18 books like Chocolate Wars

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Ssu-chʻuan sheng chih Sichuan Sheng di fang zhi bian zuan wei yuan hui · 1992 · 459p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares: Food industry and trade, Industries, History

H.J. Heinz Company Debbie Foster & Jack Kennedy · 2006 · 129p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A photographic history of one of America's oldest and best-loved companies, and a study in how to "do the common thing uncommonly well." In 1869, the American diet was a dreary affair. Kitchen staples included bread, potatoes, other root vegetables, and meat. Tomatoes—at the time called "love apples"—were an exotic fruit. Then, twenty-five-year-old Henry J. Heinz helped to change all of that.… Shares: Food industry and trade, History

The Dragon and the Raven G. A. Henty · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging For many years England was assailed by Danish hordes whose barbarians reduced the Saxons to pitiable legions of disconnected and ravished communities. In the later 800's A.D. a man named Alfred emerged from the darkened European scene and by his wisdom and knowledge and bravery, he gathered together an army of valorous warriors who banished the Vikings back to the North. This true historic tale… Shares: Great Britain, History

Bad Blood John Carreyrou · 2018 · ★ 4.4 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup is a nonfiction book by journalist John Carreyrou, released May 21, 2018. It covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup headed by Elizabeth Holmes. The book received critical acclaim, winning the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Shares: Industries, History

The Taking of Getty Oil Steve Coll · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 532p · ≈ 17h · Moderate xiii, 531 pages ; 21 cm Shares: Corporations, History

My life and work Ford, Henry · 1922 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging My Life and Work is a classic autobiography of the great American business mogul, Henry Ford. Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first… Shares: Industries, History

The Hand Of Justice Susanna Gregory · 2019 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The… Shares: Great Britain, History

The Wolf Next Door Lydia Dare · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her... Shares: Great Britain, History

Murder in Montague Place Martyn Beardsley · 2012 Great Scotland Yard 1844. When the beautiful Eleanora Scambles claims that her husband has been wrongly arrested for the murder of Edward Mizzentoft, Inspector Bucket of the recently formed Detective Department is intrigued, but there are two problems. The case is already being handled by Bucket's colleague, who is in no doubt about his man's guilt; and someone else observed the conversation… Shares: Great Britain, History

Das Finanzkapital Rudolf Hilferding · 1904 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Challenging „Das Finanzkapital“ ist eine „Studie über die jüngste Entwicklung des Kapitalismus“. Für Hilferding war die Entwicklung der Aktiengesellschaften und schließlich der Monopole ein wichtiger Schritt über den Kapitalismus der freien Konkurrenz hinaus hin zu einem monopolistischen Kapitalismus. Durch die Monopolisierung und Konzentration werden kleine Unternehmer und kleine Kapitalanleger verdrängt.… Shares: Corporations, History

The Attention Merchants Tim Wu · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "From Tim Wu, author of award-winning The Master Switch, and who coined the phrase "net neutrality"--a revelatory look at the rise of "attention harvesting," and its transformative effect on our society and our selves"-- Shares: Industries, History

Queen Victoria A. E. Moorat · 2009 · ★ 2.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate There were many staff at Kensington Palace, fulfilling many roles; a man who was employed to catch rats, another whose job it was to sweep the chimneys. That there was someone expected to hunt demons did not shock the new Queen; that it was to be her was something of a surprise.London, 1838. Queen Victoria is crowned; she receives the orb, the scepter, and an arsenal of bloodstained weaponry. If… Shares: Great Britain, History

The Great Captains (The Epic Romance of King Arthur) Henry Treece · 1956 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Based on the life of King Arthur. Shares: Great Britain, History

The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest William Harrison Ainsworth · 1849 · ★ 3.5 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging The Lancashire Witches begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Years later, granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses… Shares: Great Britain, History

Warriors of the Storm Bernard Cornwell · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate With a fragile peace between Wessex, Mercia, and East Anglia loyalties and ambitions are put to the test when forces gather against the kingdom's greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Shares: Great Britain, History

The book of the sword Diana L. Paxson · 1999 · ★ 3.7 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A retelling of the classic Arthurian legend, full of action, adventure, and epic thrills!Mighty Rome subjugated the isle of Britain only to abandon it, leaving behind a bloody patchwork of warring tribes. The fragile peace imposed by the conquerors has been shattered, compelling Artoria Argantel -- Lady of the Lake and Druid priestess -- to call upon the Spirit of War and Justice to deliver a… Shares: Great Britain, History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares: History

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares: History

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