Deadly Force: The True Story of How a Badge Can Become a License to Kill
By: Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Featuring a new preface and afterword by the author From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with La…
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1. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee Brown
4.25
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more
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"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
2. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
By: Douglas A. Blackmon
4.40
Format: None pages,
In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shame… read more
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- race
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3. All American Boys
By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more
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4. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
By: David von Drehle
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
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5. 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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"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
6. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
By: Jonathan Karl
4.28
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more
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7. A Dangerous Business
By: Jane Smiley
3.17
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author of A Thousand Acres: a mystery set … read more
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8. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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9. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.42
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more
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10. Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable
By: Joanna Schwartz
4.47
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An urgent and definitive examination of how the legal system prevents accountability for police mis… read more
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11. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.72
Format: 16 pages, Audiobook
15 hours, 54 minutes Read by a 45-person cast, with Holter Graham and the author Over the pas… read more
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"We met when we were only 16, at a high school dance. When he died, we were 50. I remember how I didn't want that day to end, terrible as it was. I didn't want to go to sleep because as long as I was …"-Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
12. Raising Lazarus
By: Beth Macy
4.02
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A “deeply reported, deeply moving” (Patrick Radden Keefe) account of everyday heroes fighting on th… read more
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13. Enough
By: Cassidy Hutchinson
4.31
Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition
Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American h… read more
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14. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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15. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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- audiobook
16. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
By: Whoopi Goldberg
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more
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"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
17. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
By: Anthony Ray Hinton
4.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thi… read more
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"Life was a crazy, strange mix of tragedy and sorrow and triumph and joy."-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
"Oh, the sanitized way of saying it is "sentenced to death." But let's call it what it is. They wanted to murder me because I had murdered."-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
"Life is brutal, tragic, unbearable, and inhumane at times. The pain one man can cause another is limitless, but I didn't see, I couldn't see, how creating more pain made anything better."-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
"I had just turned twenty-nine, and honestly, I still didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Sometimes it felt like life was more a process of elimination than a series of choices."-Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
18. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
19. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
By: Kathleen Belew
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more
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- audiobook
"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
20. The Mothers
By: Genevieve Gannon
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
What if you gave birth to someone else’s child? An emotional family drama about two couples, one ba… read more
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21. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
By: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
4.23
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountabi… read more
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"Designed for instant impact and encouraging feelings of omnipotence, Twitter is the perfect tool for an impulsive, attention-addicted strongman."-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
"Many strongmen, past and present, have used populist rhetoric that defines their nations as bound by faith, race, and ethnicity rather than by legal rights. For authoritarians, only some people are "…"-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
22. Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession, and Murder
By: Shanna Hogan
4.16
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In Secrets of a Marine's Wife, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Shann… read more
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23. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System
By: Ryan J. Reilly
3.95
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly politica… read more
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24. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy
By: Brian Stelter
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of HOAX, “[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential… read more
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25. Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America
By: Yasmine S. Ali
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The first book to examine the rarely-acknowledged Waverly Train Disaster of 1978 – the catastrophic… read more
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26. Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
By: Joe Biden
4.14
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller From President-Elect Joe Biden, Promise Me Dad is his… read more
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"We Irish are the only people in the world who are actually nostalgic about the future."-Joe Biden, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
"I regarded these requests as the fruits of a life well lived: our grown children actually wanted to be with us."-Joe Biden, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
"I believe all politics is personal, because at bottom, politics depends o trust, and unless you can establish a personal relationship, it’s awfully hard to build trust."-Joe Biden, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
"Right now, you know, everyone one is going to be there for you." I explained. "Everyone will surround you with love and you'll be busy and have things to keep your mind off the worst. And then in six…"-Joe Biden, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
27. Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy
By: Ali Velshi
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating family history that illustrates how small actions can have an outsized political impa… read more
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28. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)
By: Michael Connelly
4.47
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more
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29. Deadly Force: The True Story of How a Badge Can Become a License to Kill
By: Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Featuring a new preface and afterword by the author From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with La… read more
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30. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
By: Fred C. Trump
4.07
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more
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31. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
By: Mary L. Trump
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! A New York Times Nonfiction Book to R… read more
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