Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York
By: Daniel S. Levy
3.89
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Shows vividly how the Great Fire of 1835, which nearly leveled Manhattan also created the ashes fro…
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1. Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal
By: Joseph Alexiou
3.89
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For more than 150 years, Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal has been called a cesspool, an industrial dumping… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
3. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
By: Candice Millard
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more
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4. 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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5. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
6. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
7. The Wren, the Wren
By: Anne Enright
3.55
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more
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"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren
8. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
By: Steve Brusatte
4.38
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
By: Tom Vitale
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more
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- nonfiction
10. Take What You Need
By: Idra Novey
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In her most powerful book yet, award-winning writer Idra Novey has conjured a novel of "astonishing… read more
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11. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
12. 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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- nonfiction
- history
13. 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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- nonfiction
- history
14. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
15. One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
By: Michael Frank
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One of Wall Street Journal ’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Award… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I do believe that as we travel through life we become a different person in every situation, or context, or phase."-Michael Frank, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
16. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
17. The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III
By: Andrew Roberts
4.25
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
18. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
19. The Things We Do to Our Friends
By: Heather Darwent
3.20
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Edinburgh, Scotland: a moody city of labyrinthine alleyways, oppressive fog, and buried history—the… read more
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20. Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
By: James M. Scott
4.40
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
21. Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
By: Richard White
3.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son.… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"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. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
By: Ava Chin
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping narrative history of the Chinese Exclusion Act through an intimate portrayal of one fami… read more
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- history
"I am trying to keep it all together -- not lashing out in anger, not bursting into tears, because what is anger, but pain masquerading as bravado?"-Ava Chin, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
24. Rikers: An Oral History
By: Graham Rayman
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the notorious Rikers jail complex and an unflinching por… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
By: Stephen Breyer
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
26. A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg
By: Nathaniel Deutsch
4.11
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of Satmar Hasidic Williamsburg, from the decline of New York to the gentrification o… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
27. New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
By: Thomas Dyja
3.91
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
28. Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York
By: Daniel S. Levy
3.89
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Shows vividly how the Great Fire of 1835, which nearly leveled Manhattan also created the ashes fro… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Revolutionary Jews from Spinoza to Marx: The Fight for a Secular World of Universal and Equal Rights (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
By: Jonathan I. Israel
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a small but conspicuous fringe of the Jewish popul… read more
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