15 must-read history books like In Defense of Andrew Jackson by Bradley Birzer

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In Defense of Andrew Jackson

By: Bradley Birzer

3.97

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

"He was a man of the frontier, self-made but appreciative of those who gave him their loyalty and s…

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1. I, Pencil: My Family Tree As Told to Leonard E. Read

By: Leonard Edward Read

4.36

Format: 11 pages,

Leonard E. Read skillfully teaches a lesson in economics, through the story of a pencil and its mak… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with this lesson. Let society's legal apparatus remove all obstacles the best it…"

-Leonard Edward Read, I, Pencil: My Family Tree As Told to Leonard E. Read

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2. My Grandfather's Son

By: Clarence Thomas

3.69

Format: 320 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

By: Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of the New York Timesbestseller George Washington's Secret Six, the little-known s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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4. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

By: Aldo Leopold

4.30

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

"The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process."

-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

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5. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction

6. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

By: Hampton Sides

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won--a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In the fal… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history

7. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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8. Anatomy of the State

By: Murray N. Rothbard

3.16

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Em A anatomia do estado, Murray Rothbard explica o que o estado e e o que ele nao e. Ele mostra co… read more

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9. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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10. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Snyder

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more

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11. The Gift of the Magi

By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger

4.11

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more

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"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"

-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi

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12. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta … read more

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"Do not dare not to dare."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"No one can teach riding so well as a horse"

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"Even a walk will get us somewhere sometime."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

13. The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

By: Neal Stephenson

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson.… read more

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14. Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

By: Michael Reeves

3.71

Format: 224 pages,

In this brief and winsome book, Michael Reeves presents an introduction to the Christian faith that… read more

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15. Empire of the Summer Moon

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.23

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"

-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon

16. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

By: Adam Makos

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For readers of Unbrokenand The Boys in the Boatcomes an unforgettable tale of courage from America'… read more

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17. Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

By: Evan S. Connell

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapa… read more

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18. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.00

Format: 592 pages,

All the Pretty Horsestells of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers. Acr… read more

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19. The Right Stuff

By: Tom Wolfe

4.08

Format: 432 pages,

Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuffat a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism.… read more

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20. Darkness at Noon

By: Arthur Koestler , Pınar Kür , Daphne Hardy

4.11

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Darkness at Noon is a fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an agi… read more

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"Truth is what is useful to humanity, falsehood what is harmful."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

"Each wrong idea we follow is a crime committed against future generations."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

"History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

"The ultimate truth is penultimately always a falsehood. He who will be proved right in the end appears to be wrong and harmful before it."

-Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon

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21. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

By: Stacy Schiff

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the man… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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22. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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23. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

By: Bill Browder

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.16

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

The New York Times bestseller now in paperback with a new epilogue.In March 1836, the Mexican army … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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25. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

By: Christopher F. Rufo

4.30

Format: 352 pages, ebook

For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."

-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

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26. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Another pop history pageturner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington's S… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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27. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink

4.38

Format: 320 pages, ebook

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Owner… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: Daily Devotions for Advent by Sinclair B. Ferguson

28. The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: Daily Devotions for Advent

By: Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.61

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Advent devotional for Christmas that will stir hope and inspire worship. As dawn broke on that firs… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams

29. Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency

By: Dan Abrams

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a strange case in which he had a deep person… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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30. Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.34

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american history
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31. In Defense of Andrew Jackson

By: Bradley Birzer

3.97

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

"He was a man of the frontier, self-made but appreciative of those who gave him their loyalty and s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • american history

12 must-read biography books like In Defense of Andrew Jackson by Bradley Birzer

Transform Your Habits

My Grandfather's Son

Clarence Thomas

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

Hampton Sides

3.92

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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

Bret Baier

4.37

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