The Independent's "The Ten Best History Books" (10 books)

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(Please do NOT add books to this list -- as the title says, it really DOES comprise only ten books in the original.)

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1	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 104,055 ratings score: 1,297, and 13 people 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
2	The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson 3.90 avg rating — 31,096 ratings score: 789, and 8 people 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
3	Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 - 1580 by Roger Crowley 4.30 avg rating — 7,009 ratings score: 595, and 6 people 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	A People's History of the World by Chris Harman 4.03 avg rating — 2,668 ratings score: 493, and 5 people 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
5	The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe by William I. Hitchcock 3.89 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 489, and 5 people 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
6	Warsaw 1920: Lenin’s Failed Conquest of Europe by Adam Zamoyski 3.77 avg rating — 613 ratings score: 295, and 3 people 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	Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard 4.10 avg rating — 5,534 ratings score: 291, and 3 people 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
8	Necropolis: London and Its Dead by Catharine Arnold (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 2,239 ratings score: 198, and 2 people 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	The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History by Katherine Ashenburg 3.71 avg rating — 2,547 ratings score: 192, and 2 people 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	Henry: Virtuous Prince by David Starkey 3.89 avg rating — 1,062 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

10 books · 24 voters · list created November 15th, 2010 by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (votes) .

Tags: ancient-history, biography, british-history, c-economics, european-history, history, microhistory, military-history, native-american-history, united-states-history

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message 1: by Alessandra (new)

Feb 18, 2012 09:03AM

So which is the added book?

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message 2: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Feb 18, 2012 09:07AM

Alessandra wrote: "So which is the added book?"

It was The Way I See It.... I deleted it.

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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Feb 18, 2012 09:26AM

It is being spammed everywhere: http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vo...

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message 4: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Feb 18, 2012 10:17AM

Yech. Another one to keep our eyes on ... just not in the way intended by the spammers!

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message 5: by Bettie (new)

Feb 18, 2012 10:26AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Yech. Another one to keep our eyes on ... just not in the way intended by the spammers!"

Is 'Gary' the author's sock puppet, or is it the other way around. Does he even know? hahaha

PS Lovely to see you around again xx

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message 6: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Feb 18, 2012 10:47AM

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message 7: by Bettie (new)

Feb 18, 2012 10:52AM

brilliant! that is auto-magically (Hayes' word) going into my poacher's satchel

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message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

Feb 18, 2012 11:04AM

And I stole it from someone else! Wheee!
Just love the sock puppets, T-A.

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message 9: by Bettie (new)

Feb 18, 2012 11:28AM

Hayes wrote: "And I stole it from someone else! Wheee!
Just love the sock puppets, T-A."

great aren't they.
:O)

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message 10: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Feb 18, 2012 11:55AM

Tee hee. :)

My lists shall not be spammed, no sirree, indeed they shall not ... :)

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message 11: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 30, 2012 01:39AM

On the above note: Deleted Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Great book, but not on the Independent's original list. Hence (alas) not eligible here.

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