Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
By: Garry Wills
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t…
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1. Mornings on Horseback
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique… read more
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"I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live."-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback
"A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was about to claim for his boss an unmarked animal."-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback
"To his own children he was at once the ultimate voice of authority and, when time allowed, their most exuberant companion. He never fired their imaginations or made them laugh as their mother could, …"-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback
2. John Quincy Adams
By: Harlow Giles Unger
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion again… read more
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3. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
By: H.W. Brands
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a my… read more
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4. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
By: Garry Wills
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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5. Truman
By: David McCullough
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more
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6. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
By: Jon Lee Anderson
3.73
Format: None pages,
From the back of the book: "Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the defi… read more
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7. Gandhi: A Life
By: Yogesh Chadha
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gandhi: A Life reveals the transformation of an ordinary, timid young man, into a leader, whose sta… read more
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8. Albert Einstein: A Biography
By: Ewald Osers , Albrecht Fölsing
3.95
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"(Folsing) provides a nuanced, nonjudgmental personal portrait resting firmly on prodigious archiva… read more
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9. 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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10. Long Walk To Freedom (Volume 1: 1918-1962)
By: Nelson Mandela
3.82
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
From his birth in a village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Transkei to his politicisation … read more
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11. iCon: Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
By: William L. Simon , Jeffrey S. Young
3.50
Format: None pages,
iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs… read more
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12. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
By: Jon Meacham
3.44
Format: 336 pages,
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more
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13. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
14. With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
By: Stephen B. Oates
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
"Full, fair, and accurate. . . . Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written." -… read more
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15. My Life
By: Bill Clinton
3.74
Format: 1056 pages, Paperback
An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is a refreshingly candid look at the f… read more
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"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."-Bill Clinton, My Life
"The idea that power was an end in itself, rather than a means to provide the security and opportunity necessary for the pursuit of happiness, seemed to him stupid and self-defeating." (about Senator …"-Bill Clinton, My Life
"I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh j…"-Bill Clinton, My Life
16. Lincoln
By: David Herbert Donald
4.19
Format: 714 pages, Paperback
A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more
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17. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Clayborne Carson , Martin Luther King Jr.
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpubl… read more
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18. A. Lincoln
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.30
Format: 816 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Chr… read more
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19. FDR
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the… read more
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20. Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
By: Tony Horwitz
4.50
Format: None pages,
When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle … read more
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21. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
By: Joseph J. Ellis
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Mon… read more
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22. 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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23. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
By: Louis Fischer
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This is the extraordinary story of how one man's indomitable spirit inspired a nation to triumph ov… read more
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24. Einstein: The Life and Times
By: Ronald William Clark
3.89
Format: None pages,
THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY Albert Einstein was far more than the physicist who confidently claimed th… read more
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25. Gettysburg
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more
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26. Einstein: His Life and Universe
By: Walter Isaacson
4.33
Format: 201 pages,
By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive… read more
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27. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By: Barack Obama
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more
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28. The Story of My Experiments With Truth
By: Mahatma Gandhi
4.29
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography h… read more
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29. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
By: Jon Meacham
4.04
Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more
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"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
30. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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31. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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