Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved My Mother
By: Stanley A. Goldman
3.68
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Seven years after the death of his mother, Malka, Stanley A. Goldman traveled to Israel to visit he…
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1. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more
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"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
2. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
By: Colin Woodard
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more
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3. Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.47
Format: None pages,
A New York PostBest Book of 2016 One of Kirkus Reviews' Ten Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Fa… read more
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4. Fair, Clear, and Terrible: The Story of Shiloh, Maine
By: None
4.39
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At the turn of the century, Frank Weston Sandford found Shiloh to usher in the Second Coming. But w… read more
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5. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By: Irin Carmon , Shana Knizhnik
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
You can't spell truth without Ruth. Only Ruth Bader Ginsburg can judge me. The Ruth will set you fr… read more
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6. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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7. Auschwitz Lullaby
By: Mario Escobar
4.23
Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1943 Germany, Helene is just about to wake up her children to go to school when a group of polic… read more
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"Sometimes we have to lose everything to find what is most important. When life robs us of what we thought we could not live without and leaves us standing naked before reality, the essential things t…"-Mario Escobar, Auschwitz Lullaby
8. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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9. The Boy with the Star Tattoo
By: Talia Carner
4.15
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From acclaimed author of The Third Daughter comes an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage… read more
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10. Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
By: Larry Loftis
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy The year is 1942, and Wo… read more
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"She was now ready. Diarrhea pills, speed, sleep dope, lethal pill, and beauty aid. Bring on the Germans."-Larry Loftis, Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
"When they first met, Peter had looked beyond Arnaud’s gruff personality to see a man who was highly competent, fearless, and deeply committed to the cause."-Larry Loftis, Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
11. Until Leaves Fall in Paris
By: Sarah Sundin
4.21
Format: 403 pages, Paperback
When the Nazis march toward Paris, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-langua… read more
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12. Yellow Wife
By: Sadeqa Johnson
4.43
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman … read more
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13. The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
By: Kate Moore
4.30
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and moth… read more
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"Insane asylum - a place where insanity is made."-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
"In the end, this is a book about power. Who wields it. Who owns it. And the methods they use. And above all, it's about fighting back."-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
"As Elizabeth put it, “I have neglected no duties, have injured no one, have always tried to do unto others as I would wish to be done by; and yet, here in America, I am imprisoned because I could not…"-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
"It's a book that is set over 160 year ago. A lot has changed. A lot hasn't. We are only just beginning to appreciate exactly how a person's powerlessness may lead to struggles with their mental healt…"-Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear
14. The Warsaw Orphan
By: Kelly Rimmer
4.37
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
In the spring of 1942, young Elzbieta Rabinek is aware of the swiftly growing discord just beyond t… read more
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15. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)
By: John E. Douglas
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more
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- history
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16. The Sound of Light
By: Sarah Sundin
4.34
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, a… read more
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17. The Trouble With Secrets (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #1)
By: Jean Grainger
4.44
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958 For eighteen year old Lena Mullery, life is predictable and d… read more
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18. The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
By: Laura Imai Messina
3.87
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of sur… read more
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"We're still parents, even when our children are no longer here."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It was the right moment. It always is when something beautiful happens."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"We need to possess joy in abundance before we can bestow it on somebody else."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
19. The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue
By: John Glatt
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling true crime author John Glatt comes the devastating story of the Tur… read more
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20. One Woman's War
By: Christine Wells
3.78
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
World War II London: When Victoire "Paddy" Bennett first walks into the Admiralty's Room 39, home t… read more
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21. What Divides Us (The Kilteegan Bridge Story, #2)
By: Jean Grainger
4.56
Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition
Kilteegan Bridge, Ireland 1963.On the face of it, life is idyllic for Eli and Lena Kogan. Living in… read more
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22. My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
By: Hannah Pick-Goslar
4.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Both heartbreaking and life-affirming" (Edith Eger, auth… read more
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23. Her Last Flight
By: Beatriz Williams
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on th… read more
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"But while a photograph may tell a thousand words, it doesn't tell the full story"-Beatriz Williams, Her Last Flight
"I consider delivering some nonsense about how the cat’s had a pretty long run, wouldn’t you say, I mean I’ve never heard of a cat living nineteen years. But that’s the last thing you want to hear abo…"-Beatriz Williams, Her Last Flight
24. Black Klansman: A Memoir
By: Ron Stallworth
3.61
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
In 1978 the community of Colorado Springs, Colorado experienced a growth of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) memb… read more
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"In essence, [David Duke] mainstreamed the Klan, making it seem an acceptable and viable alternative for those looking for a means to express their displeasure with the status quo of their lives and g…"-Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: A Memoir
"The white nationalist, nativist politics that we see today were first imagined and applied by David Duke during the heyday of his Grand Wizardshop, and the time of my undercover Klan investigation. T…"-Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: A Memoir
25. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
By: Douglas Brinkley
4.17
Format: 576 pages, ebook
Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more
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26. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias
By: Kevin Cook
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A news-making account of the war between David Koresh’s Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their… read more
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27. Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved My Mother
By: Stanley A. Goldman
3.68
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Seven years after the death of his mother, Malka, Stanley A. Goldman traveled to Israel to visit he… read more
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