Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area
By: Harry M. Claudill
4.15
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Up in the Old Hotel
By: David Remnick , Joseph Mitchell
4.32
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-yea… read more
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"Mazie became interested in Catholicism in the winter of 1920. A drug addict on Mulberry Street, a prostitute with two small daughters, came to her cage one night and asked for help. The woman said he…"-David Remnick, Up in the Old Hotel
2. Brave Companions: Portraits in History
By: David McCullough
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780671792763 From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Li… read more
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"…the little known events of a given time, and people who are not in the headlines can be what matters most in the long run – and the long run is the measure of history."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"Mainly, writing means a good deal of hard thinking … yet sometimes the very struggle of getting the words down on paper does result in unexpected discoveries or clarifications."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"The problem, as Thornton Wilder said, lies in the effort to employ the past tense in such a way that it does not rob those events of their character of having occurred in freedom."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"In writing history, to catch the feeling and well as the truth of other times, it is of utmost importance … to convey the sense that things need not have happened as they did…the past, after all, is …"-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
3. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
4. The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
By: Anne Rice
4.10
Format: 1207 pages, Paperback
From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft … read more
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"Telling people-did it ever make things better?"-Anne Rice, The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
"Because people don't believe it unless it happens to them."-Anne Rice, The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
"I was poisoned by love, that in the call of Suzanne I was awakened to love, and to the nightmare of want."-Anne Rice, The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
"I'll write about my past but I won't talk about it. I'll turn it into art if I can, but I won't talk about it."-Anne Rice, The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
5. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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6. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
By: Kim Edwards
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His so… read more
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7. Ham on Rye
By: Charles Bukowski
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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8. The Long Way Home (A Secret Refuge, #3)
By: Lauraine Snelling
3.85
Format: 370 pages,
In A Secret Refuge, Lauraine Snelling has written a masterful trilogy combining two very different … read more
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9. The Sheltering Sky
By: Paul Bowles
3.89
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans appr… read more
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"When I was young"-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
"The soul is the weariest part of the body."-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
"She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze."-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
"La humanidad es todos salvo uno mismo. Entonces, ¿Qué interés puede tener para nadie?"-Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
10. 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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11. Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
By: Adriana Trigiani
1.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gapis home to some of t… read more
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12. Prodigal Summer
By: Barbara Kingsolver
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Prodigal Summerweaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabi… read more
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13. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.00
Format: 592 pages,
All the Pretty Horsestells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Acr… read more
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14. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
15. 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
16. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
By: Michael Lewis
4.09
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy waite… read more
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"The problems that had been Obama's problems for the past eight years were about to become Trump's problems. But his people didn't seem to want to know about them."-Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
17. The Museum of Failures
By: Thrity Umrigar
4.13
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of… read more
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"Because, ultimately everybody's story was written in scars."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"He had often thought of Bombay as the museum of failures, an exhibit hall filled with thwarted dreams and broken promises."-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
"Of course, there were unhappy people everywhere on earth, and if you catalogued all their griefs and disappointments, every place could be considered a museum of failures. One could argue that this w…"-Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures
18. Crow Mary
By: Kathleen Grissom
4.33
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Ev… read more
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19. Her Hidden Genius
By: Marie Benedict
3.94
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie and co-author of The Per… read more
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"There you have it. He is resentful that a woman is succeeding where he failed, and most likely, he will either continue to encroach on your territory or try to take credit for your work. Be careful."-Marie Benedict, Her Hidden Genius
"Exactly," he answers again, with that patronizing smile. Watson's approach to science contains such a vital flaw it nearly takes my breath away. How can one call oneself a scientist and begin one's i…"-Marie Benedict, Her Hidden Genius
"Science IS life, dear cousin. It is the lens through which I see and experience the and make sense of the world around me, and it is my way of giving back. In solving crucial scientific mysteries at …"-Marie Benedict, Her Hidden Genius
"It is in these moments that I wonder--despite my love of and commitment to science--if I have chosen the right track. Should I be following the long-established path carved out for me by my family, a…"-Marie Benedict, Her Hidden Genius
20. 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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21. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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22. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
By: Dan Egan
4.34
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior―hold 20 percent of the world’s supply … read more
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"A normal lake is knowable. A Great Lake can hold all the mysteries of an ocean, and then some."-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
"Sandy beaches still rim the lakes, but if Lake Michigan, for example, were drained it would now be possible to walk almost the entire 100 miles between Wisconsin and Michigan on a bed of trillions up…"-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
"A thing is right when it tends to promote the integrity, beauty and stability of the biotic community," famed Wisconsin naturalist Aldo Leopold wrote in 1949, which happened to be teh peak of the lam…"-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
"A single Seaway ship can hold up to six million gallons of vessel-steadying ballast water that gets discharged at a port in exchange for cargo. And that water, scientists would learn after it was too…"-Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
23. Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area
By: Harry M. Claudill
4.15
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
“At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American consci… read more
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