Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown's Army
By: Eugene L. Meyer
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Late on the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and his band of 18 raiders descended on Harpers…
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1. The Goblin Emperor
By: Katherine Addison
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more
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2. The Good Lord Bird
By: James McBride
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy … read more
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3. Walden
By: Henry David Thoreau
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more
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4. Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
By: Douglas Smith
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically chang… read more
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5. John Brown
By: W.E.B. Du Bois , David R. Roediger
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African… read more
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6. John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
By: David S. Reynolds
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Pri… read more
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7. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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8. 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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9. The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts
By: William Still
2.83
Format: 212 pages,
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10. Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
By: John Updike
3.58
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his—… read more
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"You were never in Texas,"-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
"They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
"If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
"The only way to get somewhere, you know, is to figure out where you’re going before you go there."-John Updike, Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
11. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
By: Katherine Addison
4.32
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more
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12. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
13. The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)
By: Katherine Addison
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, 'The Goblin Em… read more
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"I’ll have to tell my mother that being gaudy has its uses"-Katherine Addison, The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)
14. 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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15. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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16. A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
By: Freya Marske
3.96
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes… read more
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" Off administering a country seat, indeed. Robin had nothing against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town and let it administer itself …"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
" Off administering a country seat,> indeed. Robin had nothing at all against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town an administer itself …"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
"You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you t…"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
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17. Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
By: Richard Bell
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery… read more
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18. The House of Lincoln
By: Nancy Horan
3.73
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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19. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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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
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20. Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood
By: Mark Oppenheimer
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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21. Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown's Army
By: Eugene L. Meyer
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Late on the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and his band of 18 raiders descended on Harpers… read more
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