The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune
By: Patrick Reynolds
4.04
Format: 382 pages, Paperback
"Fascinating...Illuminating...stunning detail." Chicago Tribune"Fascinating insight into the evolut…
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1. Open
By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi
4.31
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more
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- nonfiction
"Control what you can control."-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"The most animated talks we have are about…things"-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"-J.R. Moehringer, Open
2. White Chrysanthemum
By: Mary Lynn Bracht
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the spirit of Lilac Girls, the heartbreaking history of Korea is brought to life in this deeply … read more
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"... she knows all too well anything can happen in the blink of an eye."-Mary Lynn Bracht, White Chrysanthemum
3. Winter Street (Winter, #1)
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday… read more
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4. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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5. 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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- history
- nonfiction
"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
6. 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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- history
- nonfiction
- american history
7. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
By: Fiona Davis
3.90
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
In nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roi… read more
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"Leave it to a librarian to point out the alliteration in my life’s tragedies."-Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue
"History is made by people in power making decisions, and their notes and writings reveal the decision-making process."-Fiona Davis, The Lions of Fifth Avenue
8. The Summer of Songbirds
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey
3.97
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves… read more
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9. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
By: Cal Newport
4.06
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to o… read more
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- nonfiction
"Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"Digital minimalism definitively does not reject the innovations of the internet age, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools."-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
"For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasant…"-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
10. A Promised Land
By: Barack Obama
4.33
Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America."-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"I thought the country I'd just described to them - a hopeful, generous, courageous America, an America that was open to everyone. At about the same age as the graduates were now, I'd seized on that i…"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"Then again, a president wasn’t a lawyer or an accountant or a pilot, hired to carry out some narrow, specialized task. Mobilizing public opinion, shaping working coalitions - that was the job. Whethe…"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"But there comes a point in the speech where I find my cadence. The crowd quiets rather than roars. It's the kind of moment I'd come to recognize in subsequent years, on certain magic nights. There's …"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
11. The Last Carolina Girl
By: Meagan Church
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
"Unforgettable, this a powerful debut to savor." — Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselli… read more
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"Sometimes the strength you need comes in silence."-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl
"Sometimes tears are the only words worth sharing."-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl
"Sometimes yuh gotta love even when it don't make sense."-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl
"Sometimes family's not who you've been given. It's who you choose."-Meagan Church, The Last Carolina Girl
12. The Curse of the Flores Women
By: Angélica Lopes
4.01
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
In this haunting novel about the enduring bonds of womanhood, a young girl weaves together the trut… read more
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13. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
By: Kate Storey
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- american history
14. A Quiet Life
By: Ethan Joella
4.06
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
From the author of A Little Hope —a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick—comes another “heartwarming, charact… read more
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"Maybe that is love. Maybe loving someone so deeply means accepting the fact that they occupy a specific, clear place in you. You accept that there will be a hole if you lose them- the same way a pain…"-Ethan Joella, A Quiet Life
15. Fellowship Point
By: Alice Elliott Dark
4.07
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated children’s book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy—to complete what she… read more
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"I had been judicious in my warnings and instructions, phrasing them so as not to scare her, or inhibit her. I'm determined not to teach her to fear everything, as we were taught, or that manners are …"-Alice Elliott Dark, Fellowship Point
16. The Tobacco Wives
By: Adele Myers
3.81
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
For the audience of Fiona Davis and Lisa Wingate, a vibrant historical debut set in 1946 North Caro… read more
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17. House of Glass
By: Sarah Pekkanen
3.99
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perf… read more
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18. We Are the Brennans
By: Tracey Lange
3.81
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes and Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's The Nest, Tracey Lang… read more
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"What I’m saying is, if you can be happy, do it. If you know what you want in life, don’t wait for someone else to give it to you, go after it, and don’t let anything stand in the way."-Tracey Lange, We Are the Brennans
"Part of what made this so hard was that he didn’t have any of the more convenient complaints people cited to end a marriage; adultery, neglect, constant arguing. They just lacked a fundamental intima…"-Tracey Lange, We Are the Brennans
19. The Summer Place
By: Jennifer Weiner
3.56
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdowna… read more
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20. Husbands & Lovers
By: Beatriz Williams
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by a mysterious family heirloom—discover … read more
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21. The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune
By: Patrick Reynolds
4.04
Format: 382 pages, Paperback
"Fascinating...Illuminating...stunning detail." Chicago Tribune"Fascinating insight into the evolut… read more
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