Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation
By: Ruth R. Wisse
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition
By: David Nirenberg
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
This incisive history upends the complacency that confines anti-Judaism to the ideological extremes… read more
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2. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
By: Ron Chernow
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dy… read more
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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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4. A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
By: Samantha Power
2.50
Format: 52 pages,
A character-driven study of some of the darkest moments in our national history, when America faile… read more
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5. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
By: Ron Chernow
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morganis the most … read more
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6. Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist: An American Story
By: Yossi Klein Halevi
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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7. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
8. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
By: Dara Horn
4.36
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more
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- jewish
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
9. We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration
By: Rachael Cerrotti
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2022 Maine Literary Award for Memoir ''Cerrotti brings her podcast of the same name t… read more
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- memoir
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10. Bibi: My Story
By: Benjamin Netanyahu
4.48
Format: 733 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s ”compelling” (The Economist) and“substa… read more
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11. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America
By: Michael Benson
3.97
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Goodreads Top Nonfiction of 2022 The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the… read more
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12. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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- memoir
13. Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
By: Robert Galbraith
4.37
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a wom… read more
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"Clues from chaos, sense from madness."-Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
" I love you don't forget me whatever hpapens to me. I love you. "-Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
"We aren’t our mistakes. It’s what we do about the mistake that shows who we are."-Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
"Betty Fuller looked as though she'd been subject to heavier gravity than the rest of humankind."-Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)
14. The Resistance Girl
By: Mandy Robotham
4.13
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
The next gripping and emotional historical fiction read from international bestseller, Mandy Roboth… read more
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15. The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People
By: Walter Russell Mead
4.22
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that o… read more
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- jewish
16. The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story
By: Nechama Birnbaum
4.56
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what i… read more
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- memoir
17. House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family
By: Hadley Freeman
4.41
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A writer investigates her family’s secret history, uncovering a story that spans a century, two Wor… read more
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- memoir
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18. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies
By: Tim Urban
4.28
Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition
From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more
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"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies
19. Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
By: Matti Friedman
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur… read more
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- jewish
20. The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
By: Judy Batalion
4.07
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major… read more
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- jewish
"The Nazis were particularly brutal with children, who represented the Jewish future. Boys and girls who were not useful for slave labor were some of the first Jews to be killed."-Judy Batalion, The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
"An old Jewish joke went - A man asks whether his town is now in Soviet or Polish territory. He's told, "This year we're in Poland." "Thank goodness!", the man exclaims. "I simply could not take anoth…"-Judy Batalion, The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
21. Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live
By: Lily Ebert
4.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming Holocaust survivor story that demonstrates the powe… read more
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- memoir
22. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy
By: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
3.99
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family … read more
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23. Where Have All the Democrats Gone?: The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes
By: Ruy Teixeira
3.99
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
For decades, American politics has been plagued by a breakdown between the Democratic and Republica… read more
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24. Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims
By: Yasmine Mohammed
4.32
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel meets The Handmaid's TaleSince September 11th, 2001, the Western world ha… read more
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- memoir
"It is sad to see that there remains this pervasive idea that Muslims all share a culture. No. They do not. They each have distinct cultures that have just been shrouded by Islam in the same way each …"-Yasmine Mohammed, Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims
"The thing about being Muslim is that you are taught to ignore your gut feelings. Those feelings are usually attributed to the devil. It's the devil whispering in your ear and making you feel that way…"-Yasmine Mohammed, Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims
"The Muslim world has been shielded from criticism for so long. How will progress ever happen if criticism is considered bigotry? ... Are Muslims not entitled to go through enlightenment and reform ju…"-Yasmine Mohammed, Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims
"We accept and willingly support the subjugation of our sisters to the East, even though we would never accept that for ourselves or our sisters in the West. Here, we demand that women be able to "fre…"-Yasmine Mohammed, Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims
25. The Light We Left Behind
By: Tessa Harris
4.13
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
England: 1944 When psychologist Maddie Gresham is sent a mysterious message telling her to repor… read more
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26. Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Jewish Lives)
By: Daniel C. Matt
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
The story of the prophet Elijah’s transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cheri… read more
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27. Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight
By: Lyn Julius
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Who are the Jews from Arab countries? What were relations with Muslims like? What made Jews leave c… read more
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28. Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation
By: Ruth R. Wisse
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Ruth Wisse’s intellectual autobiography is a lasting work of profound moral force and scathing pol… read more
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- memoir
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29. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
By: Nate Silver
3.84
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more
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30. The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done
By: John M. Ellis
3.91
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
A series of near-riots on campuses aimed at silencing guest speakers has exposed the fact that our … read more
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31. Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People
By: Ben M. Freeman
4.39
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Despite what we are told, Jewish people must never warp or change our identities to fit in. We do n… read more
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