14 best-selling nonfiction books like George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America by Niall O'Dowd

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George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America

By: Niall O'Dowd

3.30

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the untold story of the vital role the Irish played in the American Revolution.George Wash…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America by Niall O'Dowd , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Alexander Hamilton

By: Ron Chernow

3.77

Format: 32 pages,

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction

2. Beaten, Seared, and Sauced: On Becoming a Chef at the Culinary Institute of America

By: Jonathan Dixon

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Millions of people fantasize about leaving their old lives behind, enrolling in cooking school, and… read more

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3. Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

By: Alexander Rose

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now a TV series on AMC Basing his tale on remarkable original research, historian Alexander Rose re… read more

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4. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

By: Timothy Egan

4.38

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"

-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

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5. Mind Games

By: Nora Roberts

4.40

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy an… read more

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6. The Magician

By: Colm Tóibín

4.02

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Colm Tóibín’s new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, whe… read more

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"...it is a grubby business writing novels. Composers can think about God and the ineffable. We have to imagine the buttons on a coat. [Thomas Mann, to Alma Mahler Werfel]"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

"The Nazis, he realized, were not like the poets of the Munich Revolution. They were street fighters who had taken power without losing their sway over the streets. They managed to be both government …"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

"He [Thomas Mann] remembered this Beethoven quartet [his op. 132] as being sad, sometimes mournful. What was surprising now was that, while the undertone was melancholy, the way the instruments stoppe…"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

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7. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (Pendergast, #21)

By: Douglas Preston

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Con… read more

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8. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

By: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

4.52

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial epic—an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of Homegoing;… read more

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"These are the incongruities of memory. It is hard to hold on to the entirety of something, but pieces may be held up to light."

-Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

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9. Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

By: Dennis Duncan

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. Bu… read more

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  • nonfiction
"[Citing "Alice in Wonderland"] the White Knight insists on singing Alice a song which he introduces as follows: 'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes".' 'Oh, that's the name of the song, is…"

-Dennis Duncan, Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

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10. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

By: Ian W. Toll

4.59

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
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12. The Storm We Made

By: Vanessa Chan

3.87

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781668015148. A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unl… read more

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13. Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

By: Jonathan M. Katz

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking journey tracing America’s forgotten path to global power―and how its legacies shap… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
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14. A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000

By: John Gibney

3.73

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the daw… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans

By: Garrett Ryan

4.20

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

By: Colin Quinn

3.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In Colin Quinn's new book, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red Stat… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
"When you moved, you didn't know know your drug addict cousins were going to follow you and ruin everything and use your good name to get people to trust them. Well, that's the history of America. It …"

-Colin Quinn, Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

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17. The Last Negroes At Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard Forever

By: Kent Garrett

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the Harvard class of ’63, whose Black students fought to create their own ident… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Bless Me, Father Series Books 1–5: Bless Me, Father; A Father Before Christmas; Father in a Fix; Bless Me Again, Father; and Father Under Fire by Neil Boyd

18. The Bless Me, Father Series Books 1–5: Bless Me, Father; A Father Before Christmas; Father in a Fix; Bless Me Again, Father; and Father Under Fire

By: Neil Boyd

4.24

Format: 1351 pages, Kindle Edition

This acclaimed series that inspired a hit London Weekend Television sitcom is “a long, gentle breez… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World

By: Sean Connolly

3.86

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping history of Irish emigration, arguing that the Irish exodus helped make the modern world … read more

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20. How the Irish Won the American Revolution: A New Look at the Forgotten Heroes of America's War of Independence

By: Phillip Thomas Tucker

3.49

Format: 501 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
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21. George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America

By: Niall O'Dowd

3.30

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the untold story of the vital role the Irish played in the American Revolution.George Wash… read more

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  • nonfiction

8 Best american history books like George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America by Niall O'Dowd

Transform Your Habits

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

Timothy Egan

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

Ian W. Toll

4.59

Transform Your Habits

Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

Jonathan M. Katz

4.24

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17 best-selling audiobook books like Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire by Jonathan M. Katz

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The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire

Stephen Kinzer

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Adam Hochschild

4.21

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Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Mike Duncan

4.52

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