The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
By: David M. Rubenstein
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER The capstone book in a trilogy from …
Want to Read $ 16.99If you liked the nonfiction plot in The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream by David M. Rubenstein , here is a list of 19 books like this:
1. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
By: David Epstein
4.20
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wonde… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in David Epstein's The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- nonfiction
- science
"The idea that athleticism was suddenly inversely proportional to intellect was never a cause of bigotry, but rather a result of it."-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
"One of the issues with our field is when we've looked at activity, and what controls activity, we've forgotten that we know very clearly there are biological mechanisms that actually influence people…"-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
"If you want to know if your kid is going to be fast, the best genetic test right now is a stopwatch. Take him to the playground and have him face the other kids.' Foster's point is that, despite the …"-David Epstein, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
2. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
209 PAGES. read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
3. Rita Moreno: A Memoir
By: Rita Moreno
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple be… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Rita Moreno's Rita Moreno: A Memoir book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
By: Candice Millard
4.24
Format: None pages,
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Candice Millard's The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
5. Rough Sleepers
By: Tracy Kidder
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Tracy Kidder's Rough Sleepers book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- biography
- nonfiction
6. The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
By: Jon Meacham
4.26
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politi… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Jon Meacham's The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- american
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
"The opposite of fear is hope, defined as the expectation of good fortune not only for ourselves but for a group to which we belong. Fear feeds anxiety and produces anger; hope, particularly in a poli…"-Jon Meacham, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
7. Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
By: Evan Osnos
4.24
Format: 465 pages, Hardcover
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize– winning writer Evan Osnos retur… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Evan Osnos's Wildland: The Making of America's Fury book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"In all, just 158 American families had donated half of all the money to candidates on the ballot [in the 2016 election]."-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
"You've got your CEOs pulling four hundred or five hundred times what the American man does. Is there any man worth four hundred or five hundred other men? I've never met one. Have you?" -David Efaw i…"-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
"It's not as simple as "this guy is with us on everything - or he's not!" she said. "I think the left imagines that in order for us to make progress, everyone has to agree about everything. I don't th…"-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
"After residents had secured the major markers of wealth - the home, the right schools, the serenity of private aviation - they turned their attention to the real game in town: the refining of advanta…"-Evan Osnos, Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
8. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West
By: Chris Wimmer
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Chris Wimmer's The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
9. 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
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Beverly Gage's G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
10. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
By: Sean Dietrich
4.50
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the fr… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Sean Dietrich's Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- nonfiction
- biography
"November. It was already getting cold in the Panhandle. I'm talking bone cold. Temperatures were sinking all the way to sixty-two degrees in some places."-Sean Dietrich, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
"The first thing I did was eat barbecue. I have always found that barbecue helps the human body work better. The cholesterol lubricates the mental passages."-Sean Dietrich, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
"I scrubbed in the water while Ellie Mae chased a jackrabbit that was wandering on the shore. She nearly caught the rabbit, but the rabbit called for reinforcements. Soon nearly eighty rabbits emerged…"-Sean Dietrich, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
"For some people, the transition to adulthood happens almost overnight. It certainly did with me. I’ve met other orphans. We are kids who can’t even pinpoint when this change happened. We have felt li…"-Sean Dietrich, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You’re Gonna Be Okay
11. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Jon Meacham's And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
12. Princess of Dune
By: Brian Herbert
3.89
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
Set two years before Dune, Princess of Dune is the never-before-told story of two key women in the… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Brian Herbert's Princess of Dune book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
13. Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
By: Jonathan M. Metzl
4.10
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences—even for the white vo… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Jonathan M. Metzl's Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"It's a narrative about how "whiteness" becomes a formation worth living and dying for, and how, in myriad ways and on multiple levels, white Americans bet their lives on particular sets of meanings a…"-Jonathan M. Metzl, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
14. Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
4.17
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
"Stony the Road presents a bracing alternative to Trump-era white nationalism. . . . In our current… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Slavery didn’t end in 1865, it just evolved. The North won the Civil War, but the South won the narrative war"-Henry Louis Gates Jr., Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
"I actually think the great evil of American slavery wasn’t involuntary servitude and forced labor. The true evil of American slavery was the narrative we created to justify it. They made up this ideo…"-Henry Louis Gates Jr., Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
"I actually think the great evil of American slavery wasn’t involuntary servitude and forced labor. The true evil of American slavery was the narrative we created to justify it. They made up this ideo…"-Henry Louis Gates Jr., Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
"We now know, thanks to developments in DNA analysis, that one in three African American males carries a Y-DNA signature inherited from a direct white male ancestor. Say, a great great great grandfath…"-Henry Louis Gates Jr., Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
15. Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
By: Ty Seidule
4.42
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
"When we identify our history, we can change the narrative."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
"Whenever Lee made a decision regarding enslaved people he chose profit over human decency."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
"History is always changing. We link the past to our conception of the present and we always have."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
"When people have no political outlet nor means of changing a racist society, rioting is their only voice."-Ty Seidule, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
16. Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
By: LaTasha Morrison
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A leading advocate for racial reconciliation offers a clarion call for Christians to move toward re… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in LaTasha Morrison's Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- nonfiction
"We can’t bypass the weight of our guilt and shame if we intend to arrive at true reconciliation and justice."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
"Confession of our entanglement in racism and systemic privilege is essential for complete healing and restoration."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
"Reconciliation requires truth telling and empathy and tears. It requires changed perspectives and changing directions (also known as repentance)."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
"Repairing what’s broken is a distinctly biblical concept, which is why as people of faith we should be leading the way into redemption, restoration, and reconciliation."-LaTasha Morrison, Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation
17. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
By: Douglas Brinkley
4.17
Format: 576 pages, ebook
Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Douglas Brinkley's American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- science
18. The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
By: David M. Rubenstein
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER The capstone book in a trilogy from … read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- music
- american history
- american
- biography
- history
- politics
- social
- nonfiction
- science
19. The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
By: Akhil Reed Amar
4.41
Format: 817 pages, Hardcover
A history of the American Constitution's formative decades from a preeminent legal scholar When … read more
Want to Read $ 22.99Similar categories in Akhil Reed Amar's The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840 book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"with all America and the world looking on, the Federalists in New York at the end of the process reaffirmed what had been clear from the beginning: ratification would be “in toto, and for ever."-Akhil Reed Amar, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
"in 1775 there arose a remarkable civic society that aimed to end slavery itself. The society was formed not by Johnson, nor in Johnson’s vaunted London, nor indeed anywhere in Britain proper, but rat…"-Akhil Reed Amar, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
20. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
By: Evan Friss
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Evan Friss's The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
21. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
By: H.R. McMaster
4.08
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in H.R. McMaster's At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House book and David M. Rubenstein's The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
