Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
By: Gordon S. Wood
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates o…
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1. White Jacket or, the World in a Man-of-War
By: Herman Melville
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The mixture of journalism, history and fiction; the presentation of a sequence of striking characte… read more
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"We are the pioneers of the world; the advance-guard sent on through the wilderness of untried things..."-Herman Melville, White Jacket or, the World in a Man-of-War
"You will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic - especially toward the Fourth of July."-Herman Melville, White Jacket or, the World in a Man-of-War
"Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours to civilize civilization and Christianize Christendom?"-Herman Melville, White Jacket or, the World in a Man-of-War
"...the books that prove most agreeable, grateful, and companionable, are those we pick up by chance here and there; those which seem put into our hands by Providence; those which pretend to little, b…"-Herman Melville, White Jacket or, the World in a Man-of-War
2. The Winds of Dune (Heroes of Dune, #2)
By: Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson
3.79
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
With their usual skill, Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have taken ideas left behind by Frank Herb… read more
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3. 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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4. The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
By: Anthony Everitt
3.00
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadr… read more
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5. Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
By: Richard Beeman
4.43
Format: 320 pages,
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6. 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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7. His Excellency: George Washington
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more
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9. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
By: Pauline Maier
3.77
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and … read more
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10. The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
By: David O. Stewart
3.80
Format: 384 pages,
The successful creation of the Constitution is a suspense story. The Summer of 1787takes us into th… read more
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11. Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
By: John M. Barry
3.32
Format: None pages,
A revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individ… read more
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12. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
By: Joseph J. Ellis
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Mon… read more
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13. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
By: Peter H. Wilson
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable do… read more
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14. A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
By: Diarmaid MacCulloch
3.89
Format: None pages,
The author of The Reformationreturns with the definitive history of Christianity for our time. Once… read more
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15. American Colonies: The Settling of North America
By: Alan Taylor
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
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16. Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
By: Pauline Maier
3.78
Format: 472 pages,
When the delegates left the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787, the new Co… read more
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17. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
By: Joseph J. Ellis
2.80
Format: None pages,
Informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the… read more
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18. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
By: Bernard Bailyn
3.69
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In this 25th anniversary edition, Bailyn has added a substantial essay, Fulfillment, as a Postscrip… read more
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19. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
By: Christopher F. Rufo
4.30
Format: 352 pages, ebook
For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more
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"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
20. Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World
By: Brad S. Gregory
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in October 1517, he had no intention of starting a revol… read more
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21. 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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"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
22. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
By: Joseph J. Ellis
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In one of the most “exciting and engaging” (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in d… read more
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23. Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
By: H.W. Brands
3.92
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and dramatic narrative of the Amer… read more
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24. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
By: Edward J. Larson
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more
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25. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
By: Thomas E. Ricks
4.08
Format: 416 pages, ebook
New York Times BestsellerEditors' Choice —New York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the p… read more
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"It is a cliché, and a bad one, that generals try to “fight the last war"-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"...Populism tends to look good from a distance, but close up it can be frightening."-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"As an inhabitant of a Mississippi River town happily shouts out in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , “You pays your money and you makes your choice!"-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"More than anything else, I have learned in researching this book that America is a moving target, a goal that must always be pursued but never quite reached."-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
26. Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
By: Arthur C. Brooks
4.29
Format: 256 pages, ebook
NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER! To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right? Divisive politicians… read more
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"When I call for a standard of love, I am asking us all to listen to our hearts, of course. But also to think clearly, look at the facts, and do difficult things when necessary, so that we can truly l…"-Arthur C. Brooks, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
27. Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father
By: Peter Stark
4.01
Format: 510 pages, Kindle Edition
A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author … read more
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28. The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
By: Barry Cunliffe
4.04
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across t… read more
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29. Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
By: Gordon S. Wood
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates o… read more
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30. The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics
By: Steve Benen
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
NATIONAL BESTSELLER: USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller The aw… read more
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31. The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
By: Akhil Reed Amar
4.41
Format: 817 pages, Hardcover
A history of the American Constitution's formative decades from a preeminent legal scholar When … read more
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"with all America and the world looking on, the Federalists in New York at the end of the process reaffirmed what had been clear from the beginning: ratification would be “in toto, and for ever."-Akhil Reed Amar, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
"in 1775 there arose a remarkable civic society that aimed to end slavery itself. The society was formed not by Johnson, nor in Johnson’s vaunted London, nor indeed anywhere in Britain proper, but rat…"-Akhil Reed Amar, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
