The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940
By: Susan Ronald
3.85
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's deeply controversial …
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1. The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
By: Steven Watts
3.51
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but nev… read more
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2. Casino
By: Nicholas Pileggi
4.09
Format: 148 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From the author of the best-selling Mafia expose, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-d… read more
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3. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more
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4. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
By: Daniel Walker Howe
4.42
Format: 288 pages,
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5. The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
By: George Howe Colt
4.27
Format: 127 pages,
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6. Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics
By: Naomi Hirahara , Raymond Chandler , Walter Mosley , Ross Macdonald , James Ellroy , Margaret Millar , Leigh Brackett , Paul Cain , Chester Himes , James M. Cain , Joseph Hansen , Kate Braverman , Jervey Tervalon , Denise Hamilton , Yxta Maya Murray , William Campbell Gault
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
From Hollywood starlets to downtown taxi dancers, and from Central Avenue speakeasies to clapboard … read more
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7. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
By: Giles Milton
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more
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8. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
By: George Crile
4.36
Format: 544 pages,
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9. Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History
By: George Howe Colt
3.23
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling National Book Award finalist, a masterful blend of history and memoir featurin… read more
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10. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson
4.30
Format: 546 pages, ebook
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more
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11. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
By: Troy Senik
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more
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12. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By: Brad Meltzer
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more
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13. My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy
By: Clint Hill
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal … read more
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14. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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15. Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets
By: Burkhard Bilger
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Ger… read more
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16. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I
By: Alison Weir
4.02
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more
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17. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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18. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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19. The Queen: Her Life
By: Andrew Morton
4.03
Format: 427 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive … read more
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20. The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940
By: Susan Ronald
3.85
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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21. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
22. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
By: Volker Ullrich
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more
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23. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
24. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
By: Richard Norton Smith
4.46
Format: 992 pages, Hardcover
From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more
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25. The Romanov Brides
By: Clare McHugh
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—th… read more
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26. Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States
By: Bradley W. Hart
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winner - German Studies Association Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize, 2019 A book examining the str… read more
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27. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more
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28. V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II
By: Craig Nelson
4.30
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
“Belongs in the library alongside the histories and biographies of Martin Gilbert, Arthur Schlesing… read more
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29. The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back
By: Shannon McKenna Schmidt
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to t… read more
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30. Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
By: Kirsten Grind
3.77
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, an in-depth look at Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s short… read more
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31. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
By: Jesselyn Cook
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more
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