Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Redefined Sports and Launched the Modern Olympic Age
By: Todd Balf
3.24
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
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1. Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.14
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed t… read more
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2. Where Eagles Dare
By: Alistair MacLean , Clint Willis
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
Forbidding peaks, resourceful commandos, beautiful spies, nonstop action, and neck-snapping plot tw… read more
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3. "I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
By: Joe Starita
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland… read more
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- audiobook
4. Angle of Repose
By: Wallace Stegner
3.56
Format: None pages,
Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and g… read more
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5. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
By: Rachel Maddow
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more
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- history
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"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- audiobook
7. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
8. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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- history
- audiobook
9. First Frost (Walt Longmire, #20)
By: Craig Johnson
4.37
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Following the events of The Longmire Defense, we return to find Walt and our familiar cast of chara… read more
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10. Agincourt, 1415: Field of Blood
By: Barry Renfrew
4.35
Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping fictionalized account of the landmark battle that turned the tide of history. On Octob… read more
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11. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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12. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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13. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
14. Hard by a Great Forest
By: Leo Vardiashvili
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the … read more
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15. One Way Back: A Memoir
By: Christine Blasey Ford
4.30
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more
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16. We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
By: Kat Vellos
3.90
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Have you recently moved to a new city and are struggling to make friends? Do you find yourself co… read more
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17. How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
By: Heather Cox Richardson
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of f… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
18. The Christmas Letters
By: Jenny Proctor
4.32
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
Can an old letter spark a new flame? When Tess Ravenel gets herself stuck inside a bathroom stal… read more
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19. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
By: Kelly Lytle Hernández
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Me… read more
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- history
- audiobook
20. One of Our Kind
By: Nicola Yoon
3.28
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s daring new work of dystopian horror is a propuls… read more
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21. The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
By: Ellery Lloyd
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Some women won't be painted out of history . . . Everybody knows that in 1938, runaway heiress a… read more
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22. Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln
By: Jesse Joyce
3.59
Format: 138 pages, ebook
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23. Given Our History
By: Kristyn J. Miller
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Assistant professor Clara Fernsby is nothing if not driven. She’s wanted to teach history since she… read more
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24. William
By: Mason Coile
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read — a haunted house story in… read more
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25. Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives
By: Sami Sage
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A whip-smart combo of self-help and political manifesto that is perfect for anyone who wants to sav… read more
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"There's a small handful of very wealthy and powerful people who actively strategize and spend a lot of money (numbers with multiple commas) to make sure that you ignore politics and neglect your priv…"-Sami Sage, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives
26. Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World
By: Katie Arnold
4.34
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A Zen study wrapped in a memoir of destruction and healing written by an elite ultrarunner as she s… read more
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27. MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact
By: Adaira Landry
4.28
Format: None pages, ebook
The promise of this book is simple: if you buy this book on Friday, you will be better at your job … read more
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28. America's Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History
By: Dana Bash
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Let chaos come.” The fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of mur… read more
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- history
29. Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Redefined Sports and Launched the Modern Olympic Age
By: Todd Balf
3.24
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the neve… read more
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- sports
- audiobook
30. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinto… read more
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31. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
By: Sharon McMahon
4.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
America’s favorite government teacher offers thrilling, heartfelt stories of ordinary American hero… read more
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