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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan’s new book chronicles ten days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It’s a captivating story about what’s worth fighting for, an antidote to cynicism that will make you believe again... -
![Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano]()
Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself.Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he’s about to die... -
![Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones]()
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the rise of the West--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars.When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation...Categorized as:
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![Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk]()
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccount of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade... -
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![Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home by Mondiant Dogon, Jenna Krajeski]()
Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home by Mondiant Dogon, Jenna Krajeski
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection • Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights WritingA stunning and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for displaced people around the worldOne day when... -
![The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke]()
The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq,” (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling author of On Killing ), The Last Punisher is a gripping and intimate on-the-ground memoir from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team THREE with American Sniper Chris Kyle... -
![The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire by Bart Van Loo]()
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire by Bart Van Loo
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAt the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map... -
![Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono]()
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him."When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs... -
![The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene]()
The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsStrategies of war—and the subtle social game of everyday life—by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene’s groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power , The Art of Seduction , and Mastery espouse profound, timeless lessons from the events of history to help readers vanquish an enemy, ensnare an unsuspecting victim, or become the greatest in your field... -
![Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart]()
Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKS'Candid, angry, funny, and self-revelatory' JONATHAN DIMBLEBY'Exceptional' RAFAEL BEHRThe Times pick for *The Biggest Books of the... -
![Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick]()
Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags comes the thrilling unknown story of America’s mission in to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and keep them out of the hands of the Islamic State In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war... -
![The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal by William J. Burns]()
The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal by William J. Burns
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom America's "secret diplomatic weapon" (The Atlantic), comes a memoir of service for five Presidents and ten Secretaries of State, an impassioned argument for renewing diplomacy as the tool of first resort in American statecraft.Ambassador William J. Burns is the most distinguished and admired American diplomat of his generation... -
![Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? by Graham Allison]()
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? by Graham Allison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR. From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China--and how it might be prevented.China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants...Categorized as:
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![Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler by David McKean]()
Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler by David McKean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gripping and groundbreaking account of how all but one of FDR's ambassadors in Europe misjudged Hitler and his intentionsAs German tanks rolled toward Paris in late May 1940, the U.S. Ambassador to France, William Bullitt, was determined to stay put, holed up in the Chateau St. Firmin in Chantilly, his country residence... -
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![Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman, Michael Kammen]()
Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman, Michael Kammen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Freeman's treatment of Washington as a Commander in Chief is virtually definitive" ( The New York Times Book Review ).Washington is the most complete, definitive one-volume biography of George Washington ever written. In 1948 renowned biographer and military historian Douglas Southall Freeman won his second Pulitzer Prize for his new and dramatic reexamination of George Washington... -
![On Another Man's Wound by Ernie O'Malley]()
On Another Man's Wound by Ernie O'Malley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMore than any other book of the period, On Another Man's Wound captures the feel of Ireland the way people lived, their attitudes and beliefs and paints brilliant cameo sketches of the great personalities of the Rising and the War. Like many of the Irish, O'Malley was largely indifferent to the attempts to establish an independent Ireland until the Easter Rising of 1916... -
![The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley by Wesley Morgan]()
The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley by Wesley Morgan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOf the many battlefields on which U.S. troops and intelligence operatives fought in Afghanistan, one remote corner of the country stands as a microcosm of the American campaign: the Pech and its tributary valleys in Kunar and Nuristan... -
![The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter by Kai Bird]()
The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter by Kai Bird
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter's presidential legacy--from the expert biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American PrometheusEver since Ronald Reagan's landslide win in November 1980, pundits have labeled Jimmy Carter's single term in the White House a failed presidency... -
![Easternization: Asia's Rise and America's Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond by Gideon Rachman]()
Easternization: Asia's Rise and America's Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond by Gideon Rachman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow in an updated paperback edition, a provocative analysis--from an Orwell Prize-winning journalist--of how a new era of global instability has begun, as the flow of wealth and power moves from West to East. Easternization is the defining trend of our age--the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power... -
![The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President by Noah Feldman]()
The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President by Noah Feldman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political “lives”—as a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a president Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of... -
![Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times by Joel Richard Paul]()
Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times by Joel Richard Paul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States.No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more to preserve the delicate unity of the fledgling United States... -
![James Monroe: A Life by Tim McGrath]()
James Monroe: A Life by Tim McGrath
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform thirteen colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic.Monroe lived a life defined by revolutions... -
![Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death of Hershl Sperling by Mark S. Smith]()
Treblinka Survivor: The Life and Death of Hershl Sperling by Mark S. Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore than 800,000 people entered Treblinka, and fewer than seventy came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then, fifty years later, did he jump to his death from a bridge in Scotland? This book traces the life of a man who survived five concentration camps, and what he had to do to achieve this... -
![The Great War by Peter Hart]()
The Great War by Peter Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world historyIn this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers... -
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![Wish You Happy Forever: What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains by Jenny Bowen]()
Wish You Happy Forever: What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains by Jenny Bowen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the summer of 1998, Jenny Bowen looked out her kitchen window onto her garden, and her life changed forever. Her 3-year-old daughter Maya, whom she and her husband adopted months earlier from an orphanage in China, had transformed from a frightened, sickly little girl to a joyous being thriving in an environment where she knew she was loved... -
![Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy]()
Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Allied victory in 1945 - though comprehensive - was far from inevitable. By 1942 almost the entire resources of continental Europe were in German hands and Japan had wiped out the western colonial presence in Asia. Democracy appeared to have had its day... -
![All the Pasha's Men: Mehmed Ali, his Army and the Making of Modern Egypt by Khaled Fahmy]()
All the Pasha's Men: Mehmed Ali, his Army and the Making of Modern Egypt by Khaled Fahmy
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOffers a new interpretation of Mehmed Alis role in the rise of Egyptian... -
![Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles]()
Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Fascinating...Gelles has provided a balanced portrait, and her mastery of the period’s issues and history is evident on every page. Her treatment of the family... [is] written with understanding and sensitivity... But it is her strength as a feminist historian that makes her treatment of Abigail the most gripping... masterful and captivating.” — Washington Times“A landmark.. -
![T.R.: The Last Romantic by H.W. Brands]()
T.R.: The Last Romantic by H.W. Brands
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy RooseveltLauded as "a rip-roaring life" ( Wall Street Journal ), TR is a magisterial biography of Theodore Roosevelt by bestselling author H.W. Brands. In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Roosevelt... -
![The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World by Patrick Wyman]()
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World by Patrick Wyman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn. In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror , The Verge tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history...
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