Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
By: Martyn Whittock
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the liv…
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1. Alexander the Great
By: Philip Freeman
4.31
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
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- audiobook
2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
By: Benjamin Franklin , None
3.86
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
"Never confuse Motion with Action."-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"When the well is dry we know the value of water"-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
3. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
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- audiobook
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
4. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
By: Andrew O'Shaughnessy
4.17
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A unique account of the American Revolution, told from the perspective of the leaders who conducted… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
5. Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
By: Stephen Dando-Collins , None
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legi… read more
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- history
6. 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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- american history
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
By: Steven Watts
3.51
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but nev… read more
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8. The Story of English in 100 Words
By: David Crystal
3.82
Format: None pages,
The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tou… read more
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- nonfiction
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9. His Excellency: George Washington
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
11. The Known World
By: Edward P. Jones
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known Worldis a daring and ambitious work by… read more
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13. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.88
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more
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"W"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
14. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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- audiobook
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
15. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
By: Robert Olen Butler
3.68
Format: None pages,
Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam … read more
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16. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
By: Daniel James Brown
3.59
Format: 464 pages,
In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Il… read more
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17. Saint Thomas Aquinas
By: G.K. Chesterton , Anton C. Pegis
4.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
G.K. Chesterton's brilliant sketch of the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas is as relevant today a… read more
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19. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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20. The Lost Year
By: Katherine Marsh
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more
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21. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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22. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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23. The Downloaded
By: Robert J. Sawyer
3.62
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
The new novel by Canada's top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their m… read more
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24. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
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- audiobook
25. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
By: Joseph J. Ellis
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In one of the most “exciting and engaging” (Gordon S. Wood) histories of the American founding in d… read more
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26. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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27. Where They Wait
By: Scott Carson
3.63
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
Recently laid-off from his newspaper and desperate for work, war correspondent Nick Bishop takes a … read more
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28. American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
By: Alan Taylor
4.22
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, a preeminent historian upends th… read more
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29. Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh
By: Thomas S. Kidd
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life Thoma… read more
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30. The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia'
By: Jennifer Potter
3.50
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London… read more
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31. Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
By: Martyn Whittock
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the liv… read more
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