When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin
By: Jerry Apps
3.97
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding …
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1. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw
4.17
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
By: Jerry Kramer , Dick Schaap
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In 1967, when Jerry Kramer was a thirty-one-year-old Green Bay Packers offensive lineman, in his te… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
By: Agatha Christie
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Who wouldn't be pleased to attend a small dinner party being held by Sir Charles Cartwright, once t… read more
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"There is only one thing to do - think."-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
"Charles doesn’t go out of a room—he ‘makes an exit’—"-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
"One knows so little. When one knows more it is too late."-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
"It's the Only Thing To Do," he said, obviously speaking in capital letters."-Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot, #11)
4. Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.92
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to h… read more
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"Seven thousand years is just one day at a time"-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
"The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?"-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
"Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something."-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
"Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped."-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
5. Timeline
By: Michael Crichton
3.87
Format: 489 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-fou… read more
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"In reality, time doesn't pass; we pass. Time itself is invariant. It just is. Therefore, past and future aren't separate locations, the way New York and Paris are separate locations. And since the pa…"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
"Because in the late twentieth century, you couldn't seriously ask other people to think that you believed in honor and truth, and the purity of the body, the defense of women, the sanctity of true lo…"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
"In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A …"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
"But where will this mania for entertainment end? What will people do when they get tired of television? When they get tired of movies? We already know the answer—they go into participatory activities…"-Michael Crichton, Timeline
6. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
By: David Wroblewski
4.60
Format: None pages,
Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their fa… read more
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7. Cry, the Beloved Country
By: Alan Paton
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, was an imm… read more
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8. When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi
By: David Maraniss
3.50
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the… read more
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9. No Surrender
By: Hiroo Onoda , Charles S. Terry
3.50
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese Army made world headlines when… read more
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10. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
By: Hampton Sides
3.66
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more
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11. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. 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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- history
- nonfiction
13. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
By: Tom Hanks
3.70
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more
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"Are you a clairvoyant?"-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
14. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
15. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
17. Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1)
By: Ava Glass
3.79
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” ( CrimeReads ) , a British spy has twelv… read more
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18. Overboard (V.I. Warshawski, #21)
By: Sara Paretsky
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy during the Covid pandemic, in t… read more
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19. The Snow Child
By: Eowyn Ivey
4.00
Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel.… read more
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"A boy trying out a man's language."-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
"Why was it always the woman's fate to pace and fret and wait?"-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
"Then he returned to Mabel and put his mouth to her ear. I'd never let anything happen to you. You know that, don't you?"-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
"It was as if she had reached into her own pocket and discovered a small pebble, as hard as a diamond, that she had forgotten belonged to her."-Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
20. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
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"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
21. Razzmatazz
By: Christopher Moore
4.10
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Repeat New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of San Franc… read more
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"When he walked into Cookie's, everyone shouted, "Happy New Year," and he found a bit of a smile had been hiding somewhere way back in his heart."-Christopher Moore, Razzmatazz
"There's too much day when you get up in the morning,' Moo Shoes whined. 'How do they do it? Citizens?' 'Suckers,' I said. 'You notice everyone is in a really foul mood in the morning? I don't recomme…"-Christopher Moore, Razzmatazz
22. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Strange
By: Nathan Ballingrud
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
1931, New Galveston , Mars: Fourteen-year-old Anabelle Crisp sets off through the wastelands of the… read more
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24. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
By: Steve Inskeep
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
25. Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.19
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
26. When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin
By: Jerry Apps
3.97
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- local history
27. Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery (John Cabrelli Northern Lakes Mysteries Book 1)
By: Jeff Nania
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A shattered career. A crooked lawyer. An unsolved murder. Seeking peace in the Northwoods is fraugh… read more
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28. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
By: Mallory O'Meara
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunke… read more
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- nonfiction
"It's hilarious that having a cushion on a barstool to make it more comfortable is considered a feminine touch, but there you go. Maybe it's a mark of masculine virility to have a sore butt."-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
"The Western world entered a new era: medieval times. Unfortunately, it wasn't anything like the themed restaurant. There were a lot less roasted turkey legs and a lot more open-air latrines."-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
"So many names and stories have been lost to time. Having a legacy is a privilege afforded only to a few. Often, it's about class. . . . sometimes it's just about when and were you were born."-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
"Generally, the gendering of alcohol is only found where women have access to drinking space. If you can't keep women out of the space where drinking happens, you keep them out of the drinks themselve…"-Mallory O'Meara, Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
29. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
By: Patty Krawec
4.58
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
30. Around the World in 80 Plants
By: Jonathan Drori
4.43
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Often beautiful, sometimes deadly, but constantly ingenious, plants are the sources of life and del… read more
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31. Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, early chronicler of plants, rocks, rivers, mounds and all things Wisconsin
By: Martha Bergland
4.28
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
With masterful storytelling, Bergland and Hayes demonstrate how Lapham blended his ravenous curiosi… read more
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