Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America
By: Yasmine S. Ali
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The first book to examine the rarely-acknowledged Waverly Train Disaster of 1978 – the catastrophic…
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1. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
By: Brendan I. Koerner
4.01
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of sixties idealism, airplane hijackings… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
3. Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
By: Daniel James Brown
3.80
Format: 220 pages,
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4. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
5. Little, Crazy Children: A True Crime Tragedy of Lost Innocence
By: James Renner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Ann Rule and Gregg Olsen, a riveting new true crime book from the acclaimed author o… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- true story
6. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Jeff Shaara
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more
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- american history
- audiobook
7. 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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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. A Long Stretch of Bad Days
By: Mindy McGinnis
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more
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- audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days
9. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
By: David Fisher
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The next installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical do… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. 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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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
11. Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out
By: Gracie Gold
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental il… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
12. America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
By: Blythe Roberson
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read abou… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It sometimes feels like men feel the need to assert their dominance over nature. Rich white men, who have no problems, climb mountains to see what having problems feels like."-Blythe Roberson, America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled
13. The History of a Difficult Child
By: Mihret Sibhat
3.74
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, tragicomic debut novel about the indomitable child of a scorned, formerly land-own… read more
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- audiobook
14. Rednecks
By: Taylor Brown
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more
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15. Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
By: Alex Prud'Homme
4.04
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising narrative history of presidential food: from Washingto… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
By: Dan Bouk
3.58
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"The decisions the census informed -- in war or peace -- could not overcome the limits of the society the data described. Democracy's data is only as good as the democracy it serves."-Dan Bouk, Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
17. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
18. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more
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- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe
By: Keith O'Brien
4.40
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical's d… read more
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- history
- audiobook
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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- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
By: Will Grant
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Spellbinding…an unforgettable journey across the American West.” - Douglas Preston For readers … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
22. Rikers: An Oral History
By: Graham Rayman
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the notorious Rikers jail complex and an unflinching por… read more
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- history
- audiobook
23. Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians
By: Ralph White
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A “captivating” ( The Washington Post ) true story of “courage, resolve, and determination” ( Chris… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
24. Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America
By: Yasmine S. Ali
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The first book to examine the rarely-acknowledged Waverly Train Disaster of 1978 – the catastrophic… read more
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- history
- true story
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers
By: Jim Morris
3.97
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the la… read more
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- history
- audiobook
26. Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali
By: Marc Bernardin
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali, one of the most revered―and controversial… read more
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- biography
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27. Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
By: Theresa Levitt
3.84
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A story of alchemy in Bohemian Paris, where two scientific outcasts discovered a fundamental distin… read more
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- history
- audiobook
28. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
By: Elle Reeve
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
29. Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside
By: Tim Kaine
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A compelling account of one man’s journey across hundreds of miles of Virginia wilderness and a mov… read more
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- biography
30. Mississippi Swindle: Brett Favre and the Welfare Scandal that Shocked America
By: Shad White
4.10
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
How America’s youngest state auditor uncovered the largest public corruption scandal in the history… read more
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