The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Leta McCollough Seletzky
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A memoir and exploration of the recent past attempting to understand the author's complex father, M…
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1. Black Water Rising
By: Attica Locke
3.41
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Greg Iles, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in Amer… read more
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- crime
2. Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
By: David M. Oshinsky
4.00
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York's iconic public hospit… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the… read more
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4. The Lost Order (Cotton Malone, #12)
By: Steve Berry
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Hardcover
The Lost Order continues renowned New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry's Cotton Malone serie… read more
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5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- race
- history
- true crime
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- crime
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
6. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
7. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- biography
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- memoir
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
9. Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality
By: Brian Kilmeade
4.22
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more
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- historical
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10. A Living Remedy: A Memoir
By: Nicole Chung
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more
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- nonfiction
- race
- biography
- memoir
"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir
11. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
12. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
13. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
By: Ned Blackhawk
4.18
Format: 596 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
14. Time's Undoing
By: Cheryl A. Head
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murd… read more
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- historical
- race
15. Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
By: Jefferson R. Cowie
4.50
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppres… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
"His body "was the corporeal archive of his pugnacious soul. The bullet [from a duel] caused him 'violent pain' on a regular basis, with bouts of blood gurgling into his mouth as well as probable pois…"-Jefferson R. Cowie, Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
16. A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom
By: Gregory May
3.71
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally co… read more
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- american history
- race
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
17. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
By: Dan Ariely
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and profession… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"A higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"How can science - which is slow and methodical, providing only an occasional breakthrough - compete with creative minds unfettered by facts?"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"Would you enthusiastically recommend that a friend purchase something you'd never tested yourself? Probably not. But you may be unwittingly doing this with information every day."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels…"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
18. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
By: Joy-Ann Reid
4.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold Amer… read more
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- race
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19. The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
By: Rachel L. Swarns
4.13
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New W… read more
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20. The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
By: Bozoma Saint John
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John, comes a memoir of grief, and one woman's drive to thrive in t… read more
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- biography
- memoir
21. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
By: Rebecca Boggs Roberts
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
22. Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
By: Tony Horwitz
3.98
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the A… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- politics
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"Bowlin was previously divorced and had learned a thing or two. "Set of titties or a college education-buy either of those for your old lady and she's done," he said, "She doesn't need you anymore."-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
"The only person of color in any of the photographs was a black waiter. Blacks were otherwise barred from the dance hall, as were locals of Mexican descent. In the Texas of that day, laws and customs …"-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
"There was another, much clearer survival of freethinking ways. Sisterdale had never had a church, and Joe said his family had rarely spoken of religion except to dismiss it. "Dad would tell us, 'Dat'…"-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
"the inscription at its base put San Jacinto on a par with Waterloo and other exalted fights. The defeat of Santa Anna, the "self-styled 'Napoleon of the West,"" led to the annexation of Texas, war wi…"-Tony Horwitz, Spying on the South: Travels with Frederick Law Olmsted in a Fractured Land
23. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
By: Hannah Durkin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston’s… read more
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- american history
- race
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
24. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- memoir
25. Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
By: Shane McCrae
3.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and ra… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
"When she told me why she was divorcing my grandfather, I was surprised - all my life, I had thought he could do anything he wanted. But after a few long moments of silence, I realized: he had only ev…"-Shane McCrae, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
26. Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)
By: Attica Locke
3.94
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
In this sophisticated thriller, lawyer Jay Porter, hero of Locke’s bestseller Black Water Rising, r… read more
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"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to goon. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softly…"-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)
"Her voice caught. She swallowed and tried to go on. "It was the wallet--that's how I knew it was Michael," she said. "I bought it for him our last Christmas together." She started to cry again, softl…"-Attica Locke, Pleasantville (Jay Porter, #2)
27. Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing
By: Dionne Ford
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unexpected family photograph leads Dionne Ford to uncover the stories of her enslaved female anc… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
28. The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Leta McCollough Seletzky
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A memoir and exploration of the recent past attempting to understand the author's complex father, M… read more
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- american history
- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- true crime
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- crime
29. Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate
By: Jefferson Morley
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For the 50th anniversary of the Watergate The untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Directo… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
30. Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
By: Craig McNamara
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This unforgettable father and son story confronts the legacy of the Vietnam War across two generati… read more
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- biography
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- memoir
- historical
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- nonfiction
31. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
By: Kidada E. Williams
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From a groundbreaking scholar, a heart-wrenching reexamination of the struggle for survival in the … read more
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