Books like 'Underground Cities: Mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet'
Readers who enjoyed Underground Cities: Mapping the tunnels, transits and networks underneath our feet by Mark Ovenden also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
-
The Swagger Sword: Templars, Columbus and the Vatican Cover-up by David S. Brody
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the 1980s, a Vatican archbishop and rogue group of Freemasons were implicated in the murder of Pope John Paul I. A decade later, that same cleric illicitly acquired an ancient Templar scroll directly undermining fundamental Church teachings. Today, historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn stumble upon a sword engraved with a map leading to this hidden scroll...Categorized as:
archaeology historical-fiction fiction action-adventure mystery young-adult thriller historical -
![Midnight Sweatlodge by Waubgeshig Rice]()
Midnight Sweatlodge by Waubgeshig Rice
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMidnight Sweatlodge tells the tale of family members, friends and strangers who gather together to partake in this ancient healing ceremony. Each person seeks wisdom and insight to overcome their pain and hardship. Through their stories we get glimpses into their lives that are both tearful and true... -
![Attila: The Judgement by William Napier]()
Attila: The Judgement by William Napier
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAD 449: the future of the world hangs in the balance. The once mighty Roman Empire lies open and vulnerable to attack from a huge Hunnish army that has gathered on the banks of the Danube and is poised and ready to strike - but only one man has seen the danger.Master-General Aetius knows Attila still thirsts for blood and destruction, but he is helpless to stop the the pending onslaught...Categorized as:
urban adult ancient-civilization book fiction historical historical-fiction roman-empire -
![The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck]()
The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse…1926. Washington, D.C.The Coast Guard is losing the Prohibition Rum War, but they have a new, secret weapon to crack smuggler codes, intercept traffic, and destroy the rum trade one skiff at a time. That secret weapon is a 5'2" mastermind in heels, who also happens to be a wife and mother: Mrs... -
-
![Attila: The Gathering of the Storm by William Napier]()
Attila: The Gathering of the Storm by William Napier
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe gripping and bloody story of one of history's most infamous and enigmatic villains - part II in the ATTILA trilogyThe 5th century has dawned in blood. The young boy exiled thirty years ago has grown into a man. One stormy autumn day, a mysterious rider is seen out on the plains. Attila has returned, his sentence served, to claim his kingdom...Categorized as:
urban adult ancient-civilization book fiction historical historical-fiction roman-empire -
![Emily by Candice Ransom]()
Emily by Candice Ransom
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn to enormous wealth, she longed for something that money couldn't buy. She could have anything in the world she wanted - but the one she loved. At the turn of the century, Emily Blackburn is a wealthy New York society girl who has everything a girl could dream of. She wears the latest Parisian fashions, and is escorted to parties by the adoring and rich Worthington Bates... -
![Among the Wonderful by Stacy Carlson]()
Among the Wonderful by Stacy Carlson
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1842 Phineas T. Barnum is a young man, freshly arrived in New York and still unknown to the world. With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing, he transforms a dusty natural history museum into a great ark for public imagination... -
![From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger]()
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965... -
![Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove]()
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital... -
![The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Stephen Brusatte]()
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Stephen Brusatte
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA sweeping and revelatory new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us Though humans claim to rule the Earth, we are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals...Categorized as:
archaeology non-fiction outdoors animals evolution audiobook historical ancient-civilization -
![Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin]()
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbable union on the Cleveland Indians in the late 1940s would shape the immediate postwar era of Major League Baseball and beyond... -
![The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler]()
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive changeDrawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo in 2011... -
![Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos]()
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformationFrom abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy—or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation... -
![Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill]()
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November .Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen years protecting the most powerful office in the nation. Hill walked alongside Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F... -
-
![Byzantium (Vol. 3): The Decline and Fall by John Julius Norwich]()
Byzantium (Vol. 3): The Decline and Fall by John Julius Norwich
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA narrative story of Byzantium. From the accession of Alexius in 1081, through the Fourth Crusade - when an army destined for the Holy Land was diverted to Constantinople by the blind, octogenarian but crafty Doge of Venice - to the protracted struggle against the Ottomans. This book forms the climax to the story of Byzantium...Categorized as:
urban 20th-century ancient-civilization christian classics crusades historical medieval -
![The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino]()
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Lost River explores the geography, history, and mythology, of the Sarasvati river, drawing from various sources like folklore, the Vedas, archaeology, local practices, history, geology, and meteorology. The book explains that the river, its very existence, and its course have been discussed and speculated over for years... -
![The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson]()
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis.From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis...Categorized as:
urban non-fiction politics social-commentary audiobook historical racism 21st-century -
![Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City by Julia Wertz]()
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City by Julia Wertz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA New York Times Notable Book of 2017!Here is New York, as you've never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in The New Yorker and Harper's... -
![A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture by Virginia McAlester]()
A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture by Virginia McAlester
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNow in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses... -
![High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing by Ben Austen]()
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing by Ben Austen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most iconic public housing project...Categorized as:
urban non-fiction politics social-commentary audiobook historical poverty journalism -
![When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan]()
When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day.When Brooklyn Was Queer is a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond... -
![Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Rem Koolhaas]()
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Rem Koolhaas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSince its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior... -
![Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring by Matthew Burgess]()
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring by Matthew Burgess
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBurgess describes Haring discovering Robert Henri's The Art Spirit in college ("He felt as if the book was speaking directly to him"), encountering the large paintings of Pierre Alechinsky (he was "blown away"), and recognizing a common impulse in dancers at the West Village's Paradise Garage ("For Keith, drawing and painting were like dancing. He called it 'mind-to-hand flow'")... -
![500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.]()
500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA book that grew from an eight-hour TV series, this is the epic and unforgettable story of the history, lore, legends, and legacy of North American Indians... -
-
![The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins by Tom Higham]()
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins by Tom Higham
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules - For Now 'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world...Categorized as:
archaeology non-fiction evolution audiobook ancient-civilization historical outdoors -
![Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain]()
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era... -
![Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace]()
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTo European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes... -
![Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco by Gary Kamiya]()
Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco by Gary Kamiya
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCool, Gray City of Love brings together an exuberant combination of personal insight, deeply researched history, in-depth reporting, and lyrical prose to create an unparalleled portrait of San Francisco. Each of its 49 chapters explores a specific site or intersection in the city, from the mighty Golden Gate Bridge to the raunchy Tenderloin to the soaring sea cliffs at Land's End... -
![Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem]()
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLong heralded as a city treasure herself, expert “mudlarker” Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of seeking. Tirelessly trekking across miles of the Thames’ muddy shores, where others only see the detritus of city life, Maiklem unearths evidence of England’s captivating, if sometimes murky, history—with some objects dating back to 43 AD, when London was but an outpost of the Roman Empire... -
![Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon]()
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a new window onto our national past...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
