The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding
By: William Hogeland
4.26
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
How Alexander Hamilton embraced American oligarchy to jumpstart American prosperity. “Forgotten …
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1. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
By: Louis Zamperini , David Rensin
4.27
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
Champion. Survivor.Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 9… read more
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"I was raised to face any challenge."-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
"God knew my needs and took care accordingly."-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
"To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind."-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
"It was all in His hands now - as it had always been."-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
2. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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3. The Dog of the South
By: Charles Portis
4.27
Format: 24 pages,
The narrator is Ray Midge, down-at-the-heels Southerner after his wife. "Norma had run off with Guy… read more
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4. Dictator (Cicero, #3)
By: Robert Harris
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Imperium...Conspirata...and now, the long-awaited final volume of the author's best-selling Cicero … read more
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5. Conspirata (Cicero, #2)
By: Robert Harris
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
- Internationally bestselling author: "Imperium" was hailed as "quite possibly Harris's most accomp… read more
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6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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7. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
9. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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10. 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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- audiobook
"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
11. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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12. Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences
By: Joan Biskupic
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Editor's Choice "Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the co… read more
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13. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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14. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
By: Stephen Breyer
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more
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15. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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16. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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17. Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
By: Glenn C. Loury
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal ody… read more
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18. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)
By: Donna Leon
4.05
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more
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19. Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
By: Tiya Miles
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory rec… read more
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20. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
21. 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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22. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
23. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
By: Nancy Pelosi
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more
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24. The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding
By: William Hogeland
4.26
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
How Alexander Hamilton embraced American oligarchy to jumpstart American prosperity. “Forgotten … read more
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- economics
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25. Connie: A Memoir
By: Connie Chung
4.37
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to … read more
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26. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
27. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
By: Russ Buettner
4.56
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more
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28. Reagan: His Life and Legend
By: Max Boot
4.32
Format: 880 pages, Hardcover
Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician—America’s fortieth president comes to th… read more
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29. War
By: Bob Woodward
4.43
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more
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"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."-Bob Woodward, War
"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"-Bob Woodward, War
"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"-Bob Woodward, War
"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"-Bob Woodward, War
30. Sonny Boy: A Memoir
By: Al Pacino
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a… read more
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"Where do I go to get a director? I’ve never hired one in my life. I’ve only starred in three films. I said, “Marty, I don’t know how to interview anybody. This is completely crazy."-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir
"A strange and discordant mix of roles followed. I liked one film I did, The Humbling, because I did it with Barry Levinson. It was based on the novel by Philip Roth, who I met at a party in New York.…"-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir
"As I was heading back, I began to hear the sound of someone crying, which you sort of expect in a graveyard. I looked around to see where it was coming from. And there, sitting on a tombstone, was Fr…"-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir
"Another young actor in Charlie’s class with me was a guy by the name of Martin Sheen. In one session Marty did a monologue from The Iceman Cometh, and he blew the roof off—I said, this is it, this is…"-Al Pacino, Sonny Boy: A Memoir
31. Land Between the Rivers: A 5000-Year History of Iraq
By: Bartle Bull
4.11
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Land Between the Rivers is the result of ten years of research, writing, and thinking about the sub… read more
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