Revolutionary Roads: Searching for the War That Made America Independent...and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong
By: Bob Thompson
3.89
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the ride-along tradition of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson, this insightful history …
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1. 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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- american history
- history
- historical
- american revolution
- nonfiction
2. Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, #2)
By: Kathy Reichs
3.96
Format: 451 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Assaulted by the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, the American-born Dr. Temperance Breman, Forensi… read more
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"Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite."-Kathy Reichs, Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, #2)
3. Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3)
By: Kathy Reichs
4.71
Format: 595 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager … read more
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4. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession
By: David Grann
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more
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5. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
6. 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
- history
- historical
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
7. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
By: Buzz Bissinger
3.81
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
8. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years
By: Paul Landis
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the he… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
9. 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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- american history
- history
- historical
- war
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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
10. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
By: Fredrik Logevall
4.55
Format: 792 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kenne… read more
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- historical
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
11. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
12. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
By: Evan Thomas
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
13. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Different books speak to us at different times."-James Patterson, The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
14. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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- historical
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
15. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
16. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
17. The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West
By: Chris Wimmer
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of the "Legends of the Old West" podcast, a book exploring the overlapping narrati… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
18. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
By: Max Hastings
4.40
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
19. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
20. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
By: Steve Inskeep
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more
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- history
- historical
- war
- nonfiction
"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
21. Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
By: Matthew Dallek
3.97
Format: None pages, Audiobook
How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
22. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
By: Paul Kix
4.55
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campa… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
23. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
By: David L. Roll
4.44
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
24. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
By: Alexis Coe
3.74
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first—and finds he's not qu… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
25. Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
By: Stephen Fried
4.28
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our nation's most provocative and… read more
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- history
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
26. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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- history
27. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
By: Michel Paradis
4.46
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
28. Revolutionary Roads: Searching for the War That Made America Independent...and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong
By: Bob Thompson
3.89
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the ride-along tradition of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz and Bill Bryson, this insightful history … read more
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- american history
- history
- travel
- historical
- war
- american revolution
- american revolutionary war
- nonfiction
29. Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation
By: Edward Robert McClelland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An impassioned and timely exploration of Abraham Lincoln's long-time rivalry—and eventual alliance—… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
30. The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
By: Amanda Bellows
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordina… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
31. Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words With Charles Lindbergh―and the Battle to Save Democracy
By: Paul M. Sparrow
4.18
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dramatic narrative that brings President Roosevelt, his allies, and his adversaries to life durin… read more
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