Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009
By: Neal Gabler
4.52
Format: 1264 pages, Paperback
From the author of Catching the Wind comes the second volume of the definitive biography of Ted Ken…
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1. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.75
Format: 272 pages,
Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vie… read more
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2. All the President’s Men
By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the stor… read more
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"The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the hist…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Bernstein looked like one of those counterculture journalists that Woodward despised. Bernstein thought that Woodward's rapid rise at the Post had less to do with his ability than his Establishment c…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, p…"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
"Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one …"-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men
3. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
By: David McCullough
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more
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4. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
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5. 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
6. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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7. All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
By: Becca Rothfeld
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed debut author's glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in culture in favor of… read more
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8. 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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9. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
By: Jon Meacham
4.12
Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition
From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping ye… read more
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"Where Goldwater-ites saw the world in black and white, Rockefeller noted shades of gray."-Jon Meacham, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
10. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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12. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
By: Warren Zanes
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more
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"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
13. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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14. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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15. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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16. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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17. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
By: Kate Storey
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more
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18. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
19. Watergate: A New History
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.49
Format: 832 pages, Hardcover
From Garrett Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more
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20. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more
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21. Southern Man (Penn Cage, #7)
By: Greg Iles
4.15
Format: 966 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his l… read more
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22. Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences
By: Joan Biskupic
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Editor's Choice "Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the co… read more
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23. The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
By: Ben Rhodes
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Oba… read more
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"For a moment, we all just stared out the window at the crowds. “I’m reading a good book now,"-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
"I watched the speech backstage on the teleprompter. Obama paused for a moment, and I saw the text freeze. “I’m going off script here for a second,"-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
"He said we had to find a way to reach Muslims who “didn’t think it was such a great thing to have a McDonald’s down the street and American pop culture on their television."-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
"And then Obama said what he believed: that people should be equal under the law; that citizens should be free to criticize their government and protest peacefully; that voters should have the freedom…"-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
24. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
By: David L. Roll
4.44
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more
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25. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
By: Chris Matthews
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by … read more
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26. The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War
By: Giles Milton
4.42
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motl… read more
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27. Ted Kennedy: A Life
By: John A. Farrell
4.35
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling and groundbreaking new biography of one of modern America's most fascinating and con… read more
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28. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
By: Nancy Pelosi
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more
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29. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
By: Melissa Fitzgerald
4.49
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing as told by cast members Mel… read more
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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. Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009
By: Neal Gabler
4.52
Format: 1264 pages, Paperback
From the author of Catching the Wind comes the second volume of the definitive biography of Ted Ken… read more
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