Chicago's Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City
By: Carl Smith
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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1. Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
By: Paul Collins
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins’ remarkable true account of a stunning turn… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
2. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: David McCullough
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more
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"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
3. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines … read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
4. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
The prizewinning author of Founding Brothersand American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--… read more
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- historical
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
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6. Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
By: James D. Hornfischer
3.74
Format: 296 pages,
"Son, we're going to Hell." The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a yo… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
7. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
By: Timothy Egan
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of o… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
8. The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
By: Christine Wiltz
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went fr… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. We, the Drowned
By: Carsten Jensen , Charlotte Barslund , Liz Jensen , Emma Ryder
4.04
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
It is an epic drama of adventure, courage, ruthlessness and passion by one of Scandinavia's most ac… read more
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10. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
By: Colin Woodard
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red stat… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
11. Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
By: Kalee Thompson
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in U.S. Coast… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. A Burnable Book (John Gower, #1)
By: Bruce Holsinger
3.95
Format: 620 pages, Hardcover
In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder and intrigue swirl around the existence of a prophetic book t… read more
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13. Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
By: Tony Horwitz
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesNotable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston GlobeBe… read more
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14. Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
By: Daniel James Brown
3.80
Format: 220 pages,
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15. No Man's Land: 1918, the Last Year of the Great War
By: John Toland
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
From freezing infantrymen huddled in bloodied trenches on the front lines to intricate political ma… read more
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16. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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17. All the King's Men
By: Robert Penn Warren
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
More than just a classic political novel, Warren's tale of power and corruption in the Depression-e… read more
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18. Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force
By: Dan Schilling
4.30
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special O… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
By: Troy Senik
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. 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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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
21. Parkland: Birth of a Movement
By: Dave Cullen
3.98
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers a deeply moving account of the extraordin… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
22. High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
By: Ben Austen
4.33
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction b… read more
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- history
- audiobook
23. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America
By: Michael Benson
3.97
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Goodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022 The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
By: J.W. Ocker
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated compendium that reveals the true stories behind the most infamous, creepy, and bizar… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
27. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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- history
- audiobook
28. No One Goes Alone
By: Erik Larson
3.32
Format: 8 pages, Audio CD
From New York Times best-selling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherw… read more
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29. Three Girls from Bronzeville
By: Dawn Turner
4.29
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and h… read more
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- audiobook
30. The Oceans and the Stars
By: Mark Helprin
4.46
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Gre… read more
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- audiobook
31. Chicago's Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City
By: Carl Smith
3.82
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters i… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
