26 Top nonfiction books like George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World by John Berlau

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George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World

By: John Berlau

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A detailed business biography of George Washington, focusing on his many innovations and inventions…

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1. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

By: Bob Burg , John David Mann

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

A new edition with expanded content is available now, "The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Sto… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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2. Eisenhower 1956: The President's Year of Crisis--Suez and the Brink of War

By: David A. Nichols

3.99

Format: 380 pages,

A gripping tale of international intrigue and betray-al, Eisenhower 1956 is the white-knuckle story… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction

3. The Last Patriot (Scot Harvath, #7)

By: Brad Thor

3.73

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

In Brad Thor's highest-voltage thriller to date, Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret… read more

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4. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more

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5. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

By: John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You wi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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8. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill by Brad Meltzer

9. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg

10. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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11. The Lost City of the Monkey God

By: Douglas Preston

3.93

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering jour… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There

By: Garrett M. Graff

3.73

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling author Garrett M. Graff comes the first comprehensive and eye-openi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
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14. The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1)

By: Steve Berry

4.28

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series comes a thrilling, action-pack… read more

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15. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis

By: Annie Proulx

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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16. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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17. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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18. 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
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger

19. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • business
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Cover of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend by Rob Copeland

20. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend

By: Rob Copeland

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
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21. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.11

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

Cover of Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara

22. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

By: Will Guidara

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer

23. The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

By: Brad Meltzer

3.81

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Was… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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24. The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific

By: Brandon Presser

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of  The Wager  and  Mutiny on the Bounty  comes a thrilling true tale of power, obsession,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33) by Michael    Connelly

25. The Night Fire (Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #33)

By: Michael Connelly

4.28

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed B… read more

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26. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel

27. The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

By: Matt Siegel

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love. Is Italia… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon

28. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

By: Elizabeth Varon

4.15

Format: 516 pages, ebook

An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"

-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Cover of George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father by David O. Stewart

29. George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father

By: David O. Stewart

4.36

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the cr… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
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30. George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World

By: John Berlau

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A detailed business biography of George Washington, focusing on his many innovations and inventions… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • american revolution
  • american revolutionary war
  • nonfiction
  • business
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31. A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon, #24)

By: Daniel Silva

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve… Acclaimed #1 Ne… read more

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David A. Nichols

3.99

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American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Adam Hochschild

4.21

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John "Chick" Donohue

3.92

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2.74

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David Baldacci

4.11

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John Grisham

3.69

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