Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
By: Beth Macy
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Timesbestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrati…
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1. Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
By: Walter Johnson
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton planta… read more
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- politics
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2. Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History
By: Guy Lawson
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
The page-turning, inside account of how three kids from Florida became big-time weapons traders--an… read more
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Similar categories in Susan Quinn's Eleanor and Hick book and Beth Macy's Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
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4. The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
By: Seth Godin
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
In Seth Godin's most inspiring book yet, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their w… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
5. The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
By: Shelby Foote
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our histor… read more
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6. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
By: Richard L. Bushman
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the … read more
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7. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
By: William Manchester
3.44
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
s/t: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932 When Winston Spencer Churchill was born … read more
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8. Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
By: Christian Rudder
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesBestseller An audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior--and a first lo… read more
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9. Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
By: Beth Macy
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Timesbestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrati… read more
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10. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
By: Liaquat Ahamed
4.19
Format: 144 pages,
With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late … read more
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11. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of he… read more
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12. Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
By: Tony Horwitz
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesNotable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston GlobeBe… read more
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13. 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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14. Stinger
By: Robert McCammon
3.90
Format: 542 pages, Kindle Edition
McCammon's novel "takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is… read more
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15. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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16. When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era
By: Donovan X. Ramsey
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community’s ultimate resilience, told throug… read more
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17. The Urge: Our History of Addiction
By: Carl Erik Fisher
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction--a phenomenon that remains b… read more
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"Diagnosis is the art of discernment, of distinguishing one state from another. But how exactly do we define the boundaries of what is normal? This question has dominated the scientific investigation …"-Carl Erik Fisher, The Urge: Our History of Addiction
"Does history give us any hope for this kind of pragmatic and pluralistic perspective? . . .Today, amid our latest addiction epidemics, we are faced with another precious and rare opportunity for synt…"-Carl Erik Fisher, The Urge: Our History of Addiction
18. The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City
By: Kim Foster
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
James Beard Award–winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in Americ… read more
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19. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy
By: David Gelles
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller New York Times reporter and “Corner Office” columnist David Gelles revea… read more
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20. AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
By: Derek Delgaudio
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Truth and lies are two sides of the same coin. But who's flipping it? A thought-provoking and brill… read more
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"You can learn a lot about yourself when you pretend to be someone else."-Derek Delgaudio, AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
"My mother had taught me the value of truth, but she neglected to teach me the cost."-Derek Delgaudio, AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
"Secrets enter systems like a drug, causing aberrations in the body and clouds in the mind."-Derek Delgaudio, AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
21. Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America
By: James M. Fallows
3.61
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, surprising portrait of the civic and economic reinvention taking place in America, town by… read more
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- history
- politics
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- economics
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"The mark of a successful city is having a river walk, whether or not there is a river."-James M. Fallows, Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America
"Inside public libraries you see the people, programs, problems, and answers that offer a genuine look into the heart and soul of a town."-James M. Fallows, Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America
