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 …
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1. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw
4.17
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more
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2. Coolidge
By: Amity Shlaes
3.76
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
Calvin Coolidge, who served as president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls. The shy Ve… read more
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"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. -Calvin Coolidge"-Amity Shlaes, Coolidge
3. Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's
By: Frederick Lewis Allen
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
“A style that is verve itself.” — New York Times “A perfectly grand piece of historical record a… read more
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4. The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
By: Neal Bascomb
4.21
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of huma… read more
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5. Oranges
By: John McPhee
4.04
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and o… read more
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6. The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
By: Anthony M. Amore
4.17
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution h… read more
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7. So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
By: Maureen Corrigan
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It's a staple on almost every high school reading list in the country. It's a book that has remaine… read more
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8. Hoover: The Life and Times of Herbert Hoover
By: Kenneth Whyte
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, Herbert … read more
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9. French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
By: Peter Mayle
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A delightful, delicious, and best-selling account of the gustatory pleasures to be found throughout… read more
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10. 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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11. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
By: David McCullough
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership … read more
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12. The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy
By: Hillary Huber , Masha Gessen
3.29
Format: None pages, Audio CD
An important story for our era: How the American Dream went wrong for two immigrants, and the night… read more
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13. Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
By: R.A. Scotti
4.49
Format: 563 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of "The Perfect Storm, Sudden Sea" harkens back to a natural disaster that struck … read more
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14. Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
By: A.J. Baime
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses,… read more
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15. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
By: John M. Barry
4.45
Format: 864 pages, Paperback
In 1927, the Mississippi River swept across an area roughly equal in size to Massachusetts, Connect… read more
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16. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
By: James W. Loewen
4.00
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, exposes the secret communities and … read more
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17. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
By: Adam Hochschild
4.21
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more
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18. Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
By: Matthew C. Klein
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests… read more
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19. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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20. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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21. Skater Boy
By: Anthony Nerada
4.03
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this YA pop-punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, a teen risks everything to wr… read more
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"If we can convince our own minds we aren't good enough, we can't really be disappointed when we don't get what we truly want."-Anthony Nerada, Skater Boy
22. Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
By: David Zucchino
4.43
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize winner, David Zucchino, comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup… read more
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23. Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right
By: Matthew Dallek
3.97
Format: None pages, Audiobook
How a notorious far right organization set the Republican Party on a long march toward extremism At… read more
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24. The Conspiracy to End America: Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy
By: Stuart Stevens
4.43
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“This is the first must-read of the 2024 election cycle if you want to understand the stakes.” –Nic… read more
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25. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
By: Jonathan Blitzer
4.49
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more
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26. Mycroft and Sherlock (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #2)
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.No… read more
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27. White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret
By: A.J. Baime
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A riveting biography of Walter White, a little-known Black civil rights leader who passed for white… read more
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28. Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression
By: Christopher Knowlton
3.98
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at… read more
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29. Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today
By: Craig McNamara
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
This unforgettable father and son story confronts the legacy of the Vietnam War across two generati… read more
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30. The Siege of Burning Grass
By: Premee Mohamed
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A stunning meditation on war, nationalism, violence and courage by a rising star of the genre. T… read more
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