Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
By: Alex Prud'Homme
4.04
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising narrative history of presidential food: from Washingto…
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1. Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral
By: Gayden Metcalfe
3.85
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Folks in the Delta have a strong sense of community, and being dead is no impediment to belonging t… read more
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- cooking
- food
- history
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2. The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
By: Judith Jones
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary editor who helped shape modern cookbook publishing—one of the food world’s most … read more
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"Other creatures receive food simply as fodder. But we take the raw materials of the earth and work with them—touch them, manipulate them, taste them, glory in their heady smells and colors, and then,…"-Judith Jones, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
3. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
4. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
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- presidents
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5. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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6. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House
By: Jared Cohen
4.27
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more
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7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
8. The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
By: Susan Page
4.11
Format: None pages, Audio CD
A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-apprecia… read more
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9. Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
By: Carl Sferrazza Anthony
3.99
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date.” — The Washington Post An illumi… read more
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10. The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
By: Edward F. O'Keefe
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spirited and poignant family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was… read more
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11. Jackie: Public, Private, Secret
By: J. Randy Taraborrelli
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling loo… read more
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12. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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13. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
By: Kate Storey
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more
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14. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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15. Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
By: Alex Prud'Homme
4.04
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising narrative history of presidential food: from Washingto… read more
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16. The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism
By: Adam Nagourney
4.22
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The … read more
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17. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more
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18. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
By: Sally Bedell Smith
4.28
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more
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19. The Lede: Dispatches from a Life in the Press
By: Calvin Trillin
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces c… read more
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20. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
By: Sara B. Franklin
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more
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21. American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden
By: Katie Rogers
3.62
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive exploration of the changing role of the twenty-first-century First Lady, paint… read more
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