Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
By: Adam Hochschild
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing …
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1. An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege
By: Heidi Ardizzone
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What would you give up to achieve your dream? When J. P. Morgan hired Belle da Costa Greene in 1905… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
2. 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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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
3. Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
By: Lawrence Wright
4.03
Format: 606 pages, Hardcover
A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persua… read more
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4. Paper: Paging Through History
By: Mark Kurlansky
3.00
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millen… read more
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5. Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty
By: Elizabeth Mitchell
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of … 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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7. Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
By: Elizabeth L. Cline
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She'd grown accustomed to shopping… read more
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8. American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
By: David Baron
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
"A timely tale of science and suspense." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) In the scorching summe… read more
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9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
10. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
By: H.W. Brands
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
11. Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
By: Nathalia Holt
3.88
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
12. The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
By: Janice P. Nimura
3.59
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope… read more
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- biography
- history
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
13. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.84
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
15. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
By: Taylor Lorenz
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
16. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair
By: William J. Mann
3.89
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
By: Dorothy Wickenden
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Nothing Daunted, The Agitators chronicles the revo… read more
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- biography
- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"...it is the little things that make the sum of happiness. [David Wright, as quoted by Martha Coffin Wright in a letter to Lucretia Coffin Mott, January 29, 1850]"-Dorothy Wickenden, The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
"...there never was a man whose good temper was proof against a missing button. [Lazette Miller Worden, as quoted by Martha Coffin Wright, in a letter to Lucretia Coffin Mott, January 29, 1850]"-Dorothy Wickenden, The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
19. Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's Most Notorious Woman Bandit
By: John Boessenecker
3.52
Format: 329 pages, Hardcover
A True West magazine Best Book of 2021, a nominee for the MPIBA Annual Reading the West Book Award,… read more
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- history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
20. The War Begins in Paris
By: Theodore Wheeler
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Kings of Broken Things and In Our Other Lives comes a provocative and stylish li… read more
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21. 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
By: Eric Klinenberg
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A renowned sociologist and bestselling author examines a year of upheaval and conflict, showing how… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
By: Emily Bernard
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that looks at race--in a fearless, penetrat… read more
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"...in every scar there is a story. The salve is the telling itself."-Emily Bernard, Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
"...perpetuating the pain of the past. Is the telling the salve or the wound?"-Emily Bernard, Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
"In order to narrate her own life, she needs another person to listen, to aid in the tending of her interior."-Emily Bernard, Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
"This was real life - no magic, only practice, commitment, and labor. This lesson, about life, about art, is one I am still learning."-Emily Bernard, Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
23. Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes
By: Adam Hochschild
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing … read more
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- memoir
- feminism
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- womens
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24. Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor
By: Kim Kelly
4.20
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A 2022 New Yorker Best Book of the Year A 2022 Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A 2022 Buzz… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. The Other Princess
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.99
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in… read more
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26. Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
By: Adam Cohen
4.32
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative dir… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
By: Simon Parkin
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As heard on the New Yorker Radio The triumphant and "engaging history" ( The New Yorker ) of the y… read more
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"Every god needs a domain..."-Simon Parkin, A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
"After spotting a plume of smoke on the horizon, 'like a dragonfly flitting over a stream', Prien dived..."-Simon Parkin, A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
"War inevitably brings provocations to bravery, tests that allow no room for considered thought, forcing individuals to act on character and instinct."-Simon Parkin, A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
"Seventy-seven pf the ninety children who sailed on the City of Benares did not return home. How they must have wondered, in their final moments, why they were being made to die. How might any of us a…"-Simon Parkin, A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II
28. The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
By: Daniel Schulman
4.14
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs,… read more
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- biography
- history
- nonfiction
29. Viscount in Love (Accidental Brides, #1)
By: Eloisa James
4.17
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his… read more
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30. Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland
By: Scott Shane
4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who b… read more
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- biography
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31. The Last Baron: The Paris Kidnapping That Brought Down an Empire
By: Tom Sancton
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, on-the-edge-of-your-seat tale about the notorious 1978 kidnapping of Baron Édouard-Jean… read more
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