18 books like Shi ji

What to read after Shi ji — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Diary Samuel Pepys · 1825 · ★ 4.2 · 16p · ≈ 32m · Challenging Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second… Shares: Statesmen, Sources, Biography & Memoir, History

Shi shuo xin yu Liu, Yiqing · 1615 · ★ 3.5 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Demanding 拥有几个世纪的文学作品,不可避免地会有一些人从裂缝中掉下来。 我们搜寻并修复公共领域的作品,以免它们丢失。 我们是谁? 我们是凯恩出版社。 我们的背景是设计、出版、排版和技术。 这些技能推动了我们以可承受的价格在线创建最高质量的公共领域电子书的使命。 我们给予他们应有的待遇; 我们专有的流程可以修复书籍,从而在设计、可读性和电子阅读器兼容性方面提供更好的整体用户体验。 通过这本 世說新語, 经过 Yiqing Liu 的数字版电子书探索一段历史。 这部作品经过精心修复并忠实于原作,被学者认为具有重要的文化意义,是我们文明知识库的基本组成部分。 今天拿起你的副本。 类型:中国 – 历史 – 三国,220-265 – 轶事,中国 – 历史 – 晋朝,265-419 – 轶事 Shares: Anecdotes, Biography & Memoir, History

A Pillar of Iron Taylor Caldwell · 1965 · ★ 4.5 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Moderate “The sweep and splendor of the Roman past blazes anew in this mighty story of Cicero and the Republic he fought to save.” “Unfolded here in rich detail are the private dramas behind the great Roman hero's triumphs and defeats—and the intimate, deeply moving story of his desperate love affair with the beautiful Livia.” Shares: Statesmen, History

Lives Plutarch · 1564 · ★ 3.9 · 732p · ≈ 24h · Demanding Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome. Shares: Philosophers, Sources, Biography & Memoir, History

Ghosts Owen Davies · 2010 · 1440p · ≈ 48h · Moderate Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts. Shares: Sources, History

Sons of Heaven Terrence Cheng · 2002 · ★ 3.8 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Sons of Heaven is an epic novel set against the backdrop of one of modern history's most haunting events: the Tiananmen Square massacre. In June 1989, the world watched in horror as China's military was mobilized to suppress a student movement that stood for peaceful democracy. Hundreds were killed; some say thousands. No one knows for sure.". "But the image that remains most powerful is that… Shares: China, History

Mémoires Jean Monnet · 1976 · 642p · ≈ 21h · Moderate L'Histoire place désormais Jean Monnet parmi les quelques hommes du XXe siècle qui, par leur action, ont infléchi le destin du monde et transformé nos conditions de vie.En fait, ses Mémoires, devenus aujourd'hui l'ouvrage de référence d'un nombre croissant de décideurs, révèlent la prodigieuse aventure d'un homme dont l'action a été déterminante à chaque grand carrefour de l'histoire… Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir

Unended quest Karl Popper · 1976 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, providing an indispensable account of the ideas that influenced him most. As an introduction to… Shares: Philosophers, Biography & Memoir

Moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ Leon Trotsky · 1930 · 602p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir

The Story of Philosophy Will Durant · 1926 · ★ 4.2 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Includes chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, and Nietzsche. Shares: Philosophers, Biography & Memoir, History

Memorabilia Xenophon · 1650 · ★ 4.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Demanding The Memorabilia Xenophon - An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy. The Memorabilia is invaluable both as a work of philosophy in its own right and as a complement to the study of Plato's dialogues. The longest of Xenophon's four… Shares: Philosophers, Biography & Memoir

Agricola P. Cornelius Tacitus · 1585 · ★ 3.7 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Demanding "Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last major writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended 'fifteen years of enforced silence'. These first products were brief: the biography of his late father-in-law Julius Agricola and an account of Rome's most dangerous enemies, the… Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir, History

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Not many people talk about "joy" these days. Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of freedom,… Shares: Biography & Memoir, History

Marlborough Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · 488p · ≈ 16h · Challenging "Marlborough: His Life and Times is an exhaustive, four-volume panegyric biography, in which Churchill defends his ancestor against claims of war-mongering and charlatanism made by Thomas Macaulay, a 19th-century historian and Whig politician. The Duke of Marlborough was a military commander and statesman, who rose from a page at the Stuart court to one of the richest and most successful royal… Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir, History

On a Chinese screen William Somerset Maugham · 1922 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Challenging On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along the Yangtze River from 1919 to 1920. Although later editions of the book added the subtitle “Sketches of Life in China,” there are actually only a few descriptions of the places he visited and the local Chinese people he met; rather, Maugham focuses on… Shares: China, Biography & Memoir

An autobiography Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · 1927 · ★ 4.4 · 455p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to… Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir, History

Une vie Simone Veil · 2007 · ★ 3.9 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Political autobiography of Simone Veil, holocaust surviver, former president of the European Parliament, several times minister in French governments; one of the most outstanding politicians of post-war France and Europe. Shares: Statesmen, Biography & Memoir, History

Les confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1782 · ★ 3.6 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Demanding Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins… Shares: Philosophers, Biography & Memoir, History

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