First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity
By: Maurizio Valsania
3.89
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Dispelling common myths about the first US president and revealing the real George Washington. G…
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1. Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President
By: None , Jeanne T. Heidler , David Stephen Heidler
4.11
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
History enthusiasts and admirers of Team of Rivals will rejoice in this magisterial account of the … read more
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2. 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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- history
- biography
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- american revolution
- nonfiction
3. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
By: Joe Navarro , Marvin Karlins
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
He says that's his best offer. Is it? She says she agrees. Does she? The interview went great--or d… read more
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4. 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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- history
- historical
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- american revolution
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5. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
By: Graham Allison
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap… read more
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6. The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
By: John Ferling
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Perhaps the most revered American of all, George Washington has long been considered a stoic leader… read more
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7. The House of Silk
By: Anthony Horowitz
4.01
Format: 532 pages, Hardcover
London, 1890. 221B Baker Street. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes an… read more
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8. The Lost City of the Monkey God
By: Douglas Preston
3.93
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering jour… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
9. The Romantic
By: William Boyd
4.15
Format: 451 pages, Paperback
Set in the 19th century, The Romantic is the story of life itself. Following the roller-coaster for… read more
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10. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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- history
12. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
By: Steve Inskeep
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more
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"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
13. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
By: Jonathan Alter
4.34
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more
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14. Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It
By: Brian Murphy
3.95
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or death The small ship making the … read more
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15. 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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- biography
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- war
- american revolution
- nonfiction
16. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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17. Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
By: Jonathan Horn
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn tells the astonishing true stor… read more
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"System in all things is the soul of business.' -- GEORGE WASHINGTON, Letter to James Anderson, December 21, 1797."-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
"In the composition of the human frame, there is a good deal of inflammable matter; however dormant it may be for a while,...when the torch is put to it, that which is -within you- may burst into a bl…"-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
"I am too well acquainted with women to give advice to any of them when they are bound for the Port of Matrimony, because I never shall advise -any one- to marry the man she does not like and because …"-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
"When...passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield--oftentimes too late--to more sober reflections, it serves to evince that lost is too dainty a food to live on -alone.-...More …"-Jonathan Horn, Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle
18. First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity
By: Maurizio Valsania
3.89
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Dispelling common myths about the first US president and revealing the real George Washington. G… read more
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- american revolution
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19. Worst Case Scenario
By: T.J. Newman
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internation… read more
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20. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
21. The White House and the Freemasons
By: B. Chris Ruli
4.33
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The White House & The Freemasons examines the long and enduring relationship between the American p… read more
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