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Books like Curry

12 books with a reading profile close to Curry by Lizzie Collingham. Outward-looking; a moderate read.

1

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Bill Bryson traces the development of the English language from its obscure Germanic origins into a dominant global tongue.
2

A Concise History of Greece

by Richard Clogg

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Clogg examines the evolution of the Greek state from the initial stages of the national movement in the late eighteenth century through the political shifts of the early 2000s.
3

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

by Thomas Cahill

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Thomas Cahill argues that during the fifth century, as Germanic tribes dismantled the Roman Empire and burned its libraries, the classical tradition survived only on the remote island of Ireland.
4

By the Sword

by Richard Cohen

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Cohen chronicles the technical and cultural evolution of swordplay from ancient Egypt to the modern Olympic Games.
5

Consider the Eel

by Richard Schweid

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Richard Schweid tracks the biological lifecycle of the eel from its mysterious breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea to its development in the freshwater rivers of Europe and North America.
6

Aftermath

by Harald Jähner

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Harald Jähner chronicles the decade between 1945 and 1955, examining the logistical and psychological survival of Germans in a nation fractured into occupation zones.
7

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In this historical account, Nathaniel Philbrick examines the fifty-year period beginning with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims and culminating in the devastation of King Philip’s War.
8

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Erik Larson chronicles the five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the surrender of Fort Sumter.
9

Germany

by Neil MacGregor

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Neil MacGregor examines five centuries of German history through the lens of thirty specific objects and monuments.
10

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

by Victoria Finlay

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Victoria Finlay tracks the physical origins of artistic pigments by traveling to the remote geographical sources of the rainbow.
11

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan moved beyond the deep South to establish a stronghold in the American Midwest, specifically Indiana.
12

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

by Sam Kean

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

Sam Kean organizes the history of the world through the chemical elements, moving beyond the sterile rows of the periodic table to reveal the human chaos behind scientific discovery.

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