American

Experiența americană se desfășoară prin voci care chestionează, celebrează și se confruntă cu idealurile, instituțiile și identitatea mereu în schimbare a națiunii. Aceste opere surprind atât arcul amplu al istoriei americane, cât și poveștile intime ale oamenilor săi, de la manifeste politice și comentarii culturale la eseuri personale și povestiri regionale.

American Rezumate de cărți

Fly Girls

de 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.

de Keith O'Brien 2018 352 pagini

3.92

9.000+ evaluări

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

Sea of Glory

de 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.

de Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 pagini

4.04

7.000+ evaluări

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

Sons of Wichita

de Daniel Schulman • 2014

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

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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.

de Daniel Schulman 2014 372 pagini

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2.000+ evaluări

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

Illumination Night

de Alice Hoffman • 1987

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

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🏠 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.

de Alice Hoffman 1987 200 pagini

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9.000+ evaluări

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

Heroes And Villains

de Steven Gaines • 1986

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

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🎸 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.

de Steven Gaines 1986 416 pagini

3.85

500+ evaluări

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

Attack and Die

de 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.

de Grady McWhiney 1982 232 pagini

3.56

157 evaluări

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

The Comanche Empire

de Pekka Hämäläinen • 2008

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

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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.

de Pekka Hämäläinen 2008 500 pagini

4.17

1.000+ evaluări

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

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

de Blythe N. Grossberg • 2021

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

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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.

de Blythe N. Grossberg 2021 162 pagini

3.41

2.000+ evaluări

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

The Next America

de 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.

de Paul Taylor 2014 280 pagini

3.67

500+ evaluări

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

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

de 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.

de Ben S. Bernanke 2013 144 pagini

4.16

451 evaluări

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

The Way of the Knife

de Mark Mazzetti • 2013

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

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📡 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.

de Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 pagini

3.85

4.000+ evaluări

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

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

de 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.

de Donald T. Phillips 2017 324 pagini

3.87

258 evaluări

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

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

de 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.

de Thomas Paine 1776 504 pagini

4.02

500+ evaluări

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

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

de 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.

de Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pagini

3.64

376 evaluări

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

Conversations with RBG

de Jeffrey Rosen • 2019

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

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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.

de Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 pagini

4.15

4.000+ evaluări

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

The Silenced Majority

de 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.

de Amy Goodman 2012 380 pagini

4.06

251 evaluări

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

The Sellout

de 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.

de Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pagini

3.92

302 evaluări

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

Sinatra's Century

de David Lehman • 2015

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

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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.

de David Lehman 2015 224 pagini

3.97

169 evaluări

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

Static

de 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.

de Amy Goodman 2006 338 pagini

4.05

384 evaluări

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

Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling

de 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.

de Jane Hyun 2005 352 pagini

3.52

249 evaluări

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

Catch a Wave

de Peter Ames Carlin • 2006

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

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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.

de Peter Ames Carlin 2006 342 pagini

3.96

1.000+ evaluări

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

Education of a Felon

de Edward Bunker • 1999

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

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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.

de Edward Bunker 1999 320 pagini

4.14

1.000+ evaluări

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

On the Shoulders of Giants

de 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.

de Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2007 308 pagini

4.02

309 evaluări

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

Crash Course

de Paul Ingrassia • 2009

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

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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.

de Paul Ingrassia 2009 320 pagini

3.91

500+ evaluări

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

Cobra II

de Michael R. Gordon • 2006

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

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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.

de Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 pagini

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2.000+ evaluări

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

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

de Nick Greene • 2021

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

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1.000+

🏀 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.

de Nick Greene 2021 320 pagini

3.78

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Complete Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

de Ralph Waldo Emerson • 1844

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

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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.

de Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 1141 pagini

4.23

2.000+ evaluări

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

September 11

de Dean E. Murphy • 2002

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

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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.

de Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 pagini

4.34

272 evaluări

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

Blood on the Moon

de Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

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

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🦅 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.

de Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pagini

4.17

500+ evaluări

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

The Big Change

de 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.

de Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pagini

3.95

243 evaluări

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

Wouldn't it Be Nice

de Charles L. Granata • 2003

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

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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.

de Charles L. Granata 2003 255 pagini

3.93

500+ evaluări

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

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

de John Kaag • 2021

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

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500+

🛠️ 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'.

de John Kaag 2021 224 pagini

3.65

500+ evaluări

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

George Washington

de James MacGregor Burns • 2004

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

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1.000+

🏛️ 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.

de James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pagini

3.97

1.000+ evaluări

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

Pe patul de moarte

de William Faulkner • 1930

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

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100.000+

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

Pe patul de moarte

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

de William Faulkner 1930 288 pagini

3.72

100.000+ evaluări

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

The Fort Bragg Cartel

de Seth Harp • 2025

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

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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.

de Seth Harp 2025 357 pagini

4.05

11.000+ evaluări

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

The Grim Sleeper

de Christine Pelisek • 2016

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

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1.000+

🕵️ 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.

de Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pagini

3.92

1.000+ evaluări

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

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

de 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.

de Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 pagini

4.21

137 evaluări

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

Essays on the Great Depression

de 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.

de Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pagini

3.77

133 evaluări

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

Prince

de 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.

de Ronin Ro 2011 384 pagini

3.39

441 evaluări

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

Walt Whitman

de 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.

de Justin Kaplan 1980 464 pagini

3.94

326 evaluări

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

Broke, USA

de Gary Rivlin • 2010

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

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1.000+

🦈 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.

de Gary Rivlin 2010 358 pagini

3.71

1.000+ evaluări

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

Interior Chinatown

de 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.

de Charles Yu 2020 288 pagini

3.93

73.000+ evaluări

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

Crisis and Command

de 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.

de John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 evaluări

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

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters

de Jared Knott • 2020

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

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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.

de Jared Knott 2020 457 pagini

4.01

2.000+ evaluări

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

I Used to Be Charming

de Eve Babitz • 2019

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

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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.

de Eve Babitz 2019 360 pagini

4.13

1.000+ evaluări

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

Broken Government

de 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.

de John W. Dean 2007 364 pagini

4.06

331 evaluări

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

Audition

de 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.

de Barbara Walters 2008 613 pagini

3.79

6.000+ evaluări

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

The Latehomecomer

de 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.

de Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 pagini

4.18

8.000+ evaluări

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

Bull by the Horns

de 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.

de Sheila Bair 2012 432 pagini

3.91

494 evaluări

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

The Givers

de 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.

de David Callahan 2017 352 pagini

3.73

485 evaluări

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

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