The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
By: Susan Berfield
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
By: Hisham Matar
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hisham Matar, a memoir of his… read more
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"What do you do when you cannot leave and cannot return?"-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"The past, like a severed limb, tried to fix itself onto the body of the present."-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest."-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"Those who would later lament Seif and his father's (Qaddafi) regime are like a man who looks at the ashes and says, "I much prefer the fire"-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
2. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
By: Ian W. Toll
4.61
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
3. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
By: David Fromkin
4.21
Format: 635 pages, Paperback
The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into… read more
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"Reginald Wingate… wrote that “Moslems in general have hitherto regarded the Hejaz revolt, and our share in it, with suspicion or dislike"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Clayton and his colleagues believed French colonial administration to be incapable of allowing a country to retain its own character. What the French termed their “civilizing mission"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"[T]he sheer magnitude of Britain’s commitment and loss at Gallipoli made it seem vital years later that she should play a major role in the postwar Middle East to give some sort of meaning to so grea…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
"Fear of Russian expansionism was at the heart of the Porte’s policy. The Turkish ambassador told Deedes that if the Allies won the war, they would cause or allow the Ottoman Empire to be partitioned,…"-David Fromkin, A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
4. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more
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- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
5. 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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6. 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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7. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
By: Ron Chernow
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morganis the most … read more
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8. 300
By: Frank Miller , Lynn Varley
4.00
Format: 98 pages,
The army of Persia - a force so vast it shakes the earth with its march - is poised to crush Greece… read more
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9. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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10. Personal Memoirs
By: Ulysses S. Grant , Geoffrey Perrett
3.67
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triump… read more
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11. Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945
By: None , None
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of … read more
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12. Profiles in Courage
By: Caroline Kennedy , Robert F. Kennedy , John F. Kennedy
3.92
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline K… read more
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- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
"To be courageous, these stories make clear, requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place and circumstance."-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
"You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know E…"-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
"If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housi…"-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
13. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
14. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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15. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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16. 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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- american history
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"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
17. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
By: Evan Thomas
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more
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- biography
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18. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- economics
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"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
19. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
By: Gregory Zuckerman
4.03
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more
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20. Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
By: Michael Hiltzik
3.81
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for … read more
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21. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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22. Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
By: Robert A. Caro
4.44
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson… read more
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"People are always asking me why I chose Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson to write about. Well, I must say I never thought of my books as the stories of Moses or Johnson. I never had the slightest inte…"-Robert A. Caro, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing
23. Death and the Conjuror (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #1)
By: Tom Mead
3.55
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes. In 1930s London, cele… read more
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24. The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution
By: Ryan Grim
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting insider account of the progressive movement in Congress centering A.O.C., Rashida Tlaib,… read more
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25. Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History
By: Cody Cassidy
3.87
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? Who invented… read more
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26. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
By: David Leonhardt
4.28
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more
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27. The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
By: Susan Berfield
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting narrative of Wall Street buccaneering, political intrigue, and two of American history's… read more
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28. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
By: Natalie Dykstra
4.05
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more
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29. Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism
By: Seyward Darby
4.19
Format: 11 pages, Audio CD
A revealing, unsettling portrait of white nationalism, told through the lives of three women whose … read more
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"Hate can be understood as a social bond, a complex phenomenon that occurs among people as a means of mattering and belonging."-Seyward Darby, Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism
30. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
By: Brian Stelter
4.08
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
The urgent and untold story of the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump from the New York Ti… read more
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"I'm writing this book as a citizen; as an advocate for factual journalism; and as a new dad who thinks about what kind of world my children are going to inherit. This story is about a rot at the core…"-Brian Stelter, Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
31. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
By: Luis Elizondo
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unid… read more
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