My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song
By: Emily S. Bingham
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The long journey of an American song, from its enormous success in the early 1850s, written by a wh…
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1. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
By: Mary Beard
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million peopl… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
2. Out of Darkness
By: Ashley Hope Pérez
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New Lo… read more
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3. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol
By: Nell Irvin Painter
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Though she was born into slavery and subjected to physical and sexual abuse by her owners, Sojourne… read more
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4. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
5. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- american history
- race
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- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
6. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
7. 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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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"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
8. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
By: Daniel Immerwahr
4.46
Format: 513 pages, Hardcover
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empir… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured, and experimented on. What they haven't been, by and large, is seen."-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
"Hoover’s greatest challenge was one of the least visible: the humble screw thread. Screws, nuts, and bolts are universal fasteners. They function in industrial societies, as one writer put it, like s…"-Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
9. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Metropolitan Stories
By: Christine Coulson
3.73
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
From a writer who worked at the Metropolitan Museum for more than twenty-five years, an enchanting … read more
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- audiobook
"He had learned long ago not to comfort the rich. They paid others for that."-Christine Coulson, Metropolitan Stories
"Our lives are devoted to our absence—to the idea that no trace of ourselves should be left in our work."-Christine Coulson, Metropolitan Stories
"We protect them and save them and study them. After a time, we realize—some of us slower than others—that they are protecting us, saving us, studying us."-Christine Coulson, Metropolitan Stories
"Some curators are great scholars, others great exhibition makers, still others, superb collectors. It is rare to have a curator like Peter, who excels at all three."-Christine Coulson, Metropolitan Stories
12. Marmee
By: Sarah Miller
4.25
Format: 423 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott's beloved Little Women, fro… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"Waking up every day and remembering Papa's gone to the front is like biting into a bonbon with nothing in the center."-Sarah Miller, Marmee
"I have been wrong to hide my temper so completely. All this time I have been inadvertently teaching my girls that goodness is the absence of faults. An unattainable goal that can only lead to a lifet…"-Sarah Miller, Marmee
13. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me
By: Rex Chapman
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Lark Ascending
By: Silas House
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A timely, powerful story of survival set in the not-too-distant future, reminding us to always hold… read more
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- audiobook
"The world became smaller, yet louder."-Silas House, Lark Ascending
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."-Silas House, Lark Ascending
"There was some comfort in knowing that, although the world was being torn in two, there were still remarkable things that went on being, that refused to lose their shine. Some days it was only the wo…"-Silas House, Lark Ascending
15. The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
By: April White
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From a historian and senior editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. A Parchment of Leaves
By: Silas House
4.22
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
In this nationally bestselling novel, A Parchment of Leaves, Silas House produced an iconic story o… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"I wondered if we were put on this earth only to destroy every beautiful thing, to make chaos. Or were we meant to overcome this? Did bad things happen so that goodness could show through in people?"-Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves
"Every morning I was renewed, though. Air and light healed me, over and over. I got to where I depended on it. When I was feeling my worst, I would step out into the yard and put my hands on the branc…"-Silas House, A Parchment of Leaves
17. Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television
By: Thea Glassman
3.84
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The untold stories of seven revolutionary teen shows (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, My So-Called Lif… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race
By: Farah Karim-Cooper
4.07
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still rel… read more
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- race
- history
- audiobook
19. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
20. My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song
By: Emily S. Bingham
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The long journey of an American song, from its enormous success in the early 1850s, written by a wh… read more
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- american history
- race
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Bog Wife
By: Kay Chronister
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-b… read more
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