Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back
By: Jackie Speier
4.11
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
An inspiring and powerful memoir of surviving the Jonestown massacre and becoming a fearless voice …
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1. The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie, #9)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
3.77
Format: 288 pages, ebook
ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 9Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhou… read more
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"She was struck by the naked effrontery of it--an effrontery that was there, she supposed in all deliberate crime. By his acts, the criminal effectively said to the victim: You don't matter. "-Alexander McCall Smith, The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie, #9)
"Doing the right thing, she knew, was often not as enjoyable as doing the wrong thing. The wrong thing often made for a better story, but it was still the wrong thing--nothing could change that."-Alexander McCall Smith, The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie, #9)
"But then one thing you did learn with the passage of time was not to ask too many questions. That was the difference, she decided, between being twenty and being forty. That, and other things, of cou…"-Alexander McCall Smith, The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie, #9)
"...honesty required one to remind oneself that when there were bills to be paid, an offer of money was harder to reject than when there were no such bills. Other people's money, we tell ourselves, is…"-Alexander McCall Smith, The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie, #9)
2. The Incredible Journey
By: Sheila Burnford
4.16
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, … read more
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"He broke into a run, faster and faster, until the years fell away, and he hurled himself towards Peter. And as he had never run before, as though he would outdistance time, Peter was running towards …"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Lying awake in the dark that night,unable to sleep, he thought he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog's arrival. How extremely unloving and i…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Anyone unaccustomed to the rather peculiar points of bull terrier beauty would have thought him a strange if not downright ugly dog, with the maked, down-faced arc of his profile, his deep-chested, s…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
3. Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult
By: None
4.58
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs,… read more
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4. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
5. The Golden Gate
By: Amy Chua
3.88
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont… read more
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6. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- memoir
- audiobook
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
7. LEVI'S EYES: A Son's Deadly Secret and a Father's Cruel Betrayal
By: Aphrodite Jones
4.32
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the kille… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
8. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
By: Lynne Olson
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against the international ca… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"He demonstrated a feminism very unusual for his time by encouraging her in all her undertakings and helping her overcome the obstacles that arose with her projects,"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"Above all, she talked about the great debt she owned her parents for encouraging her to do what she wanted and for providing her with unstinting support, not to mention stellar education, that enable…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"My parents were humanists,“ Desroches later told an interviewer. “They taught me humanist values such as respect for one another, for your neighbors, for people in general, respect for civilizations.…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
9. The Bad Friend
By: Caroline Kepnes
3.21
Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition
Secrets, betrayal, and jealousy are at the heart of a friendship in an unnerving short story about … read more
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10. Scorpions (Never Tell Collection, #4)
By: Rachel Howzell Hall
3.36
Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition
A man’s lifetime of secrets and lies. A woman on the hunt for his hidden riches. But there’s a stin… read more
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11. Enough
By: Cassidy Hutchinson
4.31
Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition
Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- true crime
- audiobook
13. Twelve Nights at Rotter House
By: J.W. Ocker
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Felix Allsey is a travel writer with a keen eye for the paranormal, and he's carved out a unique, i… read more
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"Where else was I wrong? It was the same question I had asked myself when I'd finally sloughed off Christianity. Where else was I fundamentally wrong about life and the universe and how everything wor…"-J.W. Ocker, Twelve Nights at Rotter House
"Because you trust your house, right? It's your house. It protects you from the world and, even more important, all the people out there. It sees you naked every day. It knows your sins. It's the only…"-J.W. Ocker, Twelve Nights at Rotter House
14. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- history
- biography
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
15. Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
By: Michael Fanone
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent warning about the growing threat to our democracy from… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- true crime
- politics
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"That’s why “reforming"-Michael Fanone, Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
"Mom, they tried to kill me."-Michael Fanone, Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
"I wasn't a "good" cop or a "bad" cop. I was an "every" cop."-Michael Fanone, Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
"To say that members of Congress have egos is like saying that I like cold beer."-Michael Fanone, Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul
16. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
By: Elizabeth Beller
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
By: Pete Buttigieg
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once described by the Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,” Pete B… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"As I raised the glass and said, "South Bend is back," the roar of the crowd at once reflected, certified, and caused it to be so."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
"Yet even now he looked on his days as mayor -- not governor or lieutenant governor or baseball team owner or naval aviator -- as the best job he'd ever had."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
"At one point I learned that when I'd told them my college coursework in Arabic might make me a good intelligence officer, they had recorded that my minor at Harvard had been in aerobics."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
"I had a professional background in economic development and was fluent in the language of business - even while having fought and bled politically for organized labor in the auto industry."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
18. Coronation Year
By: Jennifer Robson
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The USA Today bestselling author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent hi… read more
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19. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
By: John E. Douglas
4.15
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more
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- history
- memoir
- true crime
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I miss my dog,"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
20. Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail
By: Joan M. Griffin
4.44
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, an… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
21. Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President
By: Jonathan Darman
4.38
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
This revealing biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt shows how one of the most consequential leaders i… read more
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- history
- biography
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
22. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
By: Barbara McQuade
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. The Lieutenant's Nurse
By: Sara Ackerman
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
November, 1941. She’s never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making … read more
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24. Red Sky Over Hawaii
By: Sara Ackerman
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Inspired by real places and events of WWII, Red Sky Over Hawaii immerses the reader in a time of Am… read more
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25. Murder at Work (DI Hillary Greene, #11)
By: Faith Martin
4.37
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
Please note this is a revised edition of the book first published as A Narrow Exit Hillary will … read more
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26. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
By: Justin Farrell
3.69
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservation Billionaire Wilde… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"This scholarly shortfall did not happen by chance. Part of it has to do with particular discomforts characteristics of left-leaning academic social scientists. Conducting high-quality ethnographic or…"-Justin Farrell, Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West
28. Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back
By: Jackie Speier
4.11
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
An inspiring and powerful memoir of surviving the Jonestown massacre and becoming a fearless voice … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- true crime
- politics
- cults
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth
By: Minu Cash
4.53
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
A passionate memoir about identity, resilience, and the healing power of forgiveness From her earl… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"What if the real Minu was out there in the world somewhere? And here I was, trapped in this awful life I wasn’t supposed to be living."-Minu Cash, The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth
30. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
31. Connie: A Memoir
By: Connie Chung
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to … read more
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- biography
- memoir
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- biography memoir
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- audiobook
