All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy's 1968 Tour of Appalachia
By: Matthew Algeo
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of eastern Kentucky to gauge …
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1. The Other America: Poverty in the United States
By: Michael Harrington , Irving Howe
4.05
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
In the fifty years since it was published, The Other America has been established as a seminal work… read more
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- american history
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2. Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill
4.27
Format: 451 pages, Hardcover
A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling a… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"If there was one thing I had learned. . . it was that politics was a damn dirty business."-Clint Hill, Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
3. The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America (Galaxy Books)
By: Lawrence Goodwyn
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This condensed version of Lawrence Goodwyn's Democratic Promise , the highly-acclaimed study on Ame… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
By: Joby Warrick
3.64
Format: None pages, ebook
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick reveals how the strain of militant Islam now raising i… read more
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5. To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
By: Lawrence Levy
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success? "Hi, Lawrence?" the caller asked. "This … read more
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- nonfiction
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6. What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
By: Thomas Frank
3.76
Format: 360 pages,
With a New Afterword by the Author The New York Timesbestseller, praised as "hilariously funny . . … read more
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7. Robert Kennedy: His Life
By: Evan Thomas
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
He was "Good Bobby," who, as his brother Ted eulogized him, "saw wrong and tried to right it . . . … read more
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"Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy"-Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life
8. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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9. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
10. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years
By: Paul Landis
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the he… read more
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- audiobook
11. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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12. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
13. 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
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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- audiobook
14. 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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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
By: Steve Coll
4.21
Format: 779 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book A… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By: Craig Whitlock
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more
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"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
17. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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18. Hungry Ghosts
By: Kevin Jared Hosein
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From an unforgettable new voice in Caribbean literature, a sweeping story of two families colliding… read more
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"Sorrow felt selfish."-Kevin Jared Hosein, Hungry Ghosts
"You aint need to ask scorpions to sting, Lata."-Kevin Jared Hosein, Hungry Ghosts
"If they were to kill her, her ghost would still be dancing."-Kevin Jared Hosein, Hungry Ghosts
"A man in the day and a man in the night is two different creatures."-Kevin Jared Hosein, Hungry Ghosts
19. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
By: Dipo Faloyin
4.43
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Africa Is Not A Country is a bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful ster… read more
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- audiobook
20. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
21. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
22. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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- audiobook
23. Welcome to the O.C.: The Oral History
By: Alan Sepinwall
4.18
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Welcome to the O.C., b* it's the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show… read more
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24. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
By: Kamala Harris
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us,… read more
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"When you break through a glass ceiling, you're going to get cut, and it's going to hurt."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
"Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
". . . Being a good person meant standing for something larger than yourself; that success is measured in part by what you help others achieve and accomplish."-Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
25. Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
By: Scott Eyman
4.12
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from … read more
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26. 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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27. Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
By: Spencer Ackerman
4.12
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021 "An impressive combination of diligence and verve, depl… read more
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28. All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy's 1968 Tour of Appalachia
By: Matthew Algeo
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of eastern Kentucky to gauge … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning
By: Alan Maimon
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Alan Maimon comes the story of how a perfec… read more
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30. Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America
By: Mark A. Bradley
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the early hours of New Year’s Eve 1969, in the small soft coal mining borough of Clarksville, Pe… read more
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31. Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia
By: Chris Hamby
4.31
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Chris Hamby, u… read more
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