Over Here: The First World War and American Society
By: David M. Kennedy
3.68
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in th…
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1. A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
By: Philip Caputo
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The 40th-anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir—featured in the PBS documentary series T… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- history
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"The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
"There was so much human suffering in these scenes that I could not respond to it."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
"Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
"We had survived, but in war, a man does not have to be killed or wounded to become a casualty. His life, his sight, or limbs are not the only things he stands to lose."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
2. The Age of Reform
By: Richard Hofstadter
3.91
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and preeminent histo… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Third parties are like bees: once they have stung, they die."-Richard Hofstadter, The Age of Reform
"Major parties have lived more for patronage than for principles; their goal has been to bind together a sufficiently large coalition of diverse interests to get into power; and once in power, to arra…"-Richard Hofstadter, The Age of Reform
"What came in the end was only a small war and a quick victory; when the farmers and the gentlemen finally did coalesce in politics, they produced only the genial reforms of Progressivism; and the man…"-Richard Hofstadter, The Age of Reform
3. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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- american history
- war
"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
4. The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
By: John Le Carré
3.99
Format: 589 pages, Paperback
John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more
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"Let's die of it before we're too old."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"Home's where you go when you run out of homes."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
"Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present."-John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
5. Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush V. Gore
By: James T. Patterson
3.80
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In Restless Giant, acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp, concise assessment… read more
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- american history
- history
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6. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
By: Robert A. Heinlein
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of a former penal colony on the Moon against its maste… read more
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- politics
"Drop dead-but first get permit"-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
"Women talk when they want to. Or don't."-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
"I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't."-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
"Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument."-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
7. Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring
By: Bassem Youssef
4.36
Format: 184 pages, ebook
"Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn't take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem." … read more
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8. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
By: James L. Swanson
3.78
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
9. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
By: Rick Perlstein
4.33
Format: 308 pages,
Politically insightful, Nixonland recaptures the turbulent 60s & early 70s, revealing how Dick Nixo… read more
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- american history
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- nonfiction
10. A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920
By: None
4.21
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
With America's current and ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor and the constant threat … read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
11. Over Here: The First World War and American Society
By: David M. Kennedy
3.68
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in th… read more
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- world war i
- american history
- history
- world history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
12. The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861
By: Don E. Fehrenbacher , None , David Morris Potter
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
"David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the comin… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
13. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
By: John W. Dower
4.27
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel … read more
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14. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
By: James T. Patterson
2.00
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
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15. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
By: Ira Katznelson
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recast… read more
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16. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
By: Daniel Okrent
3.89
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 … read more
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- american history
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17. The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee
By: Jeffrey Ostler
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
Through the interpretive lens of colonial theory, Jeffrey Ostler presents an original analysis of t… read more
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18. The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
By: Lisa McGirr
4.50
Format: 144 pages,
Prohibition has long been portrayed as a "noble experiment" that failed, a newsreel story of glamor… read more
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19. 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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20. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever wri… read more
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21. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
By: Nick Turse
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated inc… read more
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22. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
By: Christopher Clark
3.35
Format: None pages,
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23. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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- world war i
- history
- world history
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"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
24. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
25. These Truths: A History of the United States
By: Jill Lepore
4.40
Format: 960 pages, Paperback
Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review… read more
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- nonfiction
"Most of what once existed is gone... Nature takes one toll, malice another... most of what historians study survives because it was purposely kept... (it) is called the historical record, & it is mad…"-Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States
"Washington's Farewell Address consists of a series of warnings about the danger of disunion. The North and the South, the East and the West, ought not to consider their interests separate or competin…"-Jill Lepore, These Truths: A History of the United States
26. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
27. Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
By: Stephen R. Platt
4.32
Format: 555 pages, Kindle Edition
As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of … read more
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- world history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
28. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
By: Fareed Zakaria
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more
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29. The Gentleman's Gambit (A League of Extraordinary Women, #4)
By: Evie Dunmore
3.66
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Bookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: An ailing estate, academic writer's block, a tense ti… read more
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"I rolled my eyes. "You're such a pessimist." "Realist," he corrected. "A glass-half-empty sort of guy." "No, I'm a the-liquid-could-be-poisoned sort of guy."-Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit (A League of Extraordinary Women, #4)
"You seem amused, Mr. Khoury--I assure you I took learning the language quite seriously." His smile widened. "I just wondered," he said, "is it very lonely, being so clever?"-Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit (A League of Extraordinary Women, #4)
"We will not do this again," he said. They took measure of each other's damp faces and turbulent eyes, and without any more words being exchanged they both knew that they would absolutely do this agai…"-Evie Dunmore, The Gentleman's Gambit (A League of Extraordinary Women, #4)
30. The Fourth Turning Is Here:
By: Neil Howe
3.96
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Twenty-five years ago, Neil Howe and the late William Strauss dazzled the world with a provocative … read more
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31. Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man
By: Violet Marsh
3.52
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Family secrets, a brother's best friend's romance, and scandalous mystery combine in this delightfu… read more
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