Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America
By: J.M. Fenster
2.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, acad…
Want to Read $ 14.99"The popular pap that "cheaters only cheat themselves" is so untrue that it is cruel to repeat it—except in quotes, as though held out with tongs."-J.M. Fenster, Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America
"The popular pap that "cheaters only cheat themselves" is so untrue that it is cruel to repeat it—except in quotes, as though held out with tongs."-J.M. Fenster, Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America
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1. Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That: A Modern Guide to Manners
By: Henry Alford
3.24
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"We all know bad manners when we see them," NPR and Vanity Faircontributor Henry Alford observes at… read more
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2. You Bring the Distant Near
By: Mitali Perkins
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Nominated for the National Book Award | PW and SLJ Best Book of the Year Lists | Six starred review… read more
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3. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
By: Tony Horwitz
4.24
Format: 376 pages,
On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he's mislaid more than a century of Ameri… read more
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4. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
5. 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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6. 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
7. Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
By: Tim Miller
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former Republican political operative Tim Miller admits what no one else on the right ever will: th… read more
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" Why We Did It is a book about the people who submitted to every whim of a comically unfit and detestable man who crapped all over them and took over the party they had given their life to. It’s abou…"-Tim Miller, Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
8. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
By: Ronan Farrow
4.40
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered abou… read more
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"All the women before feel I am their fault," she said. "And if there were women after me, I feel that is my fault."-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
"Trying to get ahold of Davis later on, i asked Jonathan, "Who would have Lanny Davis's number?" He replied, I don't know, Pol Pot?"-Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
9. 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
10. Hench (Hench, #1)
By: Natalie Zina Walschots
4.02
Format: 403 pages, Hardcover
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a… read more
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"I wondered what it must be like to be so mediocre and so confident that the same time."-Natalie Zina Walschots, Hench (Hench, #1)
"But even if the label on your own feelings doesn't matter, wouldn't you want to know how you felt about you? He pulled me off an operating table and rebuilt my brain. He killed people to get to me. W…"-Natalie Zina Walschots, Hench (Hench, #1)
"No one wants to be a real hero; it’s too hard. My husband didn’t give a damn whether the work I was doing was noble as long as it appeared to be. When I killed someone then - something I did a lot mo…"-Natalie Zina Walschots, Hench (Hench, #1)
11. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
By: Aparna Nancherla
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more
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12. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America
By: Will Sommer
4.09
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, ho… read more
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13. Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide… read more
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"It's not white people's job to police the feelings of black people, but as fellow human beings, please rant black people the right to the full gamut of emotions regarding their wounds."-Emmanuel Acho, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
"White privilege is about the word white, not rich. It's having advantage built into your life. It's not saying your life hasn't been hard; it's saying your skin color hasn't contributed to the diffic…"-Emmanuel Acho, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
14. It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO
By: Felix Gillette
4.03
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
The inside story of HBO, the start-up company that reinvented television--by two veteran media repo… read more
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15. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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16. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
By: Erika Lee
4.34
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build … read more
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17. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
By: Kathleen Belew
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more
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- politics
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- audiobook
"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
18. Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
By: William Alexander
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on the surprisingly twisty journe… read more
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19. The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind
By: Ben Terris
3.74
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
"No one gets today's Washington like Ben Terris…THE BIG BREAK is the definitive accounting of ‘how … read more
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20. Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain
By: Charles Leerhsen
3.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling, “unvarnished” ( The New York Times ), “engrossing” ( The Guardian ), “gritty, well… read more
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21. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
By: Maureen Ryan
3.88
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
An exposé of patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and th… read more
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22. The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
By: A.J. Jacobs
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey… read more
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- history
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23. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
By: Jane Marie
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more
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24. Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
By: Mark Leibovich
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times Bestseller "He's one of the best chroniclers of politics today." -Jake Tapp… read more
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25. Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
By: Safi Bahcall
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world histo… read more
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26. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
By: Crystal Maldonado
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Coming of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole lif… read more
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"Right! You see me as superhuman! That’s some serious pressure."-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
"Just—promise me girls you won't devalue yourselves for anyone. And I mean anyone. You can't. You have to really be kind to yourself and look out for yourself because the world can be cold and cruel. …"-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
"Sometimes I didn't get it [jokes] at all, but that didn't stop him from going out of his way to make me laugh. He was always just trying his best, and that's what I loved. I know I will never replace…"-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
"You need to believe in your value for you, even if you’re not some flawless ethereal being, even if not everyone will see what makes you special, even if your story is a little chaotic. We’re all mes…"-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
27. We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
By: Kliph Nesteroff
4.07
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Esquire From Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” … read more
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28. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
By: Colin Dickey
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more
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- audiobook
29. Outrage Machine: How Tech Is Amplifying Discontent, Undermining Democracy, and Pushing Us Towards Chaos
By: Tobias Rose-Stockwell
3.95
Format: None pages, Audiobook
An invaluable guide to understanding the technology that captures our attention with anger. Throug… read more
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30. The World's Biggest Cash Machine: Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football's Soul
By: Chris Blackhurst
4.19
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent , comes a gripping and tightly reported… read more
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31. Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America
By: J.M. Fenster
2.81
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, acad… read more
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- audiobook
"The popular pap that "cheaters only cheat themselves" is so untrue that it is cruel to repeat it—except in quotes, as though held out with tongs."-J.M. Fenster, Cheaters Always Win: The Story of America
