The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
By: Steven Watts
3.51
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but nev…
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1. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: David McCullough
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more
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"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
2. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
3. Andrew Carnegie
By: David Nasaw
4.67
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Majestically told and based on materials not available to any previous biographer, the definitive l… read more
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4. The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
By: David Nasaw
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
David Nasaw's magnificent, definitive biography of William Randolph Hearst is based on newly releas… read more
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5. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
By: Ron Chernow
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dy… read more
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6. The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
By: Steven Watts
3.51
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but nev… read more
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7. Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons
By: Edward J. Renehan Jr.
4.19
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Though reviled for more than a century as Wall Street's greatest villain, Jay Gould was in fact its… read more
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8. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
By: Hampton Sides
3.17
Format: None pages,
On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped … read more
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9. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
By: T.J. Stiles
3.91
Format: 2 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created mo… read more
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10. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
By: Ron Chernow
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morganis the most … read more
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11. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
By: David McCullough
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more
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12. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
By: Hunter S. Thompson
4.33
Format: 201 pages,
"California, Labor Day weekend...early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists w… read more
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13. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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14. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
By: Daniel Yergin
0.00
Format: None pages,
The Prizerecounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth and power that has al… read more
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15. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
By: Christopher Clark
3.35
Format: None pages,
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16. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
17. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
By: David McCullough
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more
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18. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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19. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
20. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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21. Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
By: Michael Hiltzik
3.81
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for … read more
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