists Have Done About Hitler?: A Discussion of War, Dictators and Pacifism by A.J. Muste it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Saddam Hussein: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History 4.10 avg rating — 365 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Richard the Lionheart: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History 4.07 avg rating — 426 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank by Elaine Marie Alphin 3.91 avg rating — 234 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, #4) by Nathan Hale (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 4,814 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical by Anthony Bourdain 3.69 avg rating — 6,998 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Warning to the West by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 4.14 avg rating — 693 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		Scream quietly or the neighbours will hear (Pelican books) by Erin Pizzey 4.07 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.06 avg rating — 92,994 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Biography of a Song – The Essential History of Jazz, Lynching, and Civil Rights in America by David Margolick 3.73 avg rating — 561 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today by Christina Hoff Sommers 3.96 avg rating — 245 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		How A Goat Became Mayor and the Political Spring That Followed by Ricco Garcia 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

19 books · 3 voters · list created May 30th, 2019 by Rachel Smith (votes) .

Tags: history, non-fiction, short-read

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