Mapping America: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings that Created the United States
By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-c…
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1. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt
By: William L. Shirer
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more
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- history
2. The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12)
By: Jules Verne , Caleb Carr , Jordan Stump
3.24
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash… read more
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3. A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America
By: Jon Kukla
4.10
Format: 9 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of the land purchase that doubled the size of our young nation, set the stage … read more
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4. The Hidden Lives of Owls: The Science and Spirit of Nature's Most Elusive Birds
By: Leigh Calvez
3.80
Format: 25 pages,
A naturalist probes the forest, mainly at night, to comprehend the secret lives of owls in this boo… read more
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5. What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
By: Jon Young
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Companion audio files are available at www.hmhbooks.com/whattherobinknows A lifelong birder, tracke… read more
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6. 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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7. One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives
By: Bernd Heinrich
3.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding "marvelous, mind-altering… read more
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8. Mark Twain: Man in White: The Grand Adventure of His Final Years
By: Michael Shelden
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
One day in late 1906, seventy-one-year-old Mark Twain attended a meeting on copyright law at the Li… read more
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9. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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11. American Pastoral
By: Philip Roth
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize Winner (1998) In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified g… read more
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"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"Exhibitionismul inerent unei marturisiri nu face decat sa agraveze suferinta."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"[...] ero una biografia in moto perpetuo, memoria sino al midollo delle ossa."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
12. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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13. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
14. 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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"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
15. 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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- history
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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
16. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"-Amor Towles, Table for Two
17. Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
By: Agatha Christie
3.91
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the “suicide” that was mu… read more
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"Uncertainty creates panic."-Agatha Christie, Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot, #3)
18. 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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- history
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19. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
By: India Holton
4.00
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agen… read more
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"That was a relief. She might contract tetanus over the next few hours in this shack, but at least there would be tea."-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
"She felt all-peopled-out after the morning and wanted to go home, close the curtains, and hug a book until her nerves settled."-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
"Was there a more exquisite woman in all the world than the one standing before him? If so, Daniel had not met her, and never expected to."-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
"Alice gazed up at his mouth and the calm line of his cheekbone - for looking too long into his eyes overwhelmed her even more now than it had before. He thrilled every nerve in her. He engulfed every…"-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
20. The Atlas Maneuver (Cotton Malone, #18)
By: Steve Berry
4.28
Format: 401 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adve… read more
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21. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
By: Daniel Immerwahr
4.46
Format: 513 pages, Hardcover
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empir… read more
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"At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured, and experimented on. What they haven't been, by and large, is seen."-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
"Hoover’s greatest challenge was one of the least visible: the humble screw thread. Screws, nuts, and bolts are universal fasteners. They function in industrial societies, as one writer put it, like s…"-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
22. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
By: Rick Atkinson
4.43
Format: 776 pages, Hardcover
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more
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23. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
By: Darrell Hartman
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more
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- history
24. The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.14
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay C… read more
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25. Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
By: Elizabeth Varon
4.15
Format: 516 pages, ebook
An authoritative biography of the controversial Confederate general, who later embraced Reconstruct… read more
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"I have some little reputation, but my men made it all for me. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Article in -Sumter Republican-, October 29, 1864."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"...the power of battle is in generalship more than in the number of soldiers. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1876)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"[The] object of politics is to relieve the distress of the people and to provide for their future comfort. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, Letter to the New Orleans Times, June 8, 1867."-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
"It does not look like generalship to lose a battle and a cause and then lay the responsibility upon others. -- JAMES LONGSTREET, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (1896)"-Elizabeth Varon, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
26. Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral
By: Ben Smith
3.69
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The origin story of the Age of Disinformation: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, J… read more
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27. Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
By: Jared Diamond
3.90
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our … read more
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"Britain never regained its naval and economic dominance over the world, and it remains notoriously conflicted (“Brexit"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Allende had good ideas, but he executed them poorly. Although he correctly recognized Chile’s problems, he adopted wrong solutions to those problems."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Nations and individuals accept national and individual responsibility to take action to solve the problem, or else deny responsibility by self-pity, blaming others, and assuming the role of victim."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Rigidity or inflexibility can be the result of a previous history of abuse or trauma, or of an upbringing that offered a child no permission to experiment or to deviate from the family norms. Flexibi…"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
28. The Year of the Century, 1876
By: Dee Brown
3.83
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
Dee Brown’s sparkling account of a momentous year in American historyIn 1876, America was eager to … read more
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29. Mapping America: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings that Created the United States
By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-c… read more
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- history
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- cartography
- maps
30. Hard to Kill (Jane Smith, #2)
By: James Patterson
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Jane Smith is being hailed as James Patterson’s greatest character yet, a tough-as-nails attorney u… read more
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31. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot
By: Martin W. Sandler
3.84
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
“A splendid book, full of fascinating, well-told tales . . . a diverse and bafflingly overlooked co… read more
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