Book Genre: Non-Fiction

Guns, Germs, and Steel

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Understanding is more often used to try to alter an outcome than to repeat or perpetuate it. That’s why psychologists try to understand the minds of murderers and rapists, why social historians try to understand genocide, and why physicians try to understand the causes of human disease. Those investigators do…

Stonewall Jackson

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Stonewall Jackson was the most compelling figure of the Civil War and James Robertson has found, and accepted, the key to understanding Jackson.

Lee

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Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Robert E. Lee was greeted with critical acclaim when it was first published in 1935. Stephen Vincent Benét said “There is a monument—and a fine one—to Robert E. Lee at Lexington.

Ghost Soldiers

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A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II - the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines.

Grant

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This book paints a complex, largely sympathetic portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, seeking to rescue him from historical caricature and highlight his often-overlooked strengths, particularly his moral compass and commitment to civil rights.

A Peace to End All Peace

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All of the conflicts and challenges in the Middle East are rooted in the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies after the First World War.

1776

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David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents—millions of people of all ages and occupations.

Undaunted Courage

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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a pioneering voyage across the Great Plains and into the Rockies. It was completely uncharted territory; a wild, vast land ruled by the Indians.

A Bridge Too Far

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The classic account of one of the most dramatic battles of World War II. A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshaled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.