This America: The Case for the Nation
By: Jill Lepore
4.05
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case f…
Want to Read $ 9.99"There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren’t really important,"-Jill Lepore, This America: The Case for the Nation
"There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren’t really important,"-Jill Lepore, This America: The Case for the Nation
"There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren’t really important,"-Jill Lepore, This America: The Case for the Nation
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1. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
By: Tim Weiner
3.94
Format: 514 pages, Hardcover
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its t… read more
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- american history
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- the united states of america
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- audiobook
"To the CIA, everyone's an outsider."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
"It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world."-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
2. Reizen zonder John: op zoek naar Amerika
By: Geert Mak
3.88
Format: 575 pages, Paperback
Mak volgt het spoor van de legendarische schrijver John Steinbeck, die in het najaar van 1960 met z… read more
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- audiobook
3. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.75
Format: 272 pages,
Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vie… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
4. Ernest Hemingway on Writing
By: Ernest Hemingway , None , Charles Scribner Jr.
4.19
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
An assemblage of reflections on the nature of writing and the writer from one the greatest American… read more
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- nonfiction
5. 1876
By: Gore Vidal
3.94
Format: 229 pages,
The centennial of the United States was celebrated with great fanfare--fireworks, exhibitions, piou… read more
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6. How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
By: Barbara F. Walter
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this book shows us why they happen, and ho… read more
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"For a society to fracture along identity lines, you need mouthpieces - people who are willing to make discriminatory appeals and pursue discriminatory policies in the name of a particular group. They…"-Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them
7. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
By: Hannah Ritchie
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
By: David Frum
3.96
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Trumpocracy poses the essential question facing America to… read more
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- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We want things to return to normal, back to a world in which we do not have to waste time rebutting demented conspiracy theories and fact-checking farcical lies every single day. We want a government…"-David Frum, Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
9. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
By: John McWhorter
3.95
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered sho… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
11. The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
By: Richard N. Haass
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A New York Times Bestseller A provocative guide to how we must reenvision citizenship if Americ… read more
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12. Surviving Autocracy
By: Masha Gessen
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's essential guide to understanding, resisting… read more
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- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- nonfiction
- essays
- political science
- audiobook
"As Trump marches on to the rhythm of near-daily twitter rants, daily outrages, and weekly embarrassments, it remains unimaginable—even if it is observable. To think that a madman could be running the…"-Masha Gessen, Surviving Autocracy
13. What to Read and Why
By: Francine Prose
3.45
Format: 336 pages, ebook
In this brilliant collection, the follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer … read more
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14. Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories
By: Deborah Eisenberg
3.56
Format: None pages, Audiobook
6 Hours and 55 Minutes A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from… read more
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- audiobook
- american
- the united states of america
15. Separated: Inside An American Tragedy
By: Jacob Soboroff
4.16
Format: 292 pages, ebook
NBC News and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, winner of the 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for his r… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things
By: Josh Clark
3.94
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast "Stuff You Should Know" come… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- essays
- audiobook
17. Nuclear Family
By: Joseph Han
3.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm, a Korean American family livi… read more
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18. This America: The Case for the Nation
By: Jill Lepore
4.05
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case f… read more
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- american history
- american
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- political science
- audiobook
"There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren’t really important,"-Jill Lepore, This America: The Case for the Nation
19. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics
By: Elle Reeve
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more
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20. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
21. Racisme meten, discriminatie bestrijden
By: Thomas Piketty
3.26
Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition
Geen enkel land heeft het perfecte systeem gevonden om racisme en discriminatie te bestrijden. Hoe … read more
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"Gewiss reicht in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass es Diskriminierungen gibt, denen man kraft einer bestimmten Herkunft ausgesetzt ist, eine allgemeine Politik des Abbaus sozialer Ungleichheiten nicht au…"-Thomas Piketty, Racisme meten, discriminatie bestrijden
