Presidents: Every Question Answered
By: Carter Smith
3.84
Format: 1521 pages, Kindle Edition
From George Washington to Donald Trump, an entertaining and educational overview of the chief execu…
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1. Brave Companions: Portraits in History
By: David McCullough
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780671792763 From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Li… read more
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- american history
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"…the little known events of a given time, and people who are not in the headlines can be what matters most in the long run – and the long run is the measure of history."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"Mainly, writing means a good deal of hard thinking … yet sometimes the very struggle of getting the words down on paper does result in unexpected discoveries or clarifications."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"The problem, as Thornton Wilder said, lies in the effort to employ the past tense in such a way that it does not rob those events of their character of having occurred in freedom."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"In writing history, to catch the feeling and well as the truth of other times, it is of utmost importance … to convey the sense that things need not have happened as they did…the past, after all, is …"-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
2. The Last Picture Show
By: Larry McMurtry
4.00
Format: 280 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is one of McMurtry's most memorable novels - the basis for the film of the same name. Set in a… read more
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"Hurry up and get changed, and don't call my daughter a bitch again.' 'No promises,' Lois said. 'You know what she's doing as well as I do, Gene. She doesn't give a damn about Sonny, she just wants to…"-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
"You have to remember that I've been lonely for a long time. Loneliness is like ice. After you've been lonely long enough you don't realize you're cold, but you are... I don't know, maybe at the cente…"-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
"Is growin' up always miserable?" Sonny asked. "Nobody seems to enjoy it much." "Oh, it ain't necessarily misearble," Sam replied. "About eighty percent of the time, I guess." They were silent again, …"-Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show
3. A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
By: Stacy Schiff
3.93
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to Fran… read more
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4. The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
By: Charles R. Morris
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visi… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
5. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Fifty States: Every Question Answered
By: Marcel Brousseau , Lori Baird , Amber Rose
5.00
Format: None pages,
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7. All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
By: John Taliaferro
4.27
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, John Hay remained a… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
8. Hawaii
By: James A. Michener
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener brings Hawaii's epic history vividly to life in a c… read more
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9. Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
By: Mark Hyman
3.50
Format: 240 pages,
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- nonfiction
10. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
By: Ron Chernow
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morganis the most … read more
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11. Centennial
By: James A. Michener
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener's magnificent saga of the Westis… read more
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12. FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance
By: Robert Klara
4.14
Format: 200 pages,
The April 1945 journey of FDR's funeral train became a thousand-mile odyssey, fraught with heartbre… read more
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13. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more
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- american history
- biography
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- politics
- nonfiction
14. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
By: Troy Senik
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more
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15. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
16. Next in Line (William Warwick, #5)
By: Jeffrey Archer
4.18
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. … read more
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17. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
By: Bono
4.20
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and… read more
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"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience"-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"I remain more suspicious of religion than most people who'd never darken the door of a church."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
"the only true way to be victorious is to surrender. To each other. To love. To the higher power."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
18. 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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19. Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair
By: William J. Mann
3.89
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great… read more
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20. (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living
By: Mark Greenside
3.93
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American wr… read more
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21. Always Young and Restless: My Life On and Off America's #1 Daytime Drama
By: Melody Thomas Scott
4.20
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
The adored actress behind the character Nikki Newman of The Young and the Restless tells all in thi… read more
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- biography
22. Blackbeard: The Birth of America
By: Samuel Marquis
4.11
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner Kirkus Reviews Book of the Year AwardsWinner Beverly Hills Book AwardsAward-Winning Finalist… read more
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23. Presidents: Every Question Answered
By: Carter Smith
3.84
Format: 1521 pages, Kindle Edition
From George Washington to Donald Trump, an entertaining and educational overview of the chief execu… read more
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24. Kings & Queens of Great Britain: Every Question Answered
By: David Soud
4.08
Format: 1190 pages, Kindle Edition
From the House of Wessex to the House of Windsor, follow the pageant of personalities that have mad… read more
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