Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
By: Chris Stirewalt
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From Fox News ' politics editor Chris Stirewalt -- a fun and lively account of America's populist t…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Like every generation that has ever trod the sod, we are arrogant enough to believe we are always the culmination of history, rather than just one more stretch of a road that goes on forever."-Chris Stirewalt, Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
"Like every generation that has ever trod the sod, we are arrogant enough to believe we are always the culmination of history, rather than just one more stretch of a road that goes on forever."-Chris Stirewalt, Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
"One of the good things about running as a populist firebrand is that if the present doesn't offer you enough disasters to exploit, you can always invite your supporters to live in the imaginary disasters of the future."-Chris Stirewalt, Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
"One of the good things about running as a populist firebrand is that if the present doesn't offer you enough disasters to exploit, you can always invite your supporters to live in the imaginary disasters of the future."-Chris Stirewalt, Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
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1. Jerusalem: The Biography
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.07
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from Kin… read more
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"Necessity is very often the mother of romance."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"Names were changed, traditions muddled, but all that matters in Jerusalem is what is believed to be true."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"In 312, Manichaeanism and Mithraism were no less popular than Christianity. Constantine could just as easily have chosen one of these - and Europe might today be Mithraistic or Manichaean."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
"What the fanatical Jewish conservatives regarded as heathen pollution, cosmopolitans saw as civilization. This was the start of a new pattern in Jerusalem: the more sacred she became, the more divide…"-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
2. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
3. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By: Erik Larson
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more
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"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
4. Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
By: Donald J. Trump
3.46
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
Look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There… read more
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"America doesn’t need more “all-talk, no-action"-Donald J. Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
"Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority."-Donald J. Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
"If you have laws that you don't enforce, then you don't have laws. This leads to lawlessness."-Donald J. Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
"We look at politicians and think: This one’s owned by this millionaire. That one’s owned by that millionaire, or lobbyist, or special interest group. Me? I speak for the people."-Donald J. Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
5. John Quincy Adams
By: Harlow Giles Unger
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion again… read more
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7. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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8. The Lost World
By: Michael Crichton
4.00
Format: 202 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary d… read more
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9. Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations With Gerald R. Ford
By: Thomas M. DeFrank
3.35
Format: 520 pages,
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10. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
By: Atul Gawande
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The New York Timesbestselling author of Betterand Complicationsreveals the surprising power of the … read more
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11. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
By: Steven D. Levitt , Stephen J. Dubner
4.31
Format: 1056 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million c… read more
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12. The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar
By: H.W. Brands
4.12
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Most Americans are familiar with the political history of the United States, but there is another h… read more
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13. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
By: Tom Wolfe
3.57
Format: 416 pages,
For a start, Kesey's own life with the Merry Pranksters is perhaps the consummate example of a phen… read more
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14. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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15. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
By: Joseph J. Ellis
2.80
Format: None pages,
Informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the… read more
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16. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
By: Mike Duncan
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more
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17. Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
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4.33
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightenin… read more
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18. Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)
By: Brad Thor
4.39
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1… read more
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"Swamp creatures prefer to work with their own."-Brad Thor, Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)
19. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more
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"Misery is a money pit."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
20. So Shall You Reap
By: Donna Leon
4.07
Format: 262 pages, ebook
In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon’s bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti… read more
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"Given Loreti's position in society, the press had followed, panting. But they were to be disappointed by the police's failure to find any sign of what the English call "foul play," and so the investi…"-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap
"Brunetti, no fan of television, did occasionally watch nature documentaries, and so he was familiar with the pose cobras took when they were preparing to attack. They somehow managed to raise their h…"-Donna Leon, So Shall You Reap
21. The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun
By: Noah Rothman
3.92
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." -H.L. Mencken The Left… read more
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22. The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism
By: Matthew Continetti
4.08
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A magisterial intellectual history of the last century of American conservatism When most people t… read more
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23. Treason
By: Newt Gingrich
4.17
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich and novelist Pete Earley are back with the … read more
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24. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
25. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.22
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament… read more
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26. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
4.23
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountabi… read more
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"Designed for instant impact and encouraging feelings of omnipotence, Twitter is the perfect tool for an impulsive, attention-addicted strongman."-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
"Many strongmen, past and present, have used populist rhetoric that defines their nations as bound by faith, race, and ethnicity rather than by legal rights. For authoritarians, only some people are "…"-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
27. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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28. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
By: H.W. Brands
4.01
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the sho… read more
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29. The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding
By: Ryan S. Walters
3.61
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
"Presidents are ranked wrong. In The Jazz Age Defending Warren G. Harding, Ryan Walters mounts a c… read more
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30. Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
By: Chris Stirewalt
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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"Like every generation that has ever trod the sod, we are arrogant enough to believe we are always the culmination of history, rather than just one more stretch of a road that goes on forever."-Chris Stirewalt, Every Man a King: A Short, Colorful History of American Populists
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31. The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order
By: David Levering Lewis
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of one of the most tumultuous Republican conventions ever, the party of Lincoln nominat… read more
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