Jimmy Carter (The American Presidents, #39)
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , Julian E. Zelizer
1.00
Format: None pages, ebook
The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term w…
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1. Mornings on Horseback
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique… read more
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- us presidents
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"I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live."-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback
"A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was about to claim for his boss an unmarked animal."-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback
"To his own children he was at once the ultimate voice of authority and, when time allowed, their most exuberant companion. He never fired their imaginations or made them laugh as their mother could, …"-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback
2. Brave Companions: Portraits in History
By: David McCullough
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780671792763 From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Li… read more
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"…the little known events of a given time, and people who are not in the headlines can be what matters most in the long run – and the long run is the measure of history."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"Mainly, writing means a good deal of hard thinking … yet sometimes the very struggle of getting the words down on paper does result in unexpected discoveries or clarifications."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"The problem, as Thornton Wilder said, lies in the effort to employ the past tense in such a way that it does not rob those events of their character of having occurred in freedom."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"In writing history, to catch the feeling and well as the truth of other times, it is of utmost importance … to convey the sense that things need not have happened as they did…the past, after all, is …"-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
3. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
By: Jimmy Carter
3.84
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherm… read more
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- american history
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4. A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
By: Pat Conroy
4.36
Format: 11 pages, Audio CD
Final words and heartfelt remembrances from bestselling author Pat Conroy take center stage in this… read more
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"Generosity is the rarest of qualities in American writers."-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
"The choices I didn’t make are almost as ruinous as the ones I did."-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
"I have yet to meet an English teacher who assigned a book to damage a kid."-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
"A nation of unhappy teachers makes for a sadder and more endangered America."-Pat Conroy, A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
5. The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America
By: Walter R. Borneman
3.73
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washingt… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
6. The Wright Brothers
By: David McCullough
2.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
7. Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President
By: Robert Dallek
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of prais… read more
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- presidents
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8. Jimmy Carter (The American Presidents, #39)
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , Julian E. Zelizer
1.00
Format: None pages, ebook
The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term w… read more
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- presidents
- us presidents
- nonfiction
9. Echo Park (Harry Bosch, #12; Harry Bosch Universe, #15)
By: Michael Connelly
3.82
Format: None pages,
More than a decade ago, Harry Bosch worked on the case of Marie Gesto, a twenty-two-year-old who we… read more
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10. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
11. What Kind of Creatures Are We?
By: Noam Chomsky
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of… read more
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12. The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23)
By: Michael Connelly
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 Ne… read more
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13. The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #20)
By: Michael Connelly
3.91
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to … read more
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14. Case Study
By: Graeme Macrae Burnet
3.60
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
“I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be putting … read more
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"Forget about meaning’, he said. ‘Life’s not about meaning, it’s about experience."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"It is impossible to walk behind someone on a narrow cliff path without the idea of shoving them over the edge crossing one’s mind."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"To be in another country, speaking another language, was to be another person, and in being another person I felt for the first time that I was myself."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
"Her handbag, he said, was found on the scene. I made a mental note to carry out a thorough spring clean of contents of my own bag before throwing myself in front of any trains."-Graeme Macrae Burnet, Case Study
15. The President Is Missing
By: Bill Clinton
3.85
Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition
President Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson have written a spellbinding thrille… read more
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"The media knows what sells—conflict and division. It’s also quick and easy. All too often anger works better than answers; resentment better than reason; emotion trumps evidence. A sanctimonious, sne…"-Bill Clinton, The President Is Missing
16. 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
17. A Calamity of Souls
By: David Baldacci
4.53
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more
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18. Glory
By: NoViolet Bulawayo
3.70
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names, a blockbuster of a no… read more
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"The dead are not dead, glory to the ancestors!"-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
"And today they'll call the thing all sort of queer names, I've even heard it called a genocide. But I myself call it service."-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
"Words not only mattered but they were power. Words were muti. Words were weapons. Words were magic. Words were church. Words were wealth. Words were life."-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
"If I don't write, then who will I blame when I wake up one day to find myself in the belly of a crocodile that calls itself History, that devours the stories of everyone else and goes on to speak for…"-NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory
19. 23 1/2 Lies (Women’s Murder Club, #23.5)
By: James Patterson
3.70
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Enjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense. 23 1/… read more
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20. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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- history
21. Lion & Lamb
By: James Patterson
3.99
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
They can catch a killer—if they don’t kill each other first. Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival P… read more
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22. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
By: Michael Shellenberger
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more
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23. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
By: Jonathan Alter
4.34
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more
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24. Booth
By: Karen Joy Fowler
3.83
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today From the Man Booker finalist and bestselli… read more
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"Why does the extraordinary courage of ordinary women go so unsung?"-Karen Joy Fowler, Booth
25. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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26. Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
By: H.W. Brands
3.92
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands offers a fresh and dramatic narrative of the Amer… read more
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27. The Fortune Men
By: Nadifa Mohamed
3.80
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Based on a true event, this novel is “a blues song cut straight from the heart ... about the unjust… read more
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28. Richard M. Nixon: The American Presidents Series: The 37th President, 1969-1974
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
3.92
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
The complex man at the center of America's most self-destructive presidency In this provocative an… read more
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29. Lake Life
By: David James Poissant
3.71
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of the acclaimed story collection The Heaven of Animals, called “a wi… read more
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30. Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
By: Kevin M. Kruse
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the… read more
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"Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American."-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"Although in this case it is an understandable, emotional reaction meant to decry antidemocratic violence, the notion that January 6 is 'not who we are' is one manifestation of what has become a regul…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
"People may hear ‘white nationalism’ and assume it to be adjacent with patriotism, or at the very least consider it as pro-American. But after 1983 the nation at the heart of white nationalism was not…"-Kevin M. Kruse, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
31. The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians (Gift for History Buffs)
By: David M. Rubenstein
4.39
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a… read more
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