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Un-Trumping America

by Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages

by Steven Gaines • 1986

The True Story Of The Beach Boys

The True Story Of The Beach Boys

by Steven Gaines 1986 416 pages

The Complete Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson • 1844

The Complete Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 1141 pages

The Freelance Content Marketing Writer

by Jennifer Goforth Gregory • 2018

Find your perfect clients, Make tons of money and Build a business you love

The Freelance Content Marketing Writer

Find your perfect clients, Make tons of money and Build a business you love

by Jennifer Goforth Gregory 2018 274 pages

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

by Thomas Paine • 1776

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

by Thomas Paine 1776 504 pages

by Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

America Transforms Itself, 1900-50

America Transforms Itself, 1900-50

by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages

I Used to Be Charming

by Eve Babitz • 2019

The Rest of Eve Babitz

I Used to Be Charming

The Rest of Eve Babitz

by Eve Babitz 2019 360 pages

by William Faulkner • 1930

by William Faulkner 1930 288 pages

by John W. Dean • 2007

How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches

How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches

by John W. Dean 2007 364 pages

by Harriet Beecher Stowe • 1999

by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1999 438 pages

by Glenn Beck • 2010

The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure

The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure

by Glenn Beck 2010 406 pages

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages

by Jill Lepore • 2018

A History of the United States

A History of the United States

by Jill Lepore 2018 960 pages

Best American Essays 2018

by Hilton Als • 2018

Best American Essays 2018

by Hilton Als 2018 336 pages

by Edith Wharton • 1938

by Edith Wharton 1938 406 pages

by Edith Wharton • 1905

by Edith Wharton 1905 351 pages

by Jacob Heilbrunn • 2024

The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators

The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators

by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024 264 pages

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck • 1961

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck 1961 291 pages

by Paul Auster • 1989

by Paul Auster 1989 320 pages

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline

Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline

by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 225 pages

by Thomas Pynchon • 1990

by Thomas Pynchon 1990 480 pages

by Jeff Fynn-Paul • 2023

The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World

The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World

by Jeff Fynn-Paul 2023 397 pages

by William Faulkner • 1936

by William Faulkner 1936 316 pages

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order

by Gary Gerstle • 2022

America and the World in the Free Market Era

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order

America and the World in the Free Market Era

by Gary Gerstle 2022 432 pages

by Ben Rhodes • 2022

The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made

The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made

by Ben Rhodes 2022 384 pages

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro • 2020

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro 2020 288 pages

United States of Distraction

by Mickey Huff • 2019

Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)

United States of Distraction

Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It)

by Mickey Huff 2019 248 pages

by Thomas Pynchon • 1963

by Thomas Pynchon 1963 640 pages

by Thomas Pynchon • 2013

by Thomas Pynchon 2013 477 pages

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

by Kishore Mahbubani • 2020

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

by Kishore Mahbubani 2020 320 pages

American Slavery, American Freedom

by Edmund S. Morgan • 1975

American Slavery, American Freedom

by Edmund S. Morgan 1975 464 pages

by Gary Gerstle • 2001

Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century

Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century

by Gary Gerstle 2001 472 pages

by Steven Hahn • 2024

by Steven Hahn 2024 464 pages

The Counter-Revolution of 1776

by Gerald Horne • 2014

Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America

The Counter-Revolution of 1776

Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America

by Gerald Horne 2014 363 pages

by Ben Shapiro • 2025

The True Story of America

The True Story of America

by Ben Shapiro 2025 256 pages

by Jonathan Engel • 2008

The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States

The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States

by Jonathan Engel 2008 368 pages

by Nancy MacLean • 2017

The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

by Nancy MacLean 2017 334 pages

by Greg Grandin • 2025

A New History of the New World

A New History of the New World

by Greg Grandin 2025 768 pages

by Lawrence Goodwyn • 1978

A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America

A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America

by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978 384 pages

by Gregory D. Smithers • 2012

Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History

Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History

by Gregory D. Smithers 2012 320 pages

by Robert A. Caro • 2017

by Robert A. Caro 2017 2 pages

by Michael J. Klarman • 2016

The Making of the United States Constitution

The Making of the United States Constitution

by Michael J. Klarman 2016 880 pages

Laboratories of Autocracy

by David Pepper • 2021

A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines

Laboratories of Autocracy

A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines

by David Pepper 2021 452 pages

Origins of the New South, 1877–1913

by C. Vann Woodward • 1951

Origins of the New South, 1877–1913

by C. Vann Woodward 1951 656 pages

by Suzanne Mettler • 2025

The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy

The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy

by Suzanne Mettler 2025 310 pages

by John Fante • 1939

by John Fante 1939 165 pages

Ideas with Consequences

by Amanda Hollis-Brusky • 2014

The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution

Ideas with Consequences

The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution

by Amanda Hollis-Brusky 2014 266 pages

by John Sides • 2018

The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America

The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America

by John Sides 2018 352 pages

by Thomas Wolfe • 1929

by Thomas Wolfe 1929 544 pages

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