18 books like Facundo, or, civilization and barbarism

What to read after Facundo, or, civilization and barbarism — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

History of Alexander the Great Jacob Abbott · 1848 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Challenging A complete biography of the ancient Macedonian king and one of history's greatest military leaders.Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II of Macedonia, and his fourth wife, Olympias, seemed destined for success. He had Aristotle for a tutor until he was sixteen. He took interest in his father's military efforts abroad, and worried there would be nothing left to conquer when he became king.… Shares: Generals, Biography & Memoir, History

Martín Fierro José Hernández · 1894 · ★ 3.7 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Challenging El Gaucho Martín Fierro es un poema narrativo, escrito en verso por José Hernández en 1872, obra literaria considerada ejemplar del género gauchesco. Tiene además una continuación, La vuelta de Martín Fierro, escrita en 1879, este último libro también es conocido como «La vuelta» y la primera parte, como «La ida». "La ida" ha sido seleccionado como libro nacional de Argentina, bajo el título… Shares: Argentina, Historia

My African Journey Winston S. Churchill · 1908 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "As Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, Winston Churchill toured Britain's territories in East Africa. This book documents his travels and the people he met; he waxes lyrical on the natural beauty of Uganda and goes on to explore Egypt and Sudan via the White Nile. More that a travelogue however, Churchill, now in his 30s, turns his attention towards issues of government and development,… Shares: Descripciones y viajes, Description and travel, Travel

The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels. This work includes author's adventure travels in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Journey Without Maps Graham Greene · 1936 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This is an account of a trip Graham Greene made in 1935 with his cousin, Barbara Greene, through the previously unexplored interior of Liberia. It was an extremely uncomfortable journey, with Greene falling seriously ill halfway through the trip. Possibly as a result of this he also made a point of noting the many illnesses with which the local inhabitants were assailed, particularly malaria and… Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Life in Mexico Frances Erskine Inglis · 1843 · 553p · ≈ 18h · Challenging It is based on the author’s experiences in Mexico when she accompanied her husband, Angel Calderón de la Barca, on his diplomatic mission from 1839 to 1842 as the first Spanish envoy after Mexico had won its independence from Spain in 1821. Shares: Descripciones y viajes, Description and travel, Travel

Travels with Charley John Steinbeck · 1962 · ★ 4.1 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the tress, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives… Shares: Descripciones y viajes, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir

Travels in Arabia Deserta Charles Montagu Doughty · 1888 · ★ 3.6 · 323p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In this classic travelogue, English poet and adventurer Charles M. Doughty takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the heart of Arabia in the late 19th century. With vivid prose and keen observations, Doughty brings to life the harsh beauty of the desert landscape, the customs and traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes, and the rich history and culture of the region. A true… Shares: Descripciones y viajes, Description and travel, Travel

Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge · 1929 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Today Americans of all backgrounds are on the hunt for a different politi­cal model. In fact, such a model awaits them, if only they turn their eyes to their own past . . . to America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge's masterful autobiography offers urgent lessons for our age of exploding debt, increasingly centralized power, and fierce partisan division. This expanded and… Shares: Presidents, Biography & Memoir

The Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt · 1894 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas… Shares: Presidents, Biography & Memoir, History

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Challenging An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

The life of Washington Mason Locke Weems · 1800 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The first of these works contains both factual and mythical material about George Washington; the second is an early reader combining moral lessons with reading and spelling. Shares: Generals, Presidents, Biography & Memoir, History

Wallpaper City Guide Editors of Wallpaper Magazine · 2006 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares: Argentina, Description and travel, Travel

Jōzan kidanJōzan Yuasa

Jōzan kidan Jōzan Yuasa · 1739 · 25p · ≈ 50m · Demanding Shares: Generals, Biography & Memoir, History

El túnel Ernesto Sabato · 1948 · ★ 4.0 · 137p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Juan Pablo Castel is a tormented and insane painter who falls for Maria, a woman he meets at an art exhibition. She is married to a blind man -the subject of Sabato and Saramago's obsession- and has a house in the countryside. She is also the mistress of her own cousin. Castel discovers this and goes mad with jealousy. We have no way to know the truth, because everything in the novel happens… Shares: Argentina, Spanish language

Autobiography of Lutfullah Lutfullah · 1857 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir, History

Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak Maurice Herzog · 1951 · ★ 4.5 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate One of the great works of mountaineering literature- long out of print and now reissued with a new introduction by Joe Simpson.The enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed. It is a story of breathtaking courage and determination against appalling odds. In records… Shares: Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir, History

Recollections and Letters of Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee · 1904 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Recollections and Letters shows all the varying facets of Lee's character. His letters reveal his personal warmth, bravery and concern for the South during and after the war. Shares: Generals, Biography & Memoir, History

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