In the Hands of the People: Thomas Jefferson on Equality, Faith, Freedom, Compromise, and the Art of Citizenship
By: Jon Meacham
4.12
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jon Meacham offers a collection of inspiring words about how to be…
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1. Wise Blood
By: Flannery O'Connor
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
(This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780374530631) The American short story master Flan… read more
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"Jesus died to redeem you,"-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"In yourself right now is all the place you've got."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
2. In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
By: David McCullough
3.79
Format: 33 pages, Hardcover
Days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. P… read more
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"Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to th…"-David McCullough, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
3. If the South Had Won the Civil War
By: Harry Turtledove , MacKinlay Kantor , Dan Nance
3.43
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
The Past is a strange place indeed . . . everything could have been so different so easily.Just a t… read more
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- politics
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4. Walking
By: Henry David Thoreau
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
The philosophies of HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)-hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profo… read more
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5. The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America
By: Walter R. Borneman
3.73
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washingt… read more
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6. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
The prizewinning author of Founding Brothersand American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--… read more
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7. Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.50
Format: 218 pages, ebook
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning Americ… read more
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8. Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture
By: Mark A. Yarhouse
3.93
Format: 352 pages,
Few topics are more contested today than gender identity. In the fog of the culture war, complex is… read more
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9. Common Sense
By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis
3.75
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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10. Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America
By: Stephen Mansfield
3.82
Format: None pages,
Finding God can be difficult even in times of joy. But consider the timesand profound sorrowsof Abr… read more
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11. Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques
By: Stephen King , F-stop Fitzgerald
4.48
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Photographer f-stop Fitzgerald and Stephen King introduce readers to the gargoyles, the faces we ra… read more
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12. The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor
By: Ron Chernow
3.48
Format: None pages,
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13. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
By: Gordon S. Wood
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winnin… read more
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14. Richard Nixon: The Life
By: John A. Farrell
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more
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15. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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16. Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
By: Larry Tye
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend Larry Tye wa… read more
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17. The Course of Human Events
By: David McCullough
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Audio CD
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JOHN ADAMS On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough pres… read more
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18. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
By: Jonathan Karl
4.28
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more
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19. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more
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20. The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
By: Philip S. Gorski
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A bracing examination of a force that imperils American democracy Most Americans were shocked by t… read more
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- american history
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"White Christian nationalism is a “deep story"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
"For white Americans who affirm Christian nationalist ideology, “true Americans"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
"Even as it’s become riskier for mainstream politicians to use negative dog whistles like “thug"-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
"It’s not that Christian nationalists have a different understanding of American history; it’s that they often have an incorrect understanding."-Philip S. Gorski, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
21. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.72
Format: 16 pages, Audiobook
15 hours, 54 minutes Read by a 45-person cast, with Holter Graham and the author Over the pas… read more
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- biography
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"We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was …"-Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
22. The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
By: John Lisle
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch― The Dirty Tricks De… read more
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23. Both/And: A Memoir
By: Huma Abedin
4.32
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestseller, this extraordinary memoir from Huma Abedin—Hillary Clinton’s famously … read more
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"Our team walked through the women’s empowerment center, which was operating in a multistory building, one of the stops we were contemplating for the First Lady. The young man and woman escorting us t…"-Huma Abedin, Both/And: A Memoir
"Well past midnight, HRC cast her vote in favor of the amendment, though she was clear about her reservations. When she delivered floor remarks, she said, "Even though the resolution before the Senate…"-Huma Abedin, Both/And: A Memoir
"From Hillary Clinton, I have learned all kinds of things. How to be confident, brave, unfailingly empathetic, future-focused, tough, and gracious. She and I have had countless adventures over the pas…"-Huma Abedin, Both/And: A Memoir
24. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
25. Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals
By: Ken Follett
3.86
Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition
“The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civil… read more
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"I'm not a religious believer, yet despite that I go to church. I love the architecture, the music, the words of the Bible, and the sense of sharing something profound with other people. I have long f…"-Ken Follett, Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals
26. Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy
By: Donald L. Miller
4.41
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of the longest and most decisive military campaign of the Civil War in Vicksb… read more
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27. In the Hands of the People: Thomas Jefferson on Equality, Faith, Freedom, Compromise, and the Art of Citizenship
By: Jon Meacham
4.12
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jon Meacham offers a collection of inspiring words about how to be… read more
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28. STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World
By: Dan Lyons
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Our noisy world has trained us to think that those who get in the last word win, when in fact it’s … read more
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29. Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
By: David S. Reynolds
4.41
Format: 1088 pages, Hardcover
From one of the great living historians of 19th century America, a revelatory and enthralling new b… read more
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30. The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
By: Stephen Kurczy
3.48
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiF… read more
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"The electro-sensitives were right: We do need a break from our devices. The hippies were right: We need to reconnect with the land. The astronomers were right: We do need to be silent to listen."-Stephen Kurczy, The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
31. This America: The Case for the Nation
By: Jill Lepore
4.05
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case f… read more
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"There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren’t really important,"-Jill Lepore, This America: The Case for the Nation
