Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound
By: David M. Buerge
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
This is the first thorough account of Chief Seattle and his times--the story of a half-century of t…
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1. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more
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2. Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
By: Coll Thrush
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award for History/Biography In traditional scholarship, Na… read more
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3. All The Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
By: David Gessner
3.78
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all ov… read more
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4. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
By: Timothy Egan
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
How a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prize-winning … read more
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5. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
By: John G. Neihardt , Black Elk
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The most important aspect of this book is upon the contemporary generation of young Indians who hav… read more
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6. The Search for the Green River Killer
By: Carlton Smith , Tomás Guillén
3.50
Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The true story of America's most notorious serial killer case ever. read more
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7. The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
By: Timothy Egan
3.22
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, re… read more
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8. Skid Road
By: Murray Morgan
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
Informal and picturesque, Skid Roadis the story of Seattle during its first hundred years, seen thr… read more
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9. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
4.37
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in… read more
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"Of a thousand Red Stick and allied insurgents, eight hundred were killed. [Andrew] Jackson lost forty-nine men."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"Once elected president, Jackson lost no time in initiating the removal of all Indigenous farmers and the destruction of all their towns in the South."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"[Theodore] Roosevelt referred to [Emilio] Aguinaldo as a "renegade Pawnee" and observed that Filipinos did not have the right to govern their country just because they happened to occupy it."-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
"The global Indigenous cause reached a major milestone in 2007 when the UN General Assembly passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Only four members of the assembly voted in oppos…"-Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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11. Family Matters
By: Rohinton Mistry
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Rohinton Mistry's enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait o… read more
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12. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
By: Florence Williams
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For cent… read more
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13. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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14. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
By: Annie Proulx
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more
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15. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.30
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more
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16. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
By: Ned Blackhawk
4.18
Format: 596 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essentia… read more
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17. The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
By: Jaime Green
4.02
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A dazzling cultural and scientific exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the poss… read more
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"We’re not alone because we’re not separate from the swirl of a galaxy’s arms or the way wind catches dust in a gyre. We’re no more an anomaly than an atom is."-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
"…science fiction writers may have been the first people to realize the unknowability of where technology would lead us… Where it used to be possible to set stories millennia in the future—affording h…"-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
18. Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along
By: Peter Zeihan
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the … read more
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"In many ways, industrialization is a straitjacket. The suite of industrial technologies improves literacy and mobility and reach and wealth and health, but without the inputs of oil, natural gas, iro…"-Peter Zeihan, Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along
19. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
By: Amy Schneider
3.51
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more
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"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
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20. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
By: Timothy Egan
4.13
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nat… read more
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"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America, no other is so terrible as fire."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Ideas take on their own trajectory, but they die without people to carry them into the corridors of power."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Onward and upward he pushed until rock, ground, and forest came to an end, until there was nothing but a sharp edge of blunt earth protruding in the late light of the range, where he could see well b…"-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
21. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
By: Christina Thompson
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more
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"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
22. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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23. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.00
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more
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"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
24. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
25. Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections
By: Emily Nagoski
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating exploration of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship, from t… read more
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26. The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An “excellent” ( The New York Times ) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide t… read more
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27. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
By: Jonathan Blitzer
4.49
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more
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28. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
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29. The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants
By: Karen Bakker
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An amazing journey into the hidden realm of nature’s sounds The natural world teems with remarkabl… read more
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"Scientists still do not have a comprehensive understanding of plant signaling mechanisms, although they do know that perception of a sound vibration can cause changes in plant hormones, gene expressi…"-Karen Bakker, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants
"the unfolding waves of sound are like an underwater orchestra or the endless improvisation of a jazz band. On the Great Barrier Reef, the humpback whales sing the soprano melody. Fish supply the chor…"-Karen Bakker, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants
30. Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound
By: David M. Buerge
3.79
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31. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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