The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
By: Leo Damrosch
3.92
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathe…
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1. Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
By: Kathleen DuVal
3.87
Format: 435 pages, Hardcover
A rising-star historian offers a significant new global perspective on the Revolutionary War with t… read more
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2. Alexander the Great
By: Philip Freeman
4.31
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more
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- biography
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. Edmund Burke: The First Conservative
By: Jesse Norman
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Edmund Burke is both the greatest and the most underrated political thinker of the past three hundr… read more
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- british literature
- philosophy
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
4. Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14)
By: Walter Mosley
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Walter Mosley’s indelible detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mys… read more
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- audiobook
5. Armadale
By: John Sutherland , Wilkie Collins
3.94
Format: 721 pages, Paperback
When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of… read more
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- literature
- british literature
"A judge, replied the Empress, is easy to be had, but to get an impartial judge, is a thing so difficult."-John Sutherland, Armadale
"The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!"-John Sutherland, Armadale
"...that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other..."-John Sutherland, Armadale
"Allan found his place for the second time, and fell headlong into the bottomless abyss of the English Law. “Page 280,"-John Sutherland, Armadale
6. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
By: Tony Judt
4.37
Format: 933 pages, Paperback
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
7. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
By: Ian W. Toll
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnip… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
By: Jon Meacham
3.44
Format: 336 pages,
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
9. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
By: Henry Fielding , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is… read more
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10. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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- audiobook
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
11. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
3.67
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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12. My Latest Grievance
By: Elinor Lipman
4.04
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
My Latest Grievance stars the beguiling teenager Frederica Hatch, the "Eloise of Dewing College." B… read more
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13. The Memory Chalet
By: Tony Judt
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Memory Chaletis a memoir unlike any you have ever read before. Each essay charts some experienc… read more
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14. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
By: Arundhati Roy
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Th… read more
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15. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
By: Mike Duncan
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more
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16. The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
By: Joel F. Harrington
4.34
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary story of a Renaissance-era executioner and his world, based on a rare and overloo… read more
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17. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more
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18. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
By: William Egginton
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more
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- biography
- history
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
By: Jon Meacham
4.04
Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more
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- history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
20. 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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- history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life-in Judaism (after Finally Choosing to Look There)
By: Sarah Hurwitz
4.44
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A renowned political speechwriter rediscovers Judaism, finding timeless wisdom and spiritual connec… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
23. Three Roads Back
By: Robert D. Richardson Jr.
3.67
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William Jam… read more
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- history
- biography
- philosophy
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- nonfiction
24. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
25. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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- history
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26. The Other Name: Septology I-II
By: Jon Fosse
4.06
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more
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- literature
- philosophy
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
27. Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts)
By: Mary Beard
3.68
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images… read more
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- art
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
By: Catherine Coldstream
3.71
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
29. Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
By: Kieran Setiya
3.58
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022" Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challeng… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
By: Leo Damrosch
3.92
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathe… read more
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- british literature
- literature
- philosophy
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 18th century
- audiobook
31. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
By: Anthony Bale
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
