Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
By: Jill Jonnes
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America's G…
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1. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
3.98
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and… read more
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"But a choice made is made, it cannot be changed. Things happened as they happened. It is possible to imagine all kinds of different routes across the continent, or a better way for the government to …"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
2. The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
By: Gretchen Bakke
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must … read more
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3. The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John
By: Bruce Ware Allen
4.28
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrall… read more
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4. The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
By: Peter F. Drucker
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
What makes an effective executive? The measure of the executive, Peter F. Drucker reminds us, is th… read more
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5. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
By: Ian Mortimer
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more
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6. The Last Days of Night
By: Graham Moore
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is i… read more
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7. Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
By: Jill Jonnes
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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8. Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
By: Basil Mahon , None
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The story of two brilliant nineteenth-century scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, … read more
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9. The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
By: Tony Hillerman
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim… read more
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10. Last Man Standing
By: David Baldacci
4.20
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
When Web London's FBI Hostage Rescue Team is ambushed in a dark alley, Web is the only survivor. As… read more
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11. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
By: S.C. Gwynne
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the prizewinning New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Mooncomes a thri… read more
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12. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
By: Ron Chernow
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morganis the most … read more
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13. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By: Erik Larson
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more
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14. Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy
By: None
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hailed for his decisive victory over a Royal Navy squadron on Lake Erie in September 1813 and best … read more
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15. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
By: Candice Millard
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more
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16. Thunderstruck
By: Erik Larson
3.77
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more
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17. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
By: Erik Larson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthrall… read more
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18. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
By: Walter Isaacson
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
The computer and the internet are among the most important innovations of our era, but few people k… read more
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19. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
By: Tom Clavin
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded w… read more
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20. Phantom Orbit
By: David Ignatius
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more
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21. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
22. Double Take (Lake City Heroes, #1)
By: Lynette Eason
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division d… read more
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23. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
24. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
By: David McCullough
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more
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25. Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
By: Brad Stone
4.09
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Almost ten years ago, Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone captured the rise of Amazon in his bestseller… read more
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26. The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search
By: John O'Neill
4.20
Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition
A Texas oilman. A brilliant female archaeologist. An unknown world underneath the Vatican. In 1939… read more
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27. Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
By: Jonathan M. Metzl
4.10
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences—even for the white vo… read more
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"It's a narrative about how "whiteness" becomes a formation worth living and dying for, and how, in myriad ways and on multiple levels, white Americans bet their lives on particular sets of meanings a…"-Jonathan M. Metzl, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
28. The Price of Time (Watch What You Wish For #1)
By: Tim Tigner
3.89
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Would your character change ... if you had all the money in the world? And all the time? Would y… read more
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29. Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960
By: James D. Hornfischer
4.17
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years … read more
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30. Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution
By: Tucker Carlson
4.29
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
The host of Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight offers a blistering critique of the new Ameri… read more
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31. The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
By: Sarah Everts
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it’s also one of our most vital and l… read more
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