8 Top american history books like Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Maury Klein

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Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (Pivotal Moments in American History)

By: Maury Klein

3.65

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Rainbow's End tells the story of the stock market collapse in a colorful, swift-moving narrative th…

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1. The Shining Girls

By: Lauren Beukes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist. "The future is not as loud as wa… read more

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"Six foot eight and all asshole."

-Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls

"Only other people can make you feel real."

-Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls

"She laughs, and that's really all he wanted."

-Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls

"She would disappear folded like origami into her own dreams"

-Lauren Beukes, The Shining Girls

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2. Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating ter… read more

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3. 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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  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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

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4. Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.50

Format: 218 pages, ebook

A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning Americ… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Dust (Silo, #3)

By: Hugh Howey

3.97

Format: 250 pages,

The much-anticipated final instalment of the Wool trilogy. In the aftermath of the uprising, the pe… read more

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6. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction

7. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

By: Masha Gessen

4.03

Format: 166 pages,

The Man Without a Faceis the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861

By: Don E. Fehrenbacher , None , David Morris Potter

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

"David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the comin… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren

4.28

Format: 916 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more

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  • american history
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  • nonfiction
"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

11. The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896

By: Richard White

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Oxford History of the United Statesis the most respected multivolume history of the American na… read more

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12. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

By: Serhii Plokhy

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more

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13. The Pale Blue Eye

By: Louis Bayard

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Timothycomes an ingenious tale of murder and revenge, f… read more

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14. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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15. FDR

By: Jean Edward Smith

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the… read more

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16. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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17. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

By: Candice Millard

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more

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18. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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19. The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dus… read more

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20. Shift (Shift, #1-3; Silo, #2)

By: Hugh Howey

2.00

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform… read more

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21. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

By: Ian W. Toll

4.59

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. The Second Husband

By: Kate White

3.38

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A woman's seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first h… read more

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"Emma cocked her head, a little surprised. Are you two thinking about getting back together? Not sure yet. I'm still trying to decide if his shitty behavior last spring qualifies as a go or a gone. Sh…"

-Kate White, The Second Husband

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23. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (Pivotal Moments in American History)

By: Maury Klein

3.65

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Rainbow's End tells the story of the stock market collapse in a colorful, swift-moving narrative th… read more

Similar categories in Maury Klein's Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (Pivotal Moments in American History) book and Maury Klein's Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (Pivotal Moments in American History)

  • american history
  • history
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  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business

10 must-read history books like Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Maury Klein

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.16

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Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

Joseph J. Ellis

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

3.41

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

Masha Gessen

4.03

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23 Top history books like The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861 by Don E. Fehrenbacher, David Morris Potter

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The Radicalism of the American Revolution

Gordon S. Wood

4.08

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Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War

Charles B. Dew

4.23

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The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Shelby Foote

3.41

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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

Rick Perlstein

4.33

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