A Fierce Glory: Antietam--The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery
By: Justin Martin
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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1. Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History
By: Richard Snow
4.21
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” ( The New Yor… read more
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2. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.04
Format: 466 pages, Hardcover
Watch a video Read discussion questions for "The Last Stand." The bestselling author of "Mayflow… read more
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3. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Combining brilliant military analysis with rich narrative history, Landscape Turned Red is the defi… read more
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"Even as McClellan conferred with his superiors, sounds of renewed battle came from the direction of Chantilly, a country estate a few miles north of Centreville and on the flank of Pope’s army."-Stephen W. Sears, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
4. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
The prizewinning author of Founding Brothersand American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--… read more
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5. Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow Trilogy #1)
By: Jason Matthews
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
In today's Russia, dominated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, state intelligence officer Dominika … read more
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6. The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 1, South Mountain
By: None , Thomas Clemens , Ezra A. Carman
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland in early September 1862, Maj… read more
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8. Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime
By: Mark Frost
4.07
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating… read more
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9. The March
By: E.L. Doctorow
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In 1864, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman marched his sixty thousand troops through Georgia t… read more
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10. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.93
Format: 316 pages,
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11. Havana Storm (Dirk Pitt, #23)
By: Clive Cussler , Dirk Cussler
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dirk Pitt returns, in the thrilling new novel from the grand master of adventure and #1 New York Ti… read more
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12. For Whom the Bell Tolls
By: Ernest Hemingway
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more
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13. Gettysburg
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more
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14. Star Trek Movie Memories
By: William Shatner , Chris Kreski
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The star-studded sequel to the instant bestseller Star Trek Memories, which spent six weeks on the … read more
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16. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
By: Eric Foner
3.91
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
From a master historian, the story of Lincoln's--and the nation's--transformation through the cruci… read more
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17. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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18. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
By: Jane Leavy
3.76
Format: 656 pages, ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author o… read more
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19. Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks
By: Ron Rapoport
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most ic… read more
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20. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
21. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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22. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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23. A Line to Kill (Hawthorne & Horowitz #3)
By: Anthony Horowitz
3.93
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sente… read more
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24. Robert E. Lee: A Life
By: Allen C. Guelzo
4.25
Format: 588 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion comes a sweeping, intimate biography of … read more
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25. Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
By: Bryan Burrough
4.26
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths,… read more
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26. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
By: Anne Applebaum
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more
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"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
27. The Centre
By: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A darkly comic, boundary-pushing debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who atten… read more
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28. Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
By: John Coleman Darnell
3.62
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut… read more
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29. Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment
By: Cory M. Pfarr
4.50
Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner, 2019, Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable's Distinguished Book Award, best book published on th… read more
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30. A Fierce Glory: Antietam--The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery
By: Justin Martin
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From an acclaimed author and historian, the dramatic, character-rich story of Antietam--the high-st… read more
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