John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
By: Richard Brookhiser
3.80
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier Chief Justice In 1801, a genial…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America
By: David O. Stewart
3.91
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
In this vivid and brilliant biography, David Stewart describes Aaron Burr, the third vice president… read more
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3. John Jay: Founding Father
By: Walter Stahr
3.99
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
John Jay was a central figure in the early history of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, bor… read more
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4. Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher
By: Jon Meacham
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this special illustrated edition of the #1 New York Timesbestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art o… read more
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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. Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
By: Billy Crystal
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America's favorite comedians as he turns … read more
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10. Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, … read more
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11. Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more
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12. Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
By: Edmund Morris
4.10
Format: 766 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling readi… read more
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"If he was less motivated by compassion than anger at what he saw as the arrogance of capital,he chafed,nonetheless,to regulate it."-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
"Ensconced, he (Roosevelt) lacked some of the neuroses of progressives-economic envy and race hatred especially.His radicalism was a matter of energy rather than urgency."-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
"Norway...looked to Roosevelt "as funny a kingdom as was ever imagined outside of opera bouffe....It is much as if Vermont should offhand try the experiment of having a king."-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
"He has,in short,reached his peak as a hunter,exuberantly altered from the pale,overweight statesman of ten months ago. Africa's way of reducing every problem of existence to dire alternatives-shoot o…"-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
13. 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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14. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
By: David Hackett Fischer
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
This book is the first volume in a cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English… read more
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15. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.49
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer for History, No Ordinary Timeis a chronicle of one of the most vibrant & rev… read more
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16. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
17. That Godless Court?: Supreme Court Decisions on Church-State Relationships
By: None
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
The "religious clause" of the First Amendment, seemingly simple and clear, has been and continues t… read more
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18. 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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19. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
By: James Traub
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more
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20. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
By: Brad Meltzer
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more
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21. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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22. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
23. Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
By: John C. McManus
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War "Out here, mention is seldom seen… read more
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24. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945
By: John C. McManus
4.59
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more
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25. Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944
By: John C. McManus
4.47
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
In Fire and Fortitude--winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History--John C. McManus pre… read more
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26. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
27. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell… read more
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28. King Richard: Nixon and Watergate — An American Tragedy
By: Michael Dobbs
4.25
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
In January 1973, Richard Nixon had just been inaugurated after winning re-election in a historic la… read more
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29. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
By: Jonathan Blitzer
4.49
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more
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30. John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
By: Richard Brookhiser
3.80
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier Chief Justice In 1801, a genial… read more
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31. Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference
By: David Shimer
4.18
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the covert struggle between Russia and America to influence elections, wh… read more
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