American Enlightenments: Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
By: Caroline Winterer
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A provocative reassessment of the concept of an American golden age of European-born reason and int…
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1. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more
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2. Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow
By: Leon F. Litwack
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The stain of Jim Crow runs deep in 20th-century America. . . . Its effects remain the nation's mos… read more
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3. Notes on the State of Virginia
By: Thomas Jefferson
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
A request in 1780 by the French legation to the United States to learn more about the newly formed … read more
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- philosophy
- history
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4. House Made of Dawn
By: N. Scott Momaday
3.45
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a stranger in his native land A young Native Americ… read more
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5. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
By: Louise Erdrich
3.91
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
This is the story of Father Damien Modeste, priest to his beloved people, the Ojibwe. Modeste, near… read more
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6. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
By: Pauline Maier
3.77
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and … read more
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7. Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more
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8. The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to George W. Bush
By: None
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For a quarter-century, Fred I. Greenstein has been one of our keenest observers of the modern presi… read more
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9. The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more
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10. American Colonies: The Settling of North America
By: Alan Taylor
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
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11. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
By: Eric Foner
3.91
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
From a master historian, the story of Lincoln's--and the nation's--transformation through the cruci… read more
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12. 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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13. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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14. 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
15. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
16. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
By: Peter Baker
4.46
Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency ye… read more
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17. The Federalist Papers
By: Alexander Hamilton
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more
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"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
18. Cuba: An American History
By: Ada Ferrer
4.45
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more
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19. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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20. Watergate: A New History
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.49
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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21. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
By: H.W. Brands
4.01
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the sho… read more
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22. Why the New Deal Matters (Why X Matters Series)
By: Eric Rauchway
4.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
A look at how the New Deal fundamentally changed American life, and why it remains relevant today … read more
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23. Thinking About History
By: Sarah C. Maza
4.09
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
What distinguishes history as a discipline from other fields of study? That's the animating questio… read more
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24. American History Now (Critical Perspectives On The P)
By: Eric Foner
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
American History Now collects eighteen original historiographic essays that survey recent scholarsh… read more
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25. Calhoun: American Heretic
By: Robert Elder
4.20
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The first biography in a quarter century of the intellectual father of Southern secessionJohn C. Ca… read more
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26. American Enlightenments: Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
By: Caroline Winterer
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A provocative reassessment of the concept of an American golden age of European-born reason and int… read more
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27. Historiography: An Introductory Guide
By: Eileen Cheng
3.52
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians… read more
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28. Historiography: An Introductory Guide
By: Eileen Ka-may Cheng
3.62
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
"What is historiography?" asked the American historian Carl Becker in 1938. Professional historians… read more
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29. Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal
By: Eric Rauchway
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The history of the most acrimonious presidential handoff in American history -- and of the origins … read more
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30. The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle between the White House and the Media--from the Founding Fathers to Fake News
By: Harold Holzer
4.18
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' att… read more
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31. West of Jim Crow: The Fight against California's Color Line
By: Lynn M. Hudson
4.44
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
African Americans who moved to California in hopes of finding freedom and full citizenship instead … read more
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