The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War
By: Walter Lord
4.07
Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition
This New York Times bestseller by the author of A Night to Remember explores America in the years b…
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1. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
2. The Mezzanine
By: Nicholson Baker
4.35
Format: None pages,
Although most of the action of The Mezzanineoccurs on the escalator of an office building, where it… read more
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- american
3. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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- politics
- american history
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4. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
By: Jason Fagone
4.17
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Joining the ranks of Hidden Figuresand In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the gr… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
5. Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan Universe, #3)
By: Tom Clancy
3.57
Format: None pages,
Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks on the Super Bo… read more
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6. The Hemingses of Monticello
By: Annette Gordon-Reed
3.77
Format: 342 pages,
This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had … read more
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- american history
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7. The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
By: Jane Gardam
4.10
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
The New York Times called Sir Edward Feathers one of the most memorable characters in modern litera… read more
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8. Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti, #2)
By: Donna Leon
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In Death in a Strange CountryCommissario Guido Brunetti confronts a grisly sight when the body of a… read more
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9. Theodore Rex
By: Edmund Morris
4.18
Format: 772 pages, Paperback
Theodore Roosevelt and his two-term presidency (1901-9) deserve a king-size, seize-the-man biograph… read more
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- american history
- american
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- historical
- politics
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"Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital."-Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
"Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the people. Few, if any Americans could match the breadth of his intellect and the strength of his chara…"-Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
10. Long Day's Journey Into Night
By: Eugene O'Neill
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more
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11. The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
By: Jane Ridley
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
King Edward the VII, affectionately called Bertie, was fifty-nine when he took the throne in 1901, … read more
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12. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
By: Neal Gabler
4.47
Format: None pages,
From Neal Gabler, the definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century… read more
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13. 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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14. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
15. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)
By: Nick Harkaway
4.03
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more
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"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)
16. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
By: Barry S. Strauss
3.97
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who foun… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
17. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
By: Randall Munroe
4.16
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildl… read more
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- nonfiction
"It turns out that if you accelerate at 1 G for several years, you can reach almost any destination in the universe. After a few years have passed [traveling at that rate], the effects of relativity r…"-Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
18. The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
By: Benjamin Lorr
3.95
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
This book is an investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
20. Where the Light Fell
By: Philip Yancey
4.52
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this searing meditation on the bonds of family and the allure of extremist faith, one of today's… read more
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- nonfiction
21. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
By: Michael Shellenberger
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more
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- cultural
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- society
22. To Kill a Troubadour (Bruno, Chief of Police, #15)
By: Martin Walker
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
When a musician’s new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish na… read more
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23. The Sea People: A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia, the Hittite Empire, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus, along ... Age Collapse (Exploring Ancient History)
By: Captivating History
3.89
Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition
The Sea People were a menace to eastern Mediterranean society and contributed to the destruction of… read more
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- history
24. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)
By: Greg Iles
4.15
Format: 966 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more
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25. 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America
By: Scott Martelle
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling slice of history with contemporary resonance, this unique account examines the most … read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
26. Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
By: Jared Knott
4.01
Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition
How often does it happen that a single tiny mistake causes an entire civilization to collapse? More… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
27. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V
By: Geoffrey Parker
4.13
Format: 737 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world’s f… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
28. Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World
By: Mark Aldridge
4.12
Format: 400 pages, ebook
From the publication of Agatha Christie’s very first book in 1920 to the release of Sir Kenneth Bra… read more
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- history
29. The Sinking of the the SS Titanic April 14-15, 1912
By: John B. Thayer
4.42
Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition
‘A vivid account of how the TITANIC sank by survivor Jack Thayer’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘A dramatic … read more
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30. Doctors and Friends
By: Kimmery Martin
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Hannah, Compton, and Kira have been close friends since medical school, reuniting once a year for a… read more
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31. The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War
By: Walter Lord
4.07
Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition
This New York Times bestseller by the author of A Night to Remember explores America in the years b… read more
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