American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America
By: Martyn Whittock
3.42
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
A vivid and illuminating new history—separate fact from fiction, myth from legend—exploring the ear…
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1. 1968: The Year That Rocked the World
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.58
Format: None pages, Paperback
Brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of the pivotal year of 1968, when televis… read more
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2. Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
By: Zane Grey , None
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Lassiter is a gunslinger, an avenger in black. In a remote Utah town, he saves beautiful rancher Ja… read more
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"I've seen runnin' molasses that was quicker 'n him."-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
"Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet."-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
"So that's troublin' you? I reckon it needn't. You see it was this way. I come round the house an' seen that fat party an' heard him talkin' loud. Then he seen me, an' very impolite goes straight for …"-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
"While she waited there she forgot the prospect of untoward change. The bray of a lazy burro broke the afternoon quiet, and it was comfortingly suggestive of the drowsy farmyard, and the open corrals,…"-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
3. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
By: Neil Price
4.18
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
4. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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5. 2054
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.46
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more
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6. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more
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- audiobook
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
7. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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8. Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
By: Richard Snow
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known event… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts)
By: Mary Beard
3.68
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images… read more
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- audiobook
10. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
By: Mark Harmon
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more
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- audiobook
11. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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12. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more
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- audiobook
13. Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
By: Travis Elborough
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern at… read more
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- nonfiction
"But deserts, even the driest and least inviting to animals and plants, contain subtle multitudes. And rather like silences (outside of vacuums) and as John Cage demonstrated with his famous 4'33" pie…"-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
"Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more re…"-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
14. Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
By: Paul M.M. Cooper
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations. Based on t… read more
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15. The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy
By: Sean Kingsley
3.20
Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition
The incredible story of the “Robin Hood of the Seas,” who absconded with millions during the Golden… read more
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16. The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature
By: Ludovic Slimak
3.69
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species’ unique form … read more
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17. American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America
By: Martyn Whittock
3.42
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
A vivid and illuminating new history—separate fact from fiction, myth from legend—exploring the ear… read more
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18. The Treasure Hunters Club
By: Tom Ryan
3.95
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone meets The Goonies in The Treasure Hunters Club—a rollickin… read more
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19. Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West
By: Tom Clavin
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the mo… read more
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20. Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an … read more
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21. Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World
By: Patrick Dean
4.42
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
A dynamic and fresh exploration of the naturalist Mark Catesby—who predated John James Audubon by n… read more
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