The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
By: Kevin D. Williamson
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Kevin D. Williamson — the lively, literary firebrand from National Review who was too hot for the A…
Want to Read $ 12.99"This is the Golden Age of Fame Whores"-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
"Outrage is intoxicating, and like other intoxicants, it makes people stupid."-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
"You can’t shout ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater" is an abominably stupid cliché that has empowered more mob rule than the AK-47."-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
"Peons must have conformity. The instinct to seek it is in their souls. It is what makes them peons. It is the essence of peonhood"-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
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1. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
2. Coolidge
By: Amity Shlaes
3.76
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Ve… read more
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"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge"-Amity Shlaes, Coolidge
3. Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
By: Jonathan Rauch
4.45
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Tracing attacks on free speech from Plato's Republic to America's campuses and newsrooms, Jonathan … read more
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"A basic principle of science—of liberal social life—is that we kill our hypotheses rather than each other ."-Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
"A very dangerous principle is now being established as a social right: Thou shalt not hurt others with words."-Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
"[No] social principle in the world is more foolish and dangerous than the rapidly rising notion that hurtful words and ideas are a form of violence or torture (e.g., “harassment"-Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
"Impelled by the notions that science is oppression and criticism is violence, the central regulation of debate and inquiry is returning to respectability—this time in a humanitarian disguise."-Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
4. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.22
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more
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"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
5. The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
By: Jonah Goldberg
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Liberal Fascismdismantles the progressive myths that are passed-off as wi… read more
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6. Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
By: Jonah Goldberg
3.54
Format: 312 pages,
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7. Have Space Suit—Will Travel
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.37
Format: 224 pages,
Kip from midwest Centerville USA works the summer before college as a pharmacy soda jerk, and wins … read more
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8. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have … read more
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9. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
By: William Deresiewicz
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and l… read more
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10. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
11. Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country
By: Shelby Steele
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
The United States today is hopelessly polarized; the political Right and Left have hardened into ri… read more
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12. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
By: Rick Perlstein
3.00
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
A bold and astute narrative history of conservatism's climb and one of the best-reviewed books of 2… read more
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13. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
By: None , None
4.43
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without questi… read more
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14. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"With every girl there was a moment before you broke up when you knew - you just knew - that if you left her right then, you would never make up."-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investm…"-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
15. Miles Gone By: A Literary Biography
By: Walter Cronkite , William F. Buckley Jr.
3.20
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography… read more
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16. The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
By: Ben Sasse
3.33
Format: None pages,
America's youth are in crisis. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by wel… read more
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17. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
By: Ben McKenzie
None
Format: None pages, None
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR… read more
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18. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
By: Steven E. Koonin
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.” “Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer a… read more
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19. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By: Zeke Faux
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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20. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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21. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more
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"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
22. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
3.94
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more
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23. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
By: Christopher F. Rufo
4.30
Format: 352 pages, ebook
For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more
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"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
24. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
By: Michael Shellenberger
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more
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25. The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties
By: Christopher Caldwell
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A major American intellectual makes the historical case that the reforms of the 1960s, reforms inte… read more
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26. Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
By: Charles Murray
4.10
Format: 157 pages, Hardcover
The charges of systemic racism and White privilege that are tearing the country apart float free of… read more
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"Page 15: As of the 1960 census, America was about 87 percent European, 11 percent African, something more than 1 percent Latin, and something less than 1 percent Asian."-Charles Murray, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
"Page 39: Among people of the four races with IQs of 100, 70 percent are European or Asian. For IQs of 115, 85 percent. For IQs of 125, 90 percent. For IQs of 140, 96 percent."-Charles Murray, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
"Non-Latino Latino White 60.0% 12.1% Black 12.4% 0.4% East Asian 2.4% 0.0% South Asian 1.5% 0.0% Filipino/Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.0% Native American 0.7% 0.2% Southeast Asian 0.6% 0.0% Ot…"-Charles Murray, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
"Page 67: For jobs that require a college degree, race differences in cognitive ability in the workplace should be minimized by the process of obtaining that college degree. But it hasn’t worked that …"-Charles Murray, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America
27. The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures Inside the Right-Wing (And How I Got Out)
By: Tina Nguyen
3.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An explosive, first-person account of the alt-right from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen… read more
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28. Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
By: Jonah Goldberg
4.05
Format: None pages, Audio CD
With his trademark blend of political history, social science, economics, and pop culture, two-time… read more
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"Humanity has been taking off like a rocket since the 1700s, but we have not achieved a stable orbit in the heavens. And even if we did, no orbit is stable in the long run. Eventually gravity claims w…"-Jonah Goldberg, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
"Yes, of course enormous profits were made from both slavery and empire, but neither "created" capitalism... if capitalism is dependent on the sort of mass-scale exploitation implicit in slavery and i…"-Jonah Goldberg, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
"Anyone who has relied on church or family during a personal storm understands how rooted institutions provide us not only physical shelter but, even more important, emotional, psychological, or spiri…"-Jonah Goldberg, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
"The Constitution is a paper manifestation of a deeper cultural commitment to liberty and limited government, in the same way a marriage certificate is a physical and legalistic representation of some…"-Jonah Goldberg, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
29. Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal
By: Ben Sasse
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing American Adult, an intimate and urgent … read more
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"Yet despite the complexity of contemporary society, there are still some simple formulas we can use to distill the path to social and economic flourishing. One of these, labeled the “Success Sequence,"-Ben Sasse, Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal
30. The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
By: Kevin D. Williamson
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Kevin D. Williamson — the lively, literary firebrand from National Review who was too hot for the A… read more
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"This is the Golden Age of Fame Whores"-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
"Outrage is intoxicating, and like other intoxicants, it makes people stupid."-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
"You can’t shout ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater" is an abominably stupid cliché that has empowered more mob rule than the AK-47."-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
"Peons must have conformity. The instinct to seek it is in their souls. It is what makes them peons. It is the essence of peonhood"-Kevin D. Williamson, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics
31. The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business
By: Stephen R. Soukup
3.90
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
For the better part of a century, the Left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of… read more
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