Abraham Lincoln: A Life
By: Michael Burlingame
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar …
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1. A Scanner Darkly
By: Philip K. Dick
4.02
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to… read more
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"We're all dreaming,"-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"I have seen myself backward."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"It's easy to win. Anybody can win."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"Okay, I'll come back again on Thursday."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
2. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
3. Life of Andrew Jackson, The
By: Robert V. Remini
4.04
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The classic one-volume biography of Andrew Jackson Robert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volume… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
"Republics exist as long as the people "adhere to principles and virtue."-Robert V. Remini, Life of Andrew Jackson, The
4. Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
By: Katherine E. Speirs , Thomas C. Reeves
3.56
Format: 304 pages,
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
5. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- politics
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
6. His Excellency: George Washington
By: Joseph J. Ellis
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
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- american history
- biography
- history
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- nonfiction
8. The Dean's December
By: Saul Bellow
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of ci… read more
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9. Cold Mountain
By: Charles Frazier
3.98
Format: 350 pages,
Cold Mountainis a novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's… read more
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- civil war
10. Abraham Lincoln: A Life
By: Michael Burlingame
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar … read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- civil war
- nonfiction
11. Alexander Hamilton
By: Ron Chernow
3.77
Format: 32 pages,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the … read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
12. James Madison: A Life Reconsidered
By: Lynne Cheney
4.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New YorkTimes bestselling aut… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
13. Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845
By: Robert V. Remini
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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- american history
- biography
- history
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14. James Madison: A Biography
By: Ralph Louis Ketcham
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
The best one volume biography of Madison's life, Ketcham's biography not only traces Madison's care… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
15. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
16. John Adams
By: David McCullough
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more
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17. Andrew Johnson: A Biography
By: Hans L. Trefousse
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Politically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson presided,… read more
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18. The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King A… read more
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19. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
By: John Le Carré
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more
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21. John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
By: James Traub
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind--a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised par… read more
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22. Battle Cry of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more
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23. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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24. War and Peace
By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford
4.16
Format: 1392 pages, Paperback
In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more
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"God is the same everywhere."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Kings are the slaves of history."-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"Everything depends on upbringing. "-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
25. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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26. Franklin Pierce (The American Presidents, #14)
By: Michael F. Holt , Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz
3.75
Format: 352 pages,
The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's … read more
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27. White Noise
By: Don DeLillo
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more
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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."-Don DeLillo, White Noise
28. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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29. Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
By: Eric Foner
3.67
Format: 208 pages,
Since its publication twenty-five years ago, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Menhas been recognized as … read more
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30. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
By: Marc Lamont Hill
4.21
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
31. The Tradition
By: Jericho Brown
4.24
Format: 77 pages, Paperback
Jericho Brown’s daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at … read more
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"The opposite of rape is understanding."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"Nobody in this nation feels safe, and I'm still a reason why."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"There is the happiness you have And the happiness you deserve."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
"We few left who listen to the radio leave Ourselves available to surprise."-Jericho Brown, The Tradition
