A Block in Time: A New York City History at the Corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street
By: Christiane Bird
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Gotham meets The Island at the Center of the World in this dazzling history of a single block in Ma…
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1. The Executioner's Song
By: Norman Mailer
4.06
Format: 1056 pages, Paperback
In what is arguably his greatest work, America's most heroically ambitious writer follows the short… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. Salt: A World History
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.11
Format: None pages,
From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
3. City on a Grid: How New York Became New York
By: Gerard Koeppel
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. Created… read more
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- new york
- history
- nonfiction
4. Paris
By: Edward Rutherfurd
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps th… read more
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- audiobook
5. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.93
Format: 316 pages,
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- history
- nonfiction
6. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
7. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. 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
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
9. Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
By: Conor Knighton
4.26
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the Emmy-winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, an entertaining chronicle of his year spent… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Shelton Johnson may just be the best park ranger who ever lived."-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
"...tell me again about how you used to watch movies in a car. It sounded so cool to me. And so, on one of the last nights of that summer, my parents decided to re-create a drive-in movie in our drive…"-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
"In letter after letter, misfortunes great and small are blamed on the wood. "I don't know how much I buy that," Matt [Smith] said.."If you're the kinda person who would take something from a national…"-Conor Knighton, Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- new york
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
11. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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- audiobook
12. The Trading Game: A Confession
By: Gary Stevenson
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
By: Paul Newman
3.89
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Liberators
By: E.J. Koh
3.46
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be marr… read more
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- audiobook
16. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
By: Meghan O'Rourke
4.03
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"As the chronically ill know, to be alive is to be in uncertainty."-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
"Knowledge brings the hope of treatment or cure. And even if there is no cure, a diagnosis is a form of knowing (the word “diagnosis"-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
"And so it is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman in possession of vague symptoms like fatigue and pain will be in search of a doctor who believes she is actually sick ."-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
"Is illness, in any way, a lesson? Illness is a travesty; illness is shit; illness is not redemptive unless it happens to be for a particular ill person, for reasons that are not replicable nor should…"-Meghan O'Rourke, The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
18. Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain
By: Charles Leerhsen
3.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling, “unvarnished” ( The New York Times ), “engrossing” ( The Guardian ), “gritty, well… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
By: Alex Prud'Homme
4.04
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising narrative history of presidential food: from Washingto… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Hollywood: The Oral History
By: Jeanine Basinger
4.04
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Billionaires' Row: Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers
By: Katherine Clarke
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fly-on-the-wall account of the ferocious ambition, greed, and financial one-upmanship behind the … read more
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- new york
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
22. The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
By: Isaac Butler
4.26
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE N… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
By: Sam Anderson
4.38
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Oklahoma City has chaos in its DNA."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"Oklahoma City is tiny and huge at the same time."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"Most places have one sky. Oklahoma city has about 12."-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
"If a Starbucks drink could be a church, it would be LifeChurch.TV"-Sam Anderson, Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
24. Rikers: An Oral History
By: Graham Rayman
4.05
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the notorious Rikers jail complex and an unflinching por… read more
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- new york
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
By: Jennifer Wright
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“This is the story of one of the boldest women in American history: a self-made millionaire, a cele… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World
By: Sinclair McKay
4.01
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Sinclair McKay's portrait of Berlin from 1919 forward explores the city's broad human history, from… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
27. The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage
By: John Harris
4.08
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A stunning behind the curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
28. The Story of Britain: A History of the Great Ages: From the Romans to the Present
By: Roy Strong
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative and sweeping history of Britain from the Romans to the present day—in a newly revi… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
29. A Block in Time: A New York City History at the Corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street
By: Christiane Bird
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Gotham meets The Island at the Center of the World in this dazzling history of a single block in Ma… read more
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- new york
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
By: Jonathan Daniel Wells
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled fo… read more
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- new york
- history
- nonfiction
31. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinto… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
