Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
By: Andrew K. Diemer
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life…
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1. A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
By: Thomas Buergenthal , Elie Wiesel
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his aston… read more
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2. The Keep
By: Jennifer Egan
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Jennifer Egan brilliantly conjures a world from which escape is impossible and… read more
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"That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to."-Jennifer Egan, The Keep
"It made me alert, like someone had scrubbed mint all over my skin. I'd walk into that stinking, miserable prison and for the next three hours, a wise and beautiful woman would float out of the wrecka…"-Jennifer Egan, The Keep
"All that love, all that pain, all the stuff people feel – not just me and you, brother, but everyone, everyone who's ever walked this beautiful green planet – how can all that disappear when somebody…"-Jennifer Egan, The Keep
"I smoked my first pipe with Seth. I knew the stuff was bad, but I was so tired of being the cop, begging and ragging at him, throwing Pampers in his face when he walked in the door. I wanted to be on…"-Jennifer Egan, The Keep
3. 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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4. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past
By: Jennifer Teege , Nikola Sellmair , Carolin Sommer
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An international bestseller--the extraordinary memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that he… read more
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5. The Widow of the South
By: Robert Hicks
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Tennessee, 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie… read more
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6. Ladder of Years
By: Anne Tyler
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Married with three almost-grown children, Delia Grinstead has vanished without trace or reason. But… read more
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7. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
By: Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
3.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Capta… read more
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8. 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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9. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
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10. 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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11. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
By: David W. Blight
4.15
Format: 888 pages, Hardcover
As a young man, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was … read more
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"Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than…"-David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
12. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
By: H.W. Brands
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more
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13. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
By: Craig Johnson
4.37
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
By: Dan Ariely
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and profession… read more
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- nonfiction
"A higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"How can science - which is slow and methodical, providing only an occasional breakthrough - compete with creative minds unfettered by facts?"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"Would you enthusiastically recommend that a friend purchase something you'd never tested yourself? Probably not. But you may be unwittingly doing this with information every day."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels…"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
17. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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18. Shelterwood
By: Lisa Wingate
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more
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"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
19. The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th
By: Denver Riggleman
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Winners make history.” —Kevin McCarthy Make no mistake: modern information warfare is here and … read more
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20. Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
By: Fergus M. Bordewich
4.29
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil—when Ulysse… read more
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21. The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
By: Kerri K. Greenidge
3.77
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Sarah and Angelina Grimke—the Grimke sisters—are revered figures in American history, famous for re… read more
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22. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
23. Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan
By: Scott Mann
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of retired Green Bere… read more
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24. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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25. The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
By: Rich Cohen
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Was he New York City's last pirate...or its first gangster? This is the true story of the bloodthir… read more
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26. Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
By: Alvin Hall
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with … read more
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"The farther south they drove, the more limiting and repressive the rules became."-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"Under Jim Crow, Black Codes harshly restricted what people of color could do, In much of the country, Black people were prevented from voting, serving on juries, running for office, or defending thei…"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"...Jim Crow was the American equivalent of South African apartheid and the racial laws passed in Germany under the Nazi regime of the 1930s. And these similarities are not merely coincidental. Histor…"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
"When the laws changed, what do you suppose happened to the vehement and the violent? Do you believe their opinions of Black people changed? Do you think they decided they had been wrong and adjusted …"-Alvin Hall, Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
27. I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
By: Kidada E. Williams
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From a groundbreaking scholar, a heart-wrenching reexamination of the struggle for survival in the … read more
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28. A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
By: Steve Gleason
4.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family… read more
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29. Vigilance: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
By: Andrew K. Diemer
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life… read more
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30. Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues-then and Now
By: Timothy Ballard
4.45
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Told in alternating chapters from perspectives spanning more than a century apart of two people who… read more
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31. No Right to An Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era
By: Jacqueline A. Jones
4.02
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From a Bancroft Prize winner, a harrowing portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteen… read more
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