Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father
By: Peter Stark
4.01
Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author …
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1. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
By: Fred Anderson
4.19
Format: 912 pages, Paperback
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the Am… read more
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2. White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery And Vengeance in Colonial America
By: Stephen Brumwell
4.07
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
"A fast-moving tale of courage, cruelty, hardship, and savagery."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In Nort… read more
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3. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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5. The River (Brian's Saga, #2)
By: Gary Paulsen
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"We want you to do it again." These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years… read more
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6. Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
By: Peter Stark
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast … read more
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8. 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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9. The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
By: John Ferling
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Perhaps the most revered American of all, George Washington has long been considered a stoic leader… read more
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10. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
By: Robert Kurson
3.62
Format: 57 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the auth… read more
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11. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
By: Jon Krakauer
4.08
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a s… read more
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12. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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13. 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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14. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
By: Tom Clavin
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more
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15. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
By: Mark Harmon
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more
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16. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
17. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
By: Pekka Hämäläinen
4.05
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more
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18. Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father
By: Peter Stark
4.01
Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author … read more
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19. Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
By: Jonathan Horn
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn tells the astonishing true stor… read more
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"System in all things is the soul of business.' -- GEORGE WASHINGTON, Letter to James Anderson, December 21, 1797."-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
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"When...passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield--oftentimes too late--to more sober reflections, it serves to evince that lost is too dainty a food to live on -alone.-...More …"-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
20. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more
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"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)
21. Twilight Territory
By: Andrew X. Pham
3.64
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping first novel of love, war, and resistance in post–World War II Japanese-occupied Vietnam,… read more
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