The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
By: April White
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth…
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1. Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold Case
By: Lou Raguse
3.91
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The result of hundreds of interviews, Vanished in Vermillion is a cold case story that flips the sc… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- history
- audiobook
2. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House
By: Jared Cohen
4.27
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
By: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
3.77
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A historian explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood in this “timely… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"Even after becoming a mother, fulfilling the role society demands of you, you still can't win."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"Parenthood is demanded of us, but we are asked to parent in isolated bubbles, supported--to put it crudely--by our bank accounts and little else."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"COVID-19 exposed what women with children and without both already knew: that despite the expectation we all become mothers, we receive little support once we do."-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
"In light of our failure to account for the pressures, anxieties, and dangers of modern life, it's possible to argue that the decision to opt out of parenthood is perfectly rational. The decision to h…"-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
4. Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America
By: Audrey Clare Farley
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
5. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
By: Erin Kimmerle
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
6. Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
By: Barbara Weisberg
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposi… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
7. 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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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
8. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
9. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice
By: C. Alexander Hortis
3.61
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- womens studies
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
By: Lyndsie Bourgon
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping account of the billion-dollar timber black market -- and how it intersects with environm… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Organizations like the World Bank and Interpol have estimated that the global scale of illegal logging generates somewhere between $51 billion and $157 billion annually. Thirty percent of the world's…"-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
"Scientists have stumbled on the remains of ancient woods in this way, locating root systems that continue to support the forest long after the body of the tree has disappeared. In this sense the tree…"-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
"Forest sociologist Robert Lee says city dwellers are more likely to feel guilt toward nature, which he attributes to disconnection from nature rather than empathy toward it: "They are very likely to …"-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
"Automation, globalization, and increased education requirements - compounded by failures in government and institutions - have given rise to a generation of disconnected and fearful people. The numbe…"-Lyndsie Bourgon, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods
11. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
By: Therese Oneill
3.72
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more
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- history
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- adult
- audiobook
"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
12. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
By: Elizabeth Comen
4.43
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today
13. Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
By: Victor Luckerson
4.38
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
A multigenerational saga of a family and a community in Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as “Black… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The newspaper encouraged displaced entrepreneurs to open businesses in South Tulsa and continue smashing color barriers. But it also spoke to a larger argument about how the definition of black succe…"-Victor Luckerson, Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street
14. The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring
By: Patti McCracken
3.45
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other--a 1920s midwife who may have been the century… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
15. The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
By: April White
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- feminism
- womens studies
- nonfiction
- womens
- adult
- gender and sexuality
- audiobook
16. A Black Women's History of the United States (ReVisioning History)
By: Daina Ramey Berry
4.30
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American w… read more
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- history
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
17. Punk Rock Karaoke
By: Bianca Xunise
4.04
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A debut young adult graphic novel from Ignatz Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist, B… read more
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18. The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
By: Kerri K. Greenidge
3.77
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Sarah and Angelina Grimke—the Grimke sisters—are revered figures in American history, famous for re… read more
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- historical
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
19. Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
By: Jennifer Wright
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“This is the story of one of the boldest women in American history: a self-made millionaire, a cele… read more
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- history
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
20. You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
By: Marcia A. Zug
3.75
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage,… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The social and cultural preference for marriage has obvious negative effects for single people, but it also harms the married. A desire to retain marriage's preferential status is on of the most cite…"-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
"As marriage became "proof" of black respectability, this induced many freedmen and women to marry, but it also encouraged the black community to exert pressure on those who resisted..."The colored pe…"-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
"Black men had fewer opportunities to become wealthy and were specifically encourages, often by the US government, to look to marriage, rather than wealth, as a source of social status. The government…"-Marcia A. Zug, You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love
21. Sacrificial Animals
By: Kailee Pedersen
3.46
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Kailee Pedersen's own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up … read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Young and having barely grown his first pair of antlers he is innocent of this fatal desire to engrave himself into the body of another. Reworking and remaking the fabric of his destiny, skin against…"-Kailee Pedersen, Sacrificial Animals
"At dinner parties he might say, I'm from Nebraska, and you? Wih the smug self-indulgence of a man who is from somewhere but no longer inhabits it, has no longer any need of that place called Stag's C…"-Kailee Pedersen, Sacrificial Animals
"At dinner parties he might say, I'm from Nebraska, and you? With the smug self-indulgence of a man who is from somewhere but no longer inhabits it, has no longer any need of that place called Stag's …"-Kailee Pedersen, Sacrificial Animals
