The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America
By: Jack Kelly
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the na…
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1. Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
By: Joshua Bloom , Waldo E. Martin Jr.
4.46
Format: 552 pages, Hardcover
In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed thems… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
2. Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)
By: Elmore Leonard
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Ordell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie… read more
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"He sat in the living room in the dark, an expert at waiting, a nineteen-year veteran of it, waiting for people who failed to appear, missed court dates because they forgot or didn't care, and took of…"-Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)
3. The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
By: James R. Green
4.12
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protrac… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- labor
4. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
By: Hampton Sides
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won--a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In the fal… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
5. Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
By: Les Standiford
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire to dominate business at any price. The author … read more
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6. Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
By: James R. Green
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of wh… read more
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7. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
By: Tom Clavin
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded w… read more
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8. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
9. 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
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
10. 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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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
11. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
By: Evan Thomas
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
13. The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
By: David I. Kertzer
4.28
Format: 623 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
14. Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
By: Stephen R. Platt
4.32
Format: 555 pages, Kindle Edition
As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of … read more
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- history
- 19th century
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
15. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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- history
16. A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1)
By: J. Penner
3.93
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
A human, a dwarf and an elf walk into a bake-off… In the heart of Adenashire, where elfish encha… read more
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17. The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet
By: Nell McShane Wulfhart
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The empowering true story of a group of spirited stewardesses who "stood up to huge corporations an… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
- labor
18. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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- nonfiction
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
19. The Topeka School
By: Ben Lerner
3.50
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive famil… read more
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"The problem for him in high school was that debate made you a nerd and poetry made you a pussy – even if both could help you get to the vaguely imagines East Coast city from which your experiences in…"-Ben Lerner, The Topeka School
20. The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.14
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay C… read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- business
21. Blaze Me a Sun (Hallandssviten, #2)
By: Christoffer Carlsson
3.93
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the sa… read more
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22. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
By: Philip Norman
3.91
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more
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- history
23. The Dead Letter Delivery (Glass Library, #4)
By: C.J. Archer
4.10
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
The discovery of long-lost mail delivers a marriage proposal, a missing person, and a magical myste… read more
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24. Wild Wind (Chaos, #6.6)
By: Kristen Ashley
4.30
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley brings a new story in her Chaos seri… read more
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25. The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America
By: Jack Kelly
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the na… read more
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- 19th century
- historical
- politics
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- labor
- economics
- business
26. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
By: Kelly Lytle Hernández
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Me… read more
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27. Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now
By: Evan Osnos
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
*A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph… read more
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- american history
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- nonfiction
"I'm embarrassed to say, I thought you could defeat hate. You can't. It only hides. It crawls under the rocks, and, when given oxygen by any person in authority, it comes roaring back out. And what I …"-Evan Osnos, Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now
28. Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
By: Buddy Levy
4.42
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came… read more
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- history
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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"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. Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
By: Adam Hochschild
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing … read more
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31. A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2)
By: J. Penner
4.03
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
Spilling the tea has never been so cozy…In the quaint town of Adenashire, Doli Butterbuckle, a peop… read more
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