Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution
By: Christopher S. Wren
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of Ethan Allen and the much-loved Green Mountain Boys of Vermont and their role in the Am…
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1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
By: Ian Fleming
3.63
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more
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"Don't lose faith in your stars."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)
3. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
5. Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America's Revolution at Sea
By: Tim McGrath , Tim McGrath
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Five ships against hundreds--the fledgling American Navy versus the greatest naval force the world … read more
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- american history
- history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
6. The Fireman
By: Joe Hill
3.91
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box comes a ch… read more
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"Fuck narrative elegance."-Joe Hill, The Fireman
" Snuffleupagus was real. "-Joe Hill, The Fireman
"Arson is almost as good as Prozac."-Joe Hill, The Fireman
"Out of the frying pan and into the Fireman."-Joe Hill, The Fireman
7. The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas
By: John Buchanan
4.08
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces… read more
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- american history
- history
- military history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
8. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more
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- history
- military history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
9. Founders as Fathers: The Private Lives and Politics of the American Revolutionaries
By: Lorri Glover
3.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As the bold fathers of the American Revolution left behind their private lives to become public nat… read more
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- biography
- history
- american revolution
- nonfiction
10. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
11. George Mason, Forgotten Founder
By: None
4.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
George Mason (1725-92) is often omitted from the small circle of founding fathers celebrated today,… read more
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12. City of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #3)
By: Robin Hobb
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Once, dragons ruled the Rain Wilds, tended by privileged human servants known as Elderlings. But a … read more
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13. Theodore Rex
By: Edmund Morris
4.18
Format: 772 pages, Paperback
Theodore Roosevelt and his two-term presidency (1901-9) deserve a king-size, seize-the-man biograph… read more
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- american
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
"Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital."-Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
"Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the people. Few, if any Americans could match the breadth of his intellect and the strength of his chara…"-Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
14. Thomas Jefferson: A Life
By: Willard Sterne Randall
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Combining firsthand scholarship and material drawn from the Jefferson Papers, Willard Sterne Randal… read more
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15. Wilderness Empire
By: Allan W. Eckert
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
For over two hundred years no Indian force in America was so powerful and feared as the Iroquois Le… read more
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16. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
By: Walter Isaacson
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more
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17. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
By: Mark Twain
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A nineteenth-century American travels back… read more
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18. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
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19. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more
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- biography
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- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
20. 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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- biography
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- politics
- nonfiction
21. 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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- american 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
22. James Madison: America's First Politician
By: Jay Cost
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know i… read more
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23. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.84
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's… read more
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
24. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
By: Rinker Buck
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds … read more
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25. Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution
By: Christopher S. Wren
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The story of Ethan Allen and the much-loved Green Mountain Boys of Vermont and their role in the Am… read more
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- military history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
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- 18th century
26. Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America
By: Mary Stockwell
4.24
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
In December 1791, President George Washington chose General “Mad” Anthony Wayne to defend America f… read more
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- biography
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- american revolution
- nonfiction
27. James Monroe: A Life
By: Tim McGrath
4.20
Format: 738 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to… read more
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28. George Rogers Clark: "I Glory in War"
By: William R. Nester
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
George Rogers Clark (1752–1818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in th… read more
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29. Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter
By: Robert Duncan Bass
3.94
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
This biography, first published in 1961, is a thoroughly documented history of General Thomas Sumte… read more
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30. Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty
By: Jack Kelly
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revoluti… read more
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- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
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- 18th century
31. The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln’s Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America’s Special Operations
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
4.16
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Indispensables , the unknown and dramatic story of irregular gue… read more
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