Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”
By: Kim Todd
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A vivid social history that brings to light the “girl stunt reporters” of the Gilded Age who went u…
Want to Read $ 11.27"I never loved anyone so much that I thought it would last. In fact, I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. (Susan B. Anthony being interviewed by Nellie Bly)"-Kim Todd, Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”
"I never loved anyone so much that I thought it would last. In fact, I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. (Susan B. Anthony being interviewed by Nellie Bly)"-Kim Todd, Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”
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1. Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
By: Marc Myers
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Every great song has a fascinating backstory. In Anatomy of a Song , based on the ongoing Wall Stre… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
2. Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
By: Penny M. Von Eschen
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the U.S. State Department unleashed an… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons from 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules
By: Karen Karbo
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
From Amelia Earhart to Carrie Fisher, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the impe… read more
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- biography
- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
4. Concourse (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #2)
By: S.J. Rozan
3.29
Format: 80 pages,
It flows through the Bronx like a river between banks of faded elegance. And at the end of the aven… read more
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5. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
By: Colin Dickey
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Surely ghosts will follow wherever there is bad record keeping"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"The dead are watching, whether or not we choose to listen to their stories."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"Our brains are hardwired to think in terms of place and to associate psychic value or meaning to the places we inhabit."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"A ghost story’s reduction of a complex moment or the history of building into a series of cliches is reproduced in beautifully staged photos that fetishize the past without truly representing it. “Ru…"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
6. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth
By: John Garth
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Revealing the horror and heroism the creator of Middle-earth experienced as a young man, Tolkien an… read more
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7. China Trade (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #1)
By: S.J. Rozan
4.03
Format: 512 pages,
It's a city within a city, of smells, sounds, dark shops, and close-knit families; it's a world all… read more
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8. First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
By: Kate Andersen Brower
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White Ho… read more
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9. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
11. America Fantastica
By: Tim O'Brien
3.45
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in No… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
12. 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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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
13. An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder
By: Susan Wels
3.33
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the … read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
By: Kathleen Belew
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
15. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
16. The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
By: Paulina Bren
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous resid… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"[Negli anni '30] Molti ritenevano anche, sebbene il Women's Bureau del governo avesse ripetutamente contraddetto tale convinzione, che le donne lavoravano per comprarsi il superfluo, rubando i posti …"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
"Nel 1932, ventisei Stati avevano decretato che fosse illegale per le donne sposate avere un lavoro, e negli Stati in cui non era obbligatorio lasciare il lavoro al momento delle nozze era comunque ne…"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
"[Negli anni ‘50] Le regole erano chiare, e le attese elevatissime: le donne dovevano essere vergini ma non bacchettone; dovevano fare l'università, dedicarsi a un certo tipo di carriera e poi rinunci…"-Paulina Bren, The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
17. Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction
By: Gabrielle Moss
3.76
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A hilarious and nostalgic trip through the history of paperback pre-teen series of the '80s and '90… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- writing
- adult
- audiobook
18. I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart
By: Kris Carr
4.23
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
From New York Times bestselling author Kris Carr, comes a transformational book about love, loss, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Floating Hotel
By: Grace Curtis
3.70
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more
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- adult
20. 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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- biography
- 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
21. The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
By: Kathryn J. Edin
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
22. The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch
By: Miles Harvey
3.69
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1843, James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, vanished from a… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”
By: Kim Todd
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A vivid social history that brings to light the “girl stunt reporters” of the Gilded Age who went u… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
- writing
- womens
- journalism
- audiobook
"I never loved anyone so much that I thought it would last. In fact, I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. (Susan B. Anthony being interviewed by Nellie Bly)"-Kim Todd, Sensational: The Hidden History of America's “Girl Stunt Reporters”
24. What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
By: Elizabeth Catte
4.02
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
25. If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
By: John Pavlovitz
4.40
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine for a moment what the world might look like if we as people … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The Good Book makes a really lousy hammer."-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
"A God our brains and buildings can fully hold just isn’t big enough to be truly God. The moment we imagine a rigid box adequately capable of containing the who, what, how, and why of everything that …"-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
26. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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- biography
- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy
By: J. Russell Hawkins
4.33
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Why did southern white evangelical Christians resist the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 196… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
28. The Art of Violence (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #13)
By: S.J. Rozan
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the latest mystery from S. J. Rozan, Bill Smith and Lydia Chin must track down a serial killer s… read more
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- audiobook
29. Seven Games: A Human History
By: Oliver Roeder
3.90
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why―and how―we play them. C… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
30. Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do
By: Tracy Dawson
3.77
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this entertaining and eye-opening collection, writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson showcases… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood
By: Hilary A. Hallett
3.77
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Unlike typical romances, which end with wedding bells, Elinor Glyn’s (1864–1943) story really began… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
