Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary
By: Geoffrey Cowan
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"The best new discussion of the primary system." ―Jill Lepore, author of These Truths In 1912, Theo…
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1. Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
By: Timothy Zahn
4.18
Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord—Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the … read more
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"Yes, they’d lost. But it was just a battle, not the war."-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
"I rule the Empire now. Not some long-dead Emperor; certainly not you. the only treason is defiance of my orders."-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
"One of the first rules the Emperor had drummed into her [Mara Jade] so long ago was to blend in as best she could with her surroundings"-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
"The maitrakh met her gaze steadily, her alien face unreadable. 'Are you offering me your help?' Leia asked. 'There is honor in you, Lady Vader,' the maitrakh said, her voice quiet. 'For the life and …"-Timothy Zahn, Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
2. Good Night, Gorilla
By: Peggy Rathmann
4.23
Format: 32 pages, Board book
A must-have board book for all babies.Good night, Gorilla.Good night, Elephant. It's bedtime at the… read more
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3. Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
By: Chris DeRose
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Amazing True Story of the Election That Saved the ConstitutionIn 1789, James Madison and James … read more
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4. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more
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"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
5. The Bacta War (Star Wars: X-Wing, #4)
By: Michael A. Stackpole
1.00
Format: 96 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When the Alliance Fleet mounts a major campaign against a deadly warlord, tyrant Ysanne Isard has t… read more
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6. Ten Tea Parties: Patriotic Protests That History Forgot
By: Joseph Cummins
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the story of the Boston Tea Party--in which colonists stormed three British ships an… read more
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7. The Fire Next Time
By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more
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8. 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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9. Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream
By: Gregg Jones
3.16
Format: 315 pages,
Honor in the Dust is a gripping account of one of the most pivotal moments in U.S. history: America… read more
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10. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
11. Year Zero: A History of 1945
By: Ian Buruma
3.33
Format: 140 pages,
A marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World … read more
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12. Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
By: Evan Thomas
3.89
Format: 575 pages, Hardcover
Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering ligh… read more
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13. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more
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14. John Adams
By: David McCullough
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more
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15. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
By: Gordon S. Wood
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winnin… read more
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16. Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
By: Jack N. Rakove
3.49
Format: None pages, Paperback
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-pa… read more
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17. 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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18. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
19. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
By: H.W. Brands
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more
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20. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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21. 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
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22. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.34
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
Author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and S… read more
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23. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
By: Edward J. Larson
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more
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24. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more
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25. Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)
By: Timothy Zahn
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover Thrawn’s origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars tr… read more
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"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we as the Ascendancy to d…"-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)
"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we ask the Ascendancy to …"-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)
"Someplace nice and quiet and away from the spaceport, I hope," Thalias said. "The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship." "Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed. "So where a…"-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)
26. Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
By: Walter Lord
4.29
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Outgunned and outmanned on the Pacific Ocean, a small American fleet defied the odds and turned the… read more
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"In ticking off the things that weren’t done, it was easy to forget the big thing that was done. Against overwhelming odds, with the most meager resources, and often at fearful self-sacrifice, a few d…"-Walter Lord, Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
27. Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy
By: Dan Abrams
3.71
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s last stand—an epic courtroom battle against corru… read more
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28. Reconstruction: A Concise History
By: Allen C. Guelzo
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in… read more
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29. The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky
4.20
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The US Constitution never established a presidential cabinet--the delegates to the Constitutional C… read more
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30. Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War
By: Steve Inskeep
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in… read more
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31. Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary
By: Geoffrey Cowan
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"The best new discussion of the primary system." ―Jill Lepore, author of These Truths In 1912, Theo… read more
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