The Gilded Age: 1876–1912: Overture to the American Century
By: Alan Axelrod
3.93
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Vicar of Wakefield
By: Robert L. Mack , Oliver Goldsmith , Arthur Friedman
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly … read more
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2. Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties
By: Lucy Moore
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is an exhilarating portrait of the era of invention, glamour and excess from one of the bright… read more
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3. The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York
By: Anne de Courcy
4.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange i… read more
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4. The Last Woman Standing: A Novel
By: Thelma Adams
3.12
Format: 56 pages,
Two decades after the Civil War, Josephine Marcus, the teenage daughter of Jewish immigrants, is lu… read more
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5. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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6. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports
By: Guy Lawson
3.96
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more
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7. The Night House
By: Jo Nesbø
3.28
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror n… read more
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8. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
By: Steve Brusatte
4.20
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today the… read more
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"There is a dinosaur outside my window. I'm watching it as I write this."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"The Great Hall of Dinosaurs at Yale's Peabody Museum may not bill itself as a place of spiritual pilgrimage, but that's sure what it feels like to me."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...let's not forget about those birds--they are dinosaurs, they survived, they are still with us. The dinosaur empire may be over, but the dinosaurs remain."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
"...another trove of spectacular fossils, found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia...provide unprecedented insight into the lifestyles of dinosaurs and early birds."-Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
9. The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17)
By: Rhys Bowen
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house … read more
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10. Night Angels
By: Weina Dai Randel
4.22
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
Longlisted for the Mass Book Awards 2024 From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a pr… read more
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11. His Only Wife
By: Peace Adzo Medie
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstres… read more
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12. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more
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"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
13. The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
By: Jessica Radloff
4.48
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang … read more
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14. Night Owl (Trasker #1)
By: Andrew Mayne
4.17
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
A shocking act of sabotage draws a retired spy into a deadly conspiracy in an explosive thriller by… read more
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15. 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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16. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
By: Nicole Perlroth
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapon… read more
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"Finding a zero day is a little like entering God mode in a video game. Once hackers have figured out the commands or written the code to exploit it, they can scamper through the world's computer netw…"-Nicole Perlroth, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
17. Limitarianism
By: Ingrid Robeyns
3.99
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinso… read more
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18. The Arsenic Eater's Wife
By: Tonya Mitchell
4.00
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historica… read more
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19. The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began
By: Valerie Hansen
3.69
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold e… read more
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20. The Gilded Age: 1876–1912: Overture to the American Century
By: Alan Axelrod
3.93
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Gilded Age is in the air! This beautifully designed, fully illustrated, insightful book by note… read more
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21. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot
By: Martin W. Sandler
3.84
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more
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