Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves
By: Marie Jenkins Schwartz
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it w…
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1. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
By: Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade
3.85
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
As a Long Islander endlessly fascinated by events that happened in a place I call home, I hope with… read more
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2. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more
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3. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
By: Kate Moore
3.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark danger. The Curies' newly discov… read more
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4. Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson's America
By: Cynthia A. Kierner
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the early 1790s Richard Randolph was accused of fathering a child by his sister-in-law, Nancy, a… read more
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5. America's First Daughter
By: Stephanie Dray , Laura Kamoie
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources,… read more
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6. 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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7. 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
8. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
By: Lucy Adlington
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching … read more
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"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que era pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que c…"-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que eran pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que …"-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
9. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
By: Anderson Cooper
3.82
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestsell… read more
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10. Call Us What We Carry
By: Amanda Gorman
4.28
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman’s remarkable new collection reveal… read more
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"Loss is the cost of loving"-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
"We write Because you might listen."-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
"And the norms and notions of what “just is"-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace."-Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry
11. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
12. An American Beauty
By: Shana Abe
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more
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13. Becoming Madam Secretary
By: Stephanie Dray
4.45
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestse… read more
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14. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
By: Ilyon Woo
3.99
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more
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15. Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
By: Bill O'Reilly
3.67
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Jour… read more
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16. Highlander's Heart (Called by a Highlander, #3)
By: Mariah Stone
4.29
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. She’s a lost time traveler. He’s a… read more
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17. The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
By: Laura Imai Messina
3.87
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of sur… read more
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"We're still parents, even when our children are no longer here."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It was the right moment. It always is when something beautiful happens."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"We need to possess joy in abundance before we can bestow it on somebody else."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
18. The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
By: Joanne B. Freeman
4.09
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
In The Field of Blood, the historian Joanne B. Freeman offers a new and dramatically rendered portr… read more
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19. Poor Richard's Women: Ben Franklin in Love
By: Nancy Rubin Stuart
3.77
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A colorful portrait of Deborah Read Franklin and the women who together clothed, fed, supported, nu… read more
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20. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
21. Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves
By: Marie Jenkins Schwartz
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it w… read more
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22. Women in the American Revolution: Gender, Politics, and the Domestic World
By: Barbara B. Oberg
3.84
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Building on a quarter century of scholarship following the publication of the groundbreaking Women … read more
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