Edison
By: Edmund Morris
3.54
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Ed…
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1. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
By: Tim Weiner
3.94
Format: 514 pages, Hardcover
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its t… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To the CIA, everyone's an outsider."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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- american history
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3. Hoover: The Life and Times of Herbert Hoover
By: Kenneth Whyte
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, Herbert … read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
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4. FDR
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the… read more
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5. Isaac Newton
By: James Gleick
4.36
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he … read more
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6. Wilson
By: A. Scott Berg
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times-bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitiv… read more
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7. First Family: Abigail and John Adams
By: Joseph J. Ellis
4.06
Format: 32 pages,
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of Founding Brothersand His Excellency brings Ameri… read more
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8. Richard Nixon: The Life
By: John A. Farrell
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more
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9. Reagan: The Life
By: H.W. Brands
3.64
Format: 211 pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller and New York Timesbestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive b… read more
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10. The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
By: Brad Stone
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or walking into a stranger's home, would … read more
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11. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
12. 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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- american history
- biography
- history
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. 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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- history
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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
14. Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality
By: Brian Kilmeade
4.22
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more
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- biography
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15. 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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- audiobook
16. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
By: Jonathan Alter
4.34
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more
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- biography
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17. Edison
By: Edmund Morris
3.54
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Ed… read more
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- audiobook
- american history
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18. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
By: H.W. Brands
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
By: A.J. Jacobs
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more
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20. The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
By: Jeff Guinn
3.75
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
A “f ascinating slice of rarely considered American history” ( Booklist )—the story of Henry Ford a… read more
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- audiobook
21. Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
By: Edward Williams
4.37
Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition
Backpacking around Australia in the year 2000, the author unwittingly found himself the target of o… read more
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"Do you want to live, Sander?"-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
"Scopolamine never asks for permission"-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
"was it even my own mind making the decisions?"-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
"was he connected to the hitman? I didn't worry about it"-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
