Robert Kennedy: His Life
By: Evan Thomas
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
He was "Good Bobby," who, as his brother Ted eulogized him, "saw wrong and tried to right it . . . …
Want to Read $ 15.99"Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy"-Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life
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1. Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill , Lisa McCubbin
4.24
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest… read more
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- american history
- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"We had been through so much together, mrs. Kennedy and me. More than anyone can imagine. More than anyone can ever know."-Clint Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
"it's been a long time since i've thought about that night, that wonderful raucous night. I can still see the president s surprise and amusement while opening gifts. I can still hear the music, the gu…"-Clint Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir
2. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
By: Robert Dallek
3.99
Format: 849 pages, Paperback
Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is … read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"She was a little removed,"-Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
3. 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)
4. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.39
Format: 886 pages, Paperback
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more
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- politics
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
5. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography
By: John Milton Cooper Jr.
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The first major biography of America's twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of A… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
6. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Robert F. Kennedy
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over it… read more
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- american history
- biography
- memoir
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
7. Life Itself
By: Roger Ebert
3.90
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
8. Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks
By: Mick Foley , WWF
3.63
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So ho… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
Similar categories in Hendri Coetzee's Living The Best Day Ever book and Evan Thomas's Robert Kennedy: His Life
- nonfiction
- memoir
10. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation
By: Sheila Weller
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists --… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- biography memoir
11. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
By: John Elder Robison
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he w… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
12. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages,
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
By: Thurston Clarke
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of Robert Kennedy’s exhilarating and tragic 1968 campaign for president—a re… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- the united states of america
- politics
- nonfiction
"Unlike most politicians who follow their audience, (Robert) Kennedy tried to lead his."-Thurston Clarke, The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
14. The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
By: David Nasaw
4.30
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
In this magisterial new work The Patriarch, the celebrated historian David Nasaw tells the full sto… read more
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15. Long Day's Journey Into Night
By: Eugene O'Neill
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more
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16. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
By: Chris Matthews
4.06
Format: 479 pages, Hardcover
“What was he like?” Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic q… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 20th century
17. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
By: John Guy
3.34
Format: None pages,
A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the lead… read more
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20. Pensées
By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.95
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and… read more
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- nonfiction
"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
21. Robert Kennedy: His Life
By: Evan Thomas
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
He was "Good Bobby," who, as his brother Ted eulogized him, "saw wrong and tried to right it . . . … read more
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- american history
- history
- biography
- memoir
- the united states of america
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 20th century
- leadership
"Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy"-Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life
22. The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
By: Elizabeth Lev
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing life of a long-misunderstood Renaissance virago. Wife, mother, leader, warrior. Cat… read more
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23. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
24. "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
By: Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
4.31
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
A GREAT MAN AND HIS UNHERALDED ASSISTANT For some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the tr… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"The “facts"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"A key element in everyone’s hero’s journey is the “decision point,"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
25. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov
4.30
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"#metooasachild"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"We can be beacons of light"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"Unconditional Love conquers all!"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
26. Winter Recipes from the Collective
By: Louise Glück
3.99
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
The 2020 Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück's thirteenth book is among her most haunting. Here as in t… read more
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- nonfiction
- the united states of america
"If you can't read, my sister said, can you be happy?"-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"The part of life devoted to contemplation was at odds with the part committed to action."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"I have never been much good with living things. Brightness and darkness I do rather well with."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"Look at us, she said. We are all of us in this room still waiting to be transformed. This is why we search for love. We search for it all of our lives, even after we find it."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
27. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.20
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
28. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
29. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
By: Clemantine Wamariya
4.19
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of the imagination to save us Clemantine … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Now it felt like I did nothing. I had everything and I did nothing."-Clemantine Wamariya, The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
"When you don't belong to a country, the world decides that you don't deserve a thing."-Clemantine Wamariya, The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
"But clean, in that dress, holding Marietta and Freddy’s hands, I felt like somebody’s somebody."-Clemantine Wamariya, The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
"She wanted to tell a true story, a complete story. No ending ever felt right. History made it hard."-Clemantine Wamariya, The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
30. All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy's 1968 Tour of Appalachia
By: Matthew Algeo
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of eastern Kentucky to gauge … read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
