Phyllis
Phyllis

History

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#155
The Year of Lear : Shakespeare in 1606
The Year of Lear : Shakespeare in 1606
  • James Shapiro
42 reads
#156
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
  • Sarah Vowell
3.9544 reads
#157
The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming
  • Rick Atkinson
4.17 reads
#1
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
  • David Mitchell
4.0569 reads
#1
Train Dreams
Train Dreams
  • Denis Johnson
3.9755 reads
#1
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
  • Thomas Dyja
3.52 reads
#1
Mr. and Mrs. Madison's war
Mr. and Mrs. Madison's war
  • Hugh Howard
00 reads
#1
The Smoke at Dawn
The Smoke at Dawn
  • Jeff Shaara
32 reads
#1
Just One Damned Thing After Another
Just One Damned Thing After Another
  • Jodi Taylor
3.62148 reads
#1
One man against the world
One man against the world
  • Tim Weiner
3.754 reads
#1
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
  • Mark Kurlansky
3.449 reads
#1
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
  • Neal Thompson
43 reads
#1
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
  • Judith Flanders
2.837 reads
#1
Common Sense
Common Sense
  • Thomas Paine
3.8550 reads
#1
Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America
Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America
  • Charles A. Cerami
31 read
#1
Patience and fortitude
Patience and fortitude
  • Scott Sherman
00 reads
#1
Cover 8

Anatomy of a Song

Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
  • Marc Myers
00 reads
#1
Hellhound on His Trail
Hellhound on His Trail
  • Hampton Sides
41 read
#1
Tinderbox
Tinderbox
  • Craig Timberg
01 read
#1
The Man Who Made Lists
The Man Who Made Lists
  • Joshua Kendall
21 read
#1
Mary Chestnut's Civil War
Mary Chestnut's Civil War
    01 read
    #1
    A Brief History of Seven Killings
    A Brief History of Seven Killings
    • Marlon James
    4.0470 reads
    #1
    The Goddess Pose
    The Goddess Pose
    • Michelle Goldberg
    41 read
    #1
    On the Road with Janis Joplin
    On the Road with Janis Joplin
    • John Byrne Cooke
    41 read
    #1
    The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
    The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
    • Dan Jurafsky
    3.111 reads
    #1
    John Adams
    John Adams
    • David McCullough
    4.3897 reads
    #1
    The Secret History of Wonder Woman
    The Secret History of Wonder Woman
    • Jill Lepore
    3.5835 reads
    #1
    The Black Moon
    The Black Moon
    • Winston Graham
    4.679 reads
    #1
    Cover 7

    Scorpions

    Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices
    • Noah Feldman
    4.52 reads
    #1
    A Stillness at Appomattox
    A Stillness at Appomattox
    • Bruce Catton
    43 reads
    #1
    The Wealth of Nations
    The Wealth of Nations
    • Adam Smith
    3.7257 reads
    #1
    The Angry Tide
    The Angry Tide
    • Winston Graham
    4.717 reads
    #1
    A Weird and Wild Beauty: The Story of Yellowstone, the World's First National Park
    A Weird and Wild Beauty: The Story of Yellowstone, the World's First National Park
    • Erin Peabody
    41 read
    #1
    The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
    The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
    • Michael Shaara
    4.1874 reads
    #1
    Slavery by Another Name
    Slavery by Another Name
    • Douglas A. Blackmon
    52 reads
    #1
    The Book of Margery Kempe: Annotated Edition
    The Book of Margery Kempe: Annotated Edition
    • Margery Kempe
    00 reads
    #1
    Boston and the Dawn of American Independence
    Boston and the Dawn of American Independence
    • Brian Deming
    00 reads
    #1
    Dallas 1963
    Dallas 1963
    • Bill Minutaglio
    • Steven L. Davis
    41 read
    #1
    I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation
    I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation
    • Bruce Chadwick
    00 reads
    #1
    Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
    Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
    • Candice Millard
    4.3151 reads
    #1
    Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
    Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
    • Bill Bryson
    3.5844 reads
    #1
    Christine
    Christine
    • Stephen King
    3.65263 reads
    #1
    The Greater Journey
    The Greater Journey
    • David McCullough
    3.7715 reads
    #1
    How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks
    How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks
    • Dave Tompkins
    01 read
    #1
    Drift
    Drift
    • Rachel Maddow
    4.3226 reads
    #1
    Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History
    Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History
    • Jane Brox
    00 reads
    #1
    A Secret Society History of the Civil War
    A Secret Society History of the Civil War
    • Mark A. Lause
    00 reads
    #1
    The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
    The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
    • Norman Mailer
    3.86 reads
    #1
    Darwin's ghosts the secret history of evolution
    Darwin's ghosts the secret history of evolution
    • Rebecca Stott
    33 reads
    #1
    Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar
    • William Shakespeare
    3.78265 reads
    #1
    This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
    This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
    • Drew Gilpin Faust
    3.818 reads
    #1
    Cover 0

    DNA USA

    DNA USA: A Genetic Biography of America
    • Bryan Sykes
    00 reads
    #1
    Twenty years at Hull-House
    Twenty years at Hull-House
    • Jane Addams
    01 read
    #1
    Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
    Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
    • Chester Nez
    • Judith Schiess Avila
    4.178 reads
    #1
    Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
    Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
    • Gilbert King
    4.712 reads
    #1
    The Histories
    The Histories
    • Herodotus
    • Aubrey de Sélincourt (Translator)
    4.0240 reads
    #1
    Consider the fork
    Consider the fork
    • Bee Wilson
    3.8924 reads
    #1
    Kon-Tiki
    Kon-Tiki
    • Thor Heyerdahl
    4.0432 reads
    #1
    A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
    A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes
    • Anthony Bale
    3.333 reads
    #1
    The Wide Wide Sea
    The Wide Wide Sea
    • Hampton Sides
    4.387 reads
    #1
    The Sage of Waterloo
    The Sage of Waterloo
    • Leona Francombe
    00 reads
    #1
    Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
    Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
    • Michael Moss
    451 reads
    #1
    Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
    Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
    • Deborah Yaffe
    42 reads
    #1
    Roadside History of Illinois
    Roadside History of Illinois
    • Stan Banash
    00 reads
    #1
    Team of Rivals
    Team of Rivals
    • Doris Kearns Goodwin
    4.6184 reads
    #1
    The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
    The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
    • Elizabeth Kolbert
    4.04132 reads
    #1
    The Fishermen and the Dragon
    The Fishermen and the Dragon
    • Kirk Wallace Johnson
    3.673 reads
    #1
    The Invention of Wings
    The Invention of Wings
    • Sue Monk Kidd
    3.9689 reads
    #1
    American Sphinx
    American Sphinx
    • Joseph J. Ellis
    413 reads
    #1
    The Johnstown Flood
    The Johnstown Flood
    • David McCullough
    3.9419 reads
    #1
    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
    • Matthew Desmond
    4.59176 reads
    #1
    A People's History of the United States
    A People's History of the United States
    • Howard Zinn
    • Kathy Emery
    • Ellen Gordon Reeves
    4.22220 reads
    #1
    The Twelve Caesars
    The Twelve Caesars
    • Suetonius
    4.2519 reads
    #1
    Bobby Kennedy
    Bobby Kennedy
    • Larry Tye
    4.254 reads
    #1
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
    • Kate Moore
    4.19178 reads
    #1
    The Story of Philosophy
    The Story of Philosophy
    • Will Durant
    4.2724 reads
    #1
    The Four Swans
    The Four Swans
    • Winston Graham
    4.677 reads
    #1
    Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
    Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
    • Erik Larson
    3.94146 reads
    #1
    Lincoln in the Bardo
    Lincoln in the Bardo
    • George Saunders
    3.88289 reads
    #1
    The Buried Giant
    The Buried Giant
    • Kazuo Ishiguro
    3.52211 reads
    #1
    Empire of Deception
    Empire of Deception
    • Dean Jobb
    3.754 reads
    #1
    The Children's Blizzard
    The Children's Blizzard
    • David Laskin
    3.510 reads
    #1
    Listen, Liberal
    Listen, Liberal
    • Thomas Frank
    3.3810 reads
    #1
    Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
    Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
    • Carrie Brownstein
    3.8773 reads
    #1
    Louisa
    Louisa
    • Louisa Thomas
    4.52 reads
    #1
    The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
    The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
    • Andrés Reséndez
    4.52 reads
    #1
    News of the World
    News of the World
    • Paulette Jiles
    4.0775 reads
    #1
    And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
    And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
    • Randy Shilts
    4.3134 reads
    #1
    It's All Relative
    It's All Relative
    • A.J. Jacobs
    3.8518 reads
    #1
    Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom
    Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom
    • David W. Blight
    4.2123 reads
    #1
    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
    • David Grann
    4.16480 reads
    #1
    Butter
    Butter
    • Elaine Khosrova
    3.673 reads
    #1
    American Heiress
    American Heiress
    • Jeffrey Toobin
    3.8313 reads
    #1
    Lies My Teacher Told Me
    Lies My Teacher Told Me
    • James W. Loewen
    4.0790 reads
    #1
    Spoon River Anthology
    Spoon River Anthology
    • Edgar Lee Masters
    3.817 reads
    #1
    The Last Full Measure
    The Last Full Measure
    • Jeff Shaara
    46 reads
    #1
    Red Famine
    Red Famine
    • Anne Applebaum
    4.675 reads
    #1
    The Masque of the Black Tulip
    The Masque of the Black Tulip
    • Lauren Willig
    412 reads
    #1
    The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
    The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet
    • Henry Fountain
    44 reads
    #1
    Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
    Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
    • Gordon S. Wood
    32 reads