Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis
By: Volker Ullrich
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End
By: Robert Gerwarth
3.57
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
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2. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
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3. 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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"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
4. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
By: James Kaplan
4.35
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more
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5. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
6. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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7. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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8. 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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9. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
By: Stuart A. Reid
4.40
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more
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10. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
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11. Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
By: Gary J. Bass
4.29
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlo… read more
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12. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
13. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
By: Steve Inskeep
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
14. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By: Thomas F. Schaller
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more
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15. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By: Oren Kessler
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more
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16. The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
By: Benjamin Carter Hett
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic … read more
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"Alongside the viciousness of much of German politics in the Weimar years was an incongruous innocence: few people could imagine the worst possibilities. A civilized nation could not possibly vote for…"-Benjamin Carter Hett, The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
17. November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War
By: Peter Englund
4.25
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, as experienced by the people who l… read more
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18. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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19. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
By: Julian T. Jackson
4.17
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more
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20. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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21. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
By: Rachel Chrastil
3.84
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more
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22. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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23. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power
By: Timothy W. Ryback
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more
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24. Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis
By: Volker Ullrich
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough kno… read more
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25. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
By: Cameron McWhirter
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more
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26. Höhenrausch: Das kurze Leben zwischen den Kriegen
By: Harald Jähner
4.38
Format: 560 pages, ebook
Deutschland, 1918. Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs, Revolution, Sieg der Demokratie. Zugleich beginnt ei… read more
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27. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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28. How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler
By: Peter Pomerantsev
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propa… read more
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29. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
30. Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
By: Austin Frerick
4.20
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyo… read more
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31. 1923: The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup
By: Mark William Jones
4.09
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully written . . . a warning for our times' Alex W… read more
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