The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War
By: H.W. Brands
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kr…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
By: Danielle L. McGuire
4.47
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
Groundbreaking, controversial, and courageous, here is the story of Rosa Parks and Recy Taylor—a st… read more
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"Often ignored by civil rights historians, a number of campaigns led to trials and even convictions throughout the South. These cases, many virtually unknown, broke with Southern tradition and fractur…"-Danielle L. McGuire, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
"Judge Carter sat in stony silence, completely unmoved. At the end of the trial, he pronounced King guilty of conspiracy to violate the 1921 law and ordered him to pay a five-hundred-dollar fine or se…"-Danielle L. McGuire, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
4. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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- nonfiction
"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
5. The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
By: Mark Atwood Lawrence
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, not least because of striking parallels … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
6. Our Man in Havana
By: Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more
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7. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
By: Pauline Maier
3.77
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
8. Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more
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- history
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9. By Night in Chile
By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest, who is a m… read more
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"…and for goodness’ sake read widely and deeply…"-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"I am dying now, but I still have many things to say."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"His falcon, called Othello, had struck terror into the heart of every pigeon in Turin..."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
10. Moneyball
By: Michael Lewis
4.26
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
11. Why the Allies Won
By: Richard Overy
3.73
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Richard Overy's bold book begins by throwing out the stock answers to this great question: Germany … read more
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12. Firestarter
By: Stephen King
3.91
Format: 564 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This a previously-published edition of ISBN 0451167805. The Department of Scientific Intelligence … read more
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"Winter is coming, he said to Cap."-Stephen King, Firestarter
"Free, free, free... necromancer, I love you."-Stephen King, Firestarter
"The brain is a muscle that can move the world."-Stephen King, Firestarter
"El cerebro es un músculo que puede mover el mundo"-Stephen King, Firestarter
13. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
By: Jared Diamond
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works … read more
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14. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.54
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-Blac… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
15. The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
By: Hans Schmidt
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
"A good history of a sordid intervention that submitted a people to autocratic rule and did little … read more
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16. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
17. 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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"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
18. 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
19. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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- history
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
20. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
By: Peter Baker
4.46
Format: 725 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency ye… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
21. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.62
Format: 590 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more
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- history
23. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
24. Cuba: An American History
By: Ada Ferrer
4.45
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Winner of The L. A. Times Book Prize (2021) in History “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (… read more
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- history
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25. On Juneteenth
By: Annette Gordon-Reed
4.18
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annet… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"History is always being revised, as new information, comes to light and when different people see known documents and have their own responses to them, shaped by their individual experiences."-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Origin stories matter, for individuals, groups of people, and for nations. They inform our sense of self; telling us what kind of people we believe we are, what kind of nation we believe in. They usu…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Why would White Texans be more obstreperous than other White southerners? It has been suggested that this was because, unlike other Southern states, Texas had not been defeated militarily. They had w…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
26. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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- history
27. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
By: Mick Herron
4.00
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more
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"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
"This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
28. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
A shakeup at MI5 and a terrorist attack on British soil set in motion clandestine machinery known t… read more
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"...What did you say?"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"And me, apparently I’m “irritable"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"So this is what springtime in London was like: the women in knee-length dresses of blue-and-white hoops; the men with dark jackets over sweaters in pastel shades."-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
"A younger listener might assume Moira to be delivering these fragments down a telephone, but in fact they are directed at the papers on her desk, papers which have accumulated in the absence of Cathe…"-Mick Herron, Spook Street (Slough House, #4)
29. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
By: Mick Herron
4.28
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Listening Length 10 hours and 50 minutes Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for f… read more
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"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control"-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"Like most forms of corruption, it began with men in suits."-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"belief was not actually about believing; belief was simply somewhere to shelve hope"-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
"You either cleaned up other people's messes or you didn't--and that was the class system for you, right there."-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)
30. The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War
By: H.W. Brands
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kr… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
31. 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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- history
- nonfiction
"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
"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
"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
