Agony and Eloquence: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and a World of Revolution
By: Daniel L. Mallock
3.81
Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition
The drama of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is the foundational story of America-courage, loyalty,…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
3. Medieval Europe
By: Chris Wickham
3.72
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and h… read more
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4. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero
By: Kate Clifford Larson
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history--a fearless visionary who led scores of her… read more
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5. Sandworms of Dune (Dune Chronicles #8)
By: Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson
3.75
Format: 132 pages,
At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune,a ship carrying a crew of refugees es… read more
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6. The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
By: Shelby Foote
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor… read more
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7. Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787
By: Christopher Collier
3.17
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a… read more
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8. John Marshall: The Supreme Court's Chief Justice Who Transformed the Young Republic
By: Harlow Giles Unger
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A soul-stirring biography of John Marshall, the young republic's great chief justice, who led the S… read more
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9. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.88
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more
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"W"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
10. The Law
By: Frédéric Bastiat
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permit… read more
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11. Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer
By: John Mack Faragher
4.54
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography for 1993 In the first and most reliable bi… read more
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12. 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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13. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
By: Thomas R. Martin
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek ci… read more
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14. Richard II
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more
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15. 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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16. Speaking of Harpo
By: Susan Fleming Marx
4.11
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
Susan Fleming appeared in three Broadway shows and twenty-eight films before she turned her back on… read more
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17. Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero - The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee's Father
By: Ryan Cole
4.05
Format: 320 pages, ebook
"Light-Horse Harry blazes across the pages of Ryan Cole's narrative like a meteor—and his final cra… read more
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18. A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century
By: Paul Kengor
4.36
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Even as historians credit -Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold W… read more
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19. Agony and Eloquence: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and a World of Revolution
By: Daniel L. Mallock
3.81
Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition
The drama of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is the foundational story of America-courage, loyalty,… read more
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20. Victory: The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union
By: Peter Schweizer
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Victory tells the story of a secret U.S. strategy developed in the Reagan White House in early 1982… read more
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21. Straight Lady: The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, "The Fifth Marx Brother"
By: Chris Enss
3.53
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
On October 20, 1882, future actress Margaret Dumont was born in Brooklyn, New York. A Broadway regu… read more
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