Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them
By: John Bainbridge Jr.
3.85
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men w…
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1. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more
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2. Jailbird
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jailbirdtakes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in… read more
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3. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
By: Rinker Buck
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's "The Oregon Trail" is a… read more
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4. The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
By: Gary Brozek , Nicholas Irving
3.43
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing memoir of Special Operations… read more
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5. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
By: Timothy Egan
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
How a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prize-winning … read more
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6. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more
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8. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
By: Candice Millard
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more
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9. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
By: Manning Marable
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Selected by The New York Times Book Reviewas a Notable Book of the Year Years in the making-the def… read more
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10. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
By: Nick Turse
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated inc… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
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 Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
By: David McCullough
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more
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16. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
By: Rebecca Renner
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more
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17. Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
By: Tom Clavin
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story… read more
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18. The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions
By: Hasard Lee
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
THE #2 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisi… read more
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19. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
By: Jeffrey Toobin
4.16
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more
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20. Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
By: H.W. Brands
4.24
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the Am… read more
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21. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)
By: William H. McRaven
4.42
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Make Your Bed —a short, inspirational book of advice and… read more
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22. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang
By: Tom Clavin
3.67
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more
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23. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)
By: Tom Clavin
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times… read more
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24. Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them
By: Max Cutler
3.56
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on insi… read more
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25. Prepared: A Manual for Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios
By: Mike Glover
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A former Green Beret’s indispensable course in preparedness, teaching the keys… read more
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26. Nice Guys Finish Dead (Old Cowboys Never Die)
By: William W. Johnstone
4.44
Format: 305 pages, Paperback
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But old cowboys? That’s a different story — especia… read more
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27. Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West
By: Tom Clavin
3.99
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explore… read more
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28. The Bullet Garden (Earl Swagger #4)
By: Stephen Hunter
4.39
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
The long-anticipated origin story of legendary sniper, fan favorite, and father of literary icon Bo… read more
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29. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
By: Cameron McWhirter
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more
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30. Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
By: Douglas Rushkoff
3.86
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. Five mys… read more
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"Their extreme wealth and privilege served only to make them obsessed with insulating themselves from the very real and present danger of climate change, rising sea levels, mass migration, global pand…"-Douglas Rushkoff, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
31. Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them
By: John Bainbridge Jr.
3.85
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men w… read more
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