Must Reads Volume 5
Discover the ultimate reading list in Must Reads Volume 5, featuring sci-fi classics like Ender’s Game and the Dune saga by Frank Herbert, alongside gripping historical fiction from Bernard Lewis. Curated for lovers of epic worlds, ancient Rome, and thought-provoking history—these essential books and authors belong on every bookshelf.
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Lest Darkness Fall
by Lyon Sprague De Camp
Archaeologist Martin Padway, struck by lightning while touring the Parthenon in Rome is thrown from the year 1938 to 6th century AD Rome, where he changes the course of history to avoid the Dark Ages.
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Chapterhouse: Dune
by Frank Herbert
Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the best of the Old Empire
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Heretics of Dune
by Frank Herbert
Thousands of years after the death of God Emperor Leto II, the Bene Gesserit and the Bene Tleilax struggle to direct the future of Dune, now called Rakis
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What Went Wrong?
by Bernard Lewis
For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement -- the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn or to fear. And then everything changed. The West won victory after victory, first on the battlefield and then in the marketplace. In this elegantly written volume, Bernard Lewis, a renowned authority an Islamic affairs, examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tried to make sense of how it had been overtaken, overshadowed, and dominated by the West. In a fascinating portrait of a culture in turmoil, Lewis shows how the Middle East turned its attention to understanding European weaponry, industry, government, education, and culture. He also describes how some Middle Easterners fastened blame on a series of scapegoats, while others asked not "Who did this to us?" but rather "Where did we go wrong?" With a new Afterword that addresses September 11 and its aftermath, What Went Wrong? is an urgent, accessible book that no one who is concerned with contemporary affairs will want to miss.
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Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert
Paul Atreides, genetically bred and trained to become the leader of his planet, is still subject to human frailties. The second book of the series. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
