미국

미국의 경험은 국가의 이상, 제도, 그리고 끊임없이 변화하는 정체성에 의문을 제기하고, 찬양하며, 씨름하는 목소리들을 통해 펼쳐집니다. 이 작품들은 정치적 선언문과 문화 평론에서부터 개인 수필과 지역 이야기에 이르기까지, 미국 역사의 거대한 흐름과 그 사람들의 내밀한 이야기를 모두 담아냅니다.

미국 도서 요약

Fly Girls

저자: Keith O'Brien • 2018

The men banned them from racing. Five women flew anyway, and one beat them all.

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🛩️ Aviation History 👩‍✈️ Women Pioneers 🚫 Gender Discrimination 👥 Collective Biography 📜 Feminist History

Fly Girls

The men banned them from racing. Five women flew anyway, and one beat them all.

저자: Keith O'Brien 2018 352 페이지

3.92

9,000+ 개의 평점

🛩️ Aviation History 👩‍✈️ Women Pioneers 🚫 Gender Discrimination 👥 Collective Biography 📜 Feminist History

Sea of Glory

저자: Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

4.04

7,000+

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Sea of Glory

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

저자: Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 페이지

4.04

7,000+ 개의 평점

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages 👑 Toxic Leadership 🔬 Scientific Expeditions

Sons of Wichita

저자: Daniel Schulman • 2014

Four Kansas brothers, a billion-dollar feud, and the political machine that remade the GOP.

3.85

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🏛️ Family Dynasties 💰 American Oligarchy ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🗳️ Campaign Finance 🗽 Libertarian Politics

Sons of Wichita

Four Kansas brothers, a billion-dollar feud, and the political machine that remade the GOP.

저자: Daniel Schulman 2014 372 페이지

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2,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Family Dynasties 💰 American Oligarchy ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🗳️ Campaign Finance 🗽 Libertarian Politics

Illumination Night

저자: Alice Hoffman • 1987

A housebound mother and a gentle giant on Martha's Vineyard dare to leave their private prisons.

3.75

9,000+

🏠 Domestic Magical Realism 🚪 Housebound Protagonist 🌟 Child's Vivid Imagination 🏝️ Island Community ☀️ Melancholy Summer

Illumination Night

A housebound mother and a gentle giant on Martha's Vineyard dare to leave their private prisons.

저자: Alice Hoffman 1987 200 페이지

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9,000+ 개의 평점

🏠 Domestic Magical Realism 🚪 Housebound Protagonist 🌟 Child's Vivid Imagination 🏝️ Island Community ☀️ Melancholy Summer

Heroes And Villains

저자: Steven Gaines • 1986

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

3.85

500+

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction 🎬 Behind The Music 🧠 Musical Genius

Heroes And Villains

Sunny surf pop hid abuse, Brian Wilson's breakdown, and Charles Manson as a houseguest.

저자: Steven Gaines 1986 416 페이지

3.85

500+ 개의 평점

🎸 Band Biographies 🎵 Rock History 🏠 Family Dysfunction 🎬 Behind The Music 🧠 Musical Genius

Attack and Die

저자: Grady McWhiney • 1982

Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.

3.56

157

⚔️ Military History 🇺🇸 American Civil War 📜 Military Doctrine 🏺 War And Culture 🎩 Southern Honor Culture

Attack and Die

Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.

저자: Grady McWhiney 1982 232 페이지

3.56

157 개의 평점

⚔️ Military History 🇺🇸 American Civil War 📜 Military Doctrine 🏺 War And Culture 🎩 Southern Honor Culture

The Comanche Empire

저자: Pekka Hämäläinen • 2008

How the Comanches built a nomadic empire that made European colonies into its economic hinterland.

4.17

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🏹 Native Empires 🏜️ Southwest History 📖 Revisionist History 🧭 Borderlands History 📜 New Indian History

The Comanche Empire

How the Comanches built a nomadic empire that made European colonies into its economic hinterland.

저자: Pekka Hämäläinen 2008 500 페이지

4.17

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏹 Native Empires 🏜️ Southwest History 📖 Revisionist History 🧭 Borderlands History 📜 New Indian History

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

저자: Blythe N. Grossberg • 2021

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

3.41

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🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💎 Affluent Anxiety ⚖️ Class And Education

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

저자: Blythe N. Grossberg 2021 162 페이지

3.41

2,000+ 개의 평점

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💎 Affluent Anxiety ⚖️ Class And Education

The Next America

저자: Paul Taylor • 2014

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

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🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Economic Mobility

The Next America

By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.

저자: Paul Taylor 2014 280 페이지

3.67

500+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Generational Conflict 📊 Demographic Change 🏥 Social Safety Net 💰 Wealth Inequality 📈 Economic Mobility

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

저자: Ben S. Bernanke • 2013

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

4.16

451

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

저자: Ben S. Bernanke 2013 144 페이지

4.16

451 개의 평점

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

The Way of the Knife

저자: Mark Mazzetti • 2013

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

3.85

4,000+

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎯 Counterterrorism 💰 Privatization Of War

The Way of the Knife

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

저자: Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 페이지

3.85

4,000+ 개의 평점

📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎯 Counterterrorism 💰 Privatization Of War

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

저자: Donald T. Phillips • 2017

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

3.87

258

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management 🧭 Character Leadership ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

저자: Donald T. Phillips 2017 324 페이지

3.87

258 개의 평점

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management 🧭 Character Leadership ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

저자: Thomas Paine • 1776

Rights aren't gifts from kings. Government works for you, and when it fails, you replace it.

4.02

500+

🗽 Natural Rights Theory 📜 Social Contract 🏛️ Republicanism 🔓 Classical Liberalism 👑 Anti-Monarchism

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

Rights aren't gifts from kings. Government works for you, and when it fails, you replace it.

저자: Thomas Paine 1776 504 페이지

4.02

500+ 개의 평점

🗽 Natural Rights Theory 📜 Social Contract 🏛️ Republicanism 🔓 Classical Liberalism 👑 Anti-Monarchism

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

저자: Andrew Gelman • 2008

Wealthy states lean left; within them, wealth predicts right. The data that reconciles the split.

3.64

376

🗺️ Electoral Geography 🗳️ Voting Behavior 💰 Income And Voting ↔️ Political Polarization 🔵🔴 Cultural Divides

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

Wealthy states lean left; within them, wealth predicts right. The data that reconciles the split.

저자: Andrew Gelman 2008 240 페이지

3.64

376 개의 평점

🗺️ Electoral Geography 🗳️ Voting Behavior 💰 Income And Voting ↔️ Political Polarization 🔵🔴 Cultural Divides

Conversations with RBG

저자: Jeffrey Rosen • 2019

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

4.15

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⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Conversations with RBG

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

저자: Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 페이지

4.15

4,000+ 개의 평점

⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

The Silenced Majority

저자: Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

저자: Amy Goodman 2012 380 페이지

4.06

251 개의 평점

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Sellout

저자: Charles Gasparino • 2009

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

3.92

302

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The Sellout

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

저자: Charles Gasparino 2009 553 페이지

3.92

302 개의 평점

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

Sinatra's Century

저자: David Lehman • 2015

A hundred glimpses of a singer who mapped an American century: mob, movies, music.

3.97

169

🎵 Great American Songbook 🌟 Cultural Icons 🎲 Rat Pack 🕰️ Mid-Century America 🎬 Hollywood History

Sinatra's Century

A hundred glimpses of a singer who mapped an American century: mob, movies, music.

저자: David Lehman 2015 224 페이지

3.97

169 개의 평점

🎵 Great American Songbook 🌟 Cultural Icons 🎲 Rat Pack 🕰️ Mid-Century America 🎬 Hollywood History

Static

저자: Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

저자: Amy Goodman 2006 338 페이지

4.05

384 개의 평점

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling

저자: Jane Hyun • 2005

The values that made you excel now cap your career. Rewire, not reject: the playbook.

3.52

249

🎋 Asian American 🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌐 Cross-Cultural Communication 🪪 Bicultural Identity 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion

Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling

The values that made you excel now cap your career. Rewire, not reject: the playbook.

저자: Jane Hyun 2005 352 페이지

3.52

249 개의 평점

🎋 Asian American 🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌐 Cross-Cultural Communication 🪪 Bicultural Identity 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion

Catch a Wave

저자: Peter Ames Carlin • 2006

A $16,000 single, a sandbox piano, and the psychiatrist who took over his life.

3.96

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🎸 Music Biographies 📻 Pop Music History 🎭 Tortured Genius 🎛️ Studio Innovation ⛱️ 1960s California

Catch a Wave

A $16,000 single, a sandbox piano, and the psychiatrist who took over his life.

저자: Peter Ames Carlin 2006 342 페이지

3.96

1,000+ 개의 평점

🎸 Music Biographies 📻 Pop Music History 🎭 Tortured Genius 🎛️ Studio Innovation ⛱️ 1960s California

Education of a Felon

저자: Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

1,000+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Education of a Felon

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

저자: Edward Bunker 1999 320 페이지

4.14

1,000+ 개의 평점

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

On the Shoulders of Giants

저자: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • 2007

Jazz, poetry, and the Rens: a basketball legend traces his roots to the Harlem Renaissance.

4.02

309

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📚 African American History 🎺 Jazz Age Culture 🎵 Jazz History 🏀 Basketball History

On the Shoulders of Giants

Jazz, poetry, and the Rens: a basketball legend traces his roots to the Harlem Renaissance.

저자: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2007 308 페이지

4.02

309 개의 평점

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📚 African American History 🎺 Jazz Age Culture 🎵 Jazz History 🏀 Basketball History

Crash Course

저자: Paul Ingrassia • 2009

Mass production built Detroit. It also built the complacency that undid it, fifty years later.

3.91

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🚗 Automotive Industry 🏭 Industrial Decline 🇺🇸 American Manufacturing 💤 Corporate Complacency 🏢 Corporate Culture

Crash Course

Mass production built Detroit. It also built the complacency that undid it, fifty years later.

저자: Paul Ingrassia 2009 320 페이지

3.91

500+ 개의 평점

🚗 Automotive Industry 🏭 Industrial Decline 🇺🇸 American Manufacturing 💤 Corporate Complacency 🏢 Corporate Culture

Cobra II

저자: Michael R. Gordon • 2006

How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.

3.97

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🏜️ Iraq War 🛡️ Defense Policy 🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🗺️ Military Planning ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

Cobra II

How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.

저자: Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 페이지

3.97

2,000+ 개의 평점

🏜️ Iraq War 🛡️ Defense Policy 🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🗺️ Military Planning ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

저자: Nick Greene • 2021

A napkin gave us the 24-second clock. A gimmick rewired offense. Seeing basketball's hidden design.

3.78

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🏀 Basketball History 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Design 🗺️ Basketball Strategy 🧠 Sports Psychology

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

A napkin gave us the 24-second clock. A gimmick rewired offense. Seeing basketball's hidden design.

저자: Nick Greene 2021 320 페이지

3.78

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏀 Basketball History 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Design 🗺️ Basketball Strategy 🧠 Sports Psychology

The Complete Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

저자: Ralph Waldo Emerson • 1844

Trust your private thought over all scripture: the source that made the world put it there.

4.23

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🏛️ American Transcendentalism 🗽 Radical Individualism ✨ Inner Conviction 🌊 Philosophy Of Change 🤝 Friendship Philosophy

The Complete Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust your private thought over all scripture: the source that made the world put it there.

저자: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 1141 페이지

4.23

2,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ American Transcendentalism 🗽 Radical Individualism ✨ Inner Conviction 🌊 Philosophy Of Change 🤝 Friendship Philosophy

September 11

저자: Dean E. Murphy • 2002

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

4.34

272

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

September 11

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

저자: Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 페이지

4.34

272 개의 평점

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

Blood on the Moon

저자: Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

500+

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

Blood on the Moon

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

저자: Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 페이지

4.17

500+ 개의 평점

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks ⛓️ Racial Violence ⚖️ Military Tribunals

The Big Change

저자: Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

3.95

243

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

The Big Change

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

저자: Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 페이지

3.95

243 개의 평점

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

Wouldn't it Be Nice

저자: Charles L. Granata • 2003

Brian Wilson quit the road, made an album America ignored, and Britain crowned it a masterpiece.

3.93

500+

🎧 Album Deep Dives 🎛️ Music Production ✍️ Songwriting Process 🎸 60s Music 🌊 California Sound

Wouldn't it Be Nice

Brian Wilson quit the road, made an album America ignored, and Britain crowned it a masterpiece.

저자: Charles L. Granata 2003 255 페이지

3.93

500+ 개의 평점

🎧 Album Deep Dives 🎛️ Music Production ✍️ Songwriting Process 🎸 60s Music 🌊 California Sound

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

저자: John Kaag • 2021

William James's philosophy for when life feels not worth living: start with 'maybe'.

3.65

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🛠️ Pragmatism 😔 Existential Despair 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🕊️ Free Will 🔄 Habit Change

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

William James's philosophy for when life feels not worth living: start with 'maybe'.

저자: John Kaag 2021 224 페이지

3.65

500+ 개의 평점

🛠️ Pragmatism 😔 Existential Despair 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🕊️ Free Will 🔄 Habit Change

George Washington

저자: James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

3.97

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

저자: James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 페이지

3.97

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

내가 죽어 누워 있을 때

저자: 윌리엄 포크너 • 1930

A poor Southern family journeys to bury their matriarch, contending with flood, fire, and madness.

3.72

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🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 👥 Multiple Narrators 👪 Dysfunctional Family 💀 Deathbed Promise 😂 Dark Humor

내가 죽어 누워 있을 때

A poor Southern family journeys to bury their matriarch, contending with flood, fire, and madness.

저자: 윌리엄 포크너 1930 288 페이지

3.72

100,000+ 개의 평점

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 👥 Multiple Narrators 👪 Dysfunctional Family 💀 Deathbed Promise 😂 Dark Humor

The Fort Bragg Cartel

저자: Seth Harp • 2025

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

4.05

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🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Fort Bragg Cartel

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

저자: Seth Harp 2025 357 페이지

4.05

11,000+ 개의 평점

🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Grim Sleeper

저자: Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

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🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Grim Sleeper

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

저자: Christine Pelisek 2016 325 페이지

3.92

1,000+ 개의 평점

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

저자: Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

4.21

137

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

저자: Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 페이지

4.21

137 개의 평점

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

Essays on the Great Depression

저자: Ben S. Bernanke • 2000

Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.

3.77

133

🏛️ Economic History 💰 Monetary Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Banking Crises 📉 Debt Deflation

Essays on the Great Depression

Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.

저자: Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 페이지

3.77

133 개의 평점

🏛️ Economic History 💰 Monetary Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Banking Crises 📉 Debt Deflation

Prince

저자: Ronin Ro • 2011

A million-dollar unknown deal, then 'slave' scrawled on his cheek: the war for artistic control.

3.39

441

🎵 Music Biography 💿 Record Industry 🎨 Artistic Control 🌟 Pop Stardom ⚖️ Artist Rights

Prince

A million-dollar unknown deal, then 'slave' scrawled on his cheek: the war for artistic control.

저자: Ronin Ro 2011 384 페이지

3.39

441 개의 평점

🎵 Music Biography 💿 Record Industry 🎨 Artistic Control 🌟 Pop Stardom ⚖️ Artist Rights

Walt Whitman

저자: Justin Kaplan • 1980

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

3.94

326

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America ⚔️ Civil War America 🌿 Transcendentalism

Walt Whitman

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

저자: Justin Kaplan 1980 464 페이지

3.94

326 개의 평점

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America ⚔️ Civil War America 🌿 Transcendentalism

Broke, USA

저자: Gary Rivlin • 2010

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

3.71

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🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion 🏠 Subprime Crisis 🔄 Debt Cycles

Broke, USA

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

저자: Gary Rivlin 2010 358 페이지

3.71

1,000+ 개의 평점

🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion 🏠 Subprime Crisis 🔄 Debt Cycles

Interior Chinatown

저자: Charles Yu • 2020

Willis Wu, perpetual background Asian in the cop show of his life, is done waiting.

3.93

73,000+

🎬 Hollywood Satire 🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👤 Invisible Protagonist 💔 Parental Sacrifice 👨‍👧 Fatherhood Redemption

Interior Chinatown

Willis Wu, perpetual background Asian in the cop show of his life, is done waiting.

저자: Charles Yu 2020 288 페이지

3.93

73,000+ 개의 평점

🎬 Hollywood Satire 🏠 Immigrant Family Saga 👤 Invisible Protagonist 💔 Parental Sacrifice 👨‍👧 Fatherhood Redemption

Crisis and Command

저자: John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

저자: John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 개의 평점

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters

저자: Jared Knott • 2020

History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.

4.01

2,000+

📖 Narrative History ⚠️ Cautionary History 🔗 Unintended Consequences 💡 Human Error 🏛️ Hubris And Overreach

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters

History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.

저자: Jared Knott 2020 457 페이지

4.01

2,000+ 개의 평점

📖 Narrative History ⚠️ Cautionary History 🔗 Unintended Consequences 💡 Human Error 🏛️ Hubris And Overreach

I Used to Be Charming

저자: Eve Babitz • 2019

Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.

4.13

1,000+

🌴 Los Angeles History ✌️ American Counterculture 📝 New Journalism 🎸 Rock Music Scene 🤩 Celebrity Culture

I Used to Be Charming

Eve Babitz captured 1960s LA. These late essays show what happened when the charm wore off.

저자: Eve Babitz 2019 360 페이지

4.13

1,000+ 개의 평점

🌴 Los Angeles History ✌️ American Counterculture 📝 New Journalism 🎸 Rock Music Scene 🤩 Celebrity Culture

Broken Government

저자: John W. Dean • 2007

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

4.06

331

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Broken Government

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

저자: John W. Dean 2007 364 페이지

4.06

331 개의 평점

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Audition

저자: Barbara Walters • 2008

Her father lost fortunes. Her sister needed lifelong care. She fought her way to every headline.

3.79

6,000+

📺 Broadcast Journalism 🎤 Women In Media 🎙️ Interviewing Craft 👩‍👧 Working Motherhood 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Ambition

Audition

Her father lost fortunes. Her sister needed lifelong care. She fought her way to every headline.

저자: Barbara Walters 2008 613 페이지

3.79

6,000+ 개의 평점

📺 Broadcast Journalism 🎤 Women In Media 🎙️ Interviewing Craft 👩‍👧 Working Motherhood 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Ambition

The Latehomecomer

저자: Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

8,000+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory 📜 Cultural Preservation 🧭 Immigrant Identity

The Latehomecomer

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

저자: Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 페이지

4.18

8,000+ 개의 평점

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory 📜 Cultural Preservation 🧭 Immigrant Identity

Bull by the Horns

저자: Sheila Bair • 2012

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

3.91

494

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Bull by the Horns

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

저자: Sheila Bair 2012 432 페이지

3.91

494 개의 평점

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

The Givers

저자: David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

3.73

485

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

The Givers

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

저자: David Callahan 2017 352 페이지

3.73

485 개의 평점

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

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