The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality
By: Nancy Isenberg
4.05
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
How the father and son presidents foresaw the rise of the cult of personality and fought those who …
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1. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.12
Format: 427 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more
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"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
2. The Good Lord Bird
By: James McBride
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy … read more
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3. Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America
By: Wil Haygood
4.18
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fo… read more
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4. The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics
By: William J. Cooper Jr.
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
Why has John Quincy Adams been largely written out of American history when he is, in fact, our los… read more
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5. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more
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6. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
By: Jon Meacham
3.44
Format: 336 pages,
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more
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7. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
By: Harlow Giles Unger
3.81
Format: 336 pages,
Founding Father James Monroe (1751-1831) long outlived the birth of the country and became so rever… read more
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8. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
By: James Forman Jr.
3.00
Format: None pages,
In recent years, America's criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly urgent… read more
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9. Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980
By: Craig Shirley
3.85
Format: 288 pages, ebook
With a Foreword by Jon Meacham New York Timesbestselling biographer Craig Shirley charts Ronald Rea… read more
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10. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
By: Lawrence S. Ritter
5.00
Format: 299 pages,
From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more
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11. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
By: James Traub
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more
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12. Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: The Extraordinary Post-presidential Life of John Quincy Adams
By: Joseph Wheelan
3.37
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
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13. Jefferson and the Rights of Man
By: Dumas Malone
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle y… read more
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14. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)
By: Sophie Hannah
3.75
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more
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15. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
By: Jon Meacham
4.04
Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more
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"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
16. 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
17. James Madison: America's First Politician
By: Jay Cost
4.06
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know i… read more
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18. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
By: Mike Duncan
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more
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19. In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.11
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of I… read more
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20. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
By: Edward J. Larson
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington … read more
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21. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
By: Thomas E. Ricks
4.08
Format: 416 pages, ebook
New York Times BestsellerEditors' Choice —New York Times Book Review "Ricks knocks it out of the p… read more
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"It is a cliché, and a bad one, that generals try to “fight the last war"-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"...Populism tends to look good from a distance, but close up it can be frightening."-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"As an inhabitant of a Mississippi River town happily shouts out in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , “You pays your money and you makes your choice!"-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
"More than anything else, I have learned in researching this book that America is a moving target, a goal that must always be pursued but never quite reached."-Thomas E. Ricks, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
22. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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23. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.59
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more
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24. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
By: H.W. Brands
4.13
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more
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25. The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
By: Joanne B. Freeman
4.09
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
In The Field of Blood, the historian Joanne B. Freeman offers a new and dramatically rendered portr… read more
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26. James Monroe: A Life
By: Tim McGrath
4.20
Format: 738 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to… read more
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27. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
By: Norman Ohler
3.90
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs… read more
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28. The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe
By: Kevin R.C. Gutzman
3.72
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same … read more
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29. The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality
By: Nancy Isenberg
4.05
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
How the father and son presidents foresaw the rise of the cult of personality and fought those who … read more
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30. The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage
By: Jonathan Turley
4.50
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely, revelatory look at freedom of speech—our most basic right and the one that protects all t… read more
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31. Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
By: Lindsay M. Chervinsky
4.71
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative account of the second president of the United States that shows how John Adams's l… read more
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