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Trải nghiệm Mỹ được phơi bày qua những tiếng nói chất vấn, tôn vinh và vật lộn với các lý tưởng, thể chế và bản sắc không ngừng biến đổi của quốc gia. Những tác phẩm này nắm bắt cả dòng chảy lớn của lịch sử Hoa Kỳ lẫn những câu chuyện riêng tư của con người nơi đây, từ các tuyên ngôn chính trị và bình luận văn hóa đến các tiểu luận cá nhân và truyện kể vùng miền.

Mỹ Tóm tắt sách

Fly Girls

của 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.

của Keith O'Brien 2018 352 trang

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9.000+ đánh giá

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

Sea of Glory

của Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

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

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🚢 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.

của Nathaniel Philbrick 2001 452 trang

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

Sons of Wichita

của 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.

của Daniel Schulman 2014 372 trang

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

Illumination Night

của 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.

của Alice Hoffman 1987 200 trang

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

Heroes And Villains

của 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.

của Steven Gaines 1986 416 trang

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

Attack and Die

của Grady McWhiney • 1982

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

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⚔️ 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.

của Grady McWhiney 1982 232 trang

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157 đánh giá

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

The Comanche Empire

của 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.

của Pekka Hämäläinen 2008 500 trang

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

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

của 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.

của Blythe N. Grossberg 2021 162 trang

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

The Next America

của 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.

của Paul Taylor 2014 280 trang

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

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

của Ben S. Bernanke • 2013

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

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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.

của Ben S. Bernanke 2013 144 trang

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451 đánh giá

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

The Way of the Knife

của 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.

của Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 trang

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

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

của Donald T. Phillips • 2017

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

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🏛️ 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.

của Donald T. Phillips 2017 324 trang

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258 đánh giá

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

Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings

của Thomas Paine • 1776

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

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🗽 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.

của Thomas Paine 1776 504 trang

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500+ đánh giá

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

Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State

của Andrew Gelman • 2008

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

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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.

của Andrew Gelman 2008 240 trang

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

Conversations with RBG

của 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.

của Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 trang

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

The Silenced Majority

của Amy Goodman • 2012

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

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📻 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.

của Amy Goodman 2012 380 trang

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251 đánh giá

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

The Sellout

của Charles Gasparino • 2009

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

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🧨 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.

của Charles Gasparino 2009 553 trang

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302 đánh giá

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

Sinatra's Century

của David Lehman • 2015

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

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🎵 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.

của David Lehman 2015 224 trang

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169 đánh giá

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

Static

của Amy Goodman • 2006

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

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📺 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.

của Amy Goodman 2006 338 trang

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384 đánh giá

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

Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling

của Jane Hyun • 2005

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

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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.

của Jane Hyun 2005 352 trang

3.52

249 đánh giá

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

Catch a Wave

của 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.

của Peter Ames Carlin 2006 342 trang

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

Education of a Felon

của Edward Bunker • 1999

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

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⛓️ 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.

của Edward Bunker 1999 320 trang

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

On the Shoulders of Giants

của Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • 2007

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

4.02

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🎷 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.

của Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2007 308 trang

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309 đánh giá

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

Crash Course

của 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.

của Paul Ingrassia 2009 320 trang

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

Cobra II

của 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.

của Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 trang

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

How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

của Nick Greene • 2021

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

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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.

của Nick Greene 2021 320 trang

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

The Complete Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

của 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.

của Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 1141 trang

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

September 11

của 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.

của Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 trang

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272 đánh giá

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

Blood on the Moon

của 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.

của Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 trang

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

The Big Change

của Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

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

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📖 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.

của Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 trang

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243 đánh giá

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

Wouldn't it Be Nice

của Charles L. Granata • 2003

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

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🎧 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.

của Charles L. Granata 2003 255 trang

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

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

của John Kaag • 2021

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

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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'.

của John Kaag 2021 224 trang

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

George Washington

của James MacGregor Burns • 2004

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

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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.

của James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 trang

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

Khi tôi nằm chết

của William Faulkner • 1930

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

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

Khi tôi nằm chết

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

của William Faulkner 1930 288 trang

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

The Fort Bragg Cartel

của 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.

của Seth Harp 2025 357 trang

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

The Grim Sleeper

của Christine Pelisek • 2016

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

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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.

của Christine Pelisek 2016 325 trang

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

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

của Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

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

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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.

của Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 trang

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137 đánh giá

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

Essays on the Great Depression

của Ben S. Bernanke • 2000

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

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🏛️ 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.

của Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 trang

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133 đánh giá

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

Prince

của Ronin Ro • 2011

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

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🎵 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.

của Ronin Ro 2011 384 trang

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441 đánh giá

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

Walt Whitman

của Justin Kaplan • 1980

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

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📚 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.

của Justin Kaplan 1980 464 trang

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326 đánh giá

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

Broke, USA

của Gary Rivlin • 2010

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

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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.

của Gary Rivlin 2010 358 trang

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

Interior Chinatown

của Charles Yu • 2020

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

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🎬 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.

của Charles Yu 2020 288 trang

3.93

73.000+ đánh giá

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

Crisis and Command

của John Yoo • 2010

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

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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.

của John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 đánh giá

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

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters

của 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.

của Jared Knott 2020 457 trang

4.01

2.000+ đánh giá

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

I Used to Be Charming

của 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.

của Eve Babitz 2019 360 trang

4.13

1.000+ đánh giá

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

Broken Government

của 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.

của John W. Dean 2007 364 trang

4.06

331 đánh giá

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

Audition

của 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.

của Barbara Walters 2008 613 trang

3.79

6.000+ đánh giá

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

The Latehomecomer

của 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.

của Kao Kalia Yang 2008 277 trang

4.18

8.000+ đánh giá

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

Bull by the Horns

của 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.

của Sheila Bair 2012 432 trang

3.91

494 đánh giá

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

The Givers

của 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.

của David Callahan 2017 352 trang

3.73

485 đánh giá

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

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