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  1. The Plot Against the President: The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in...
    The Plot Against the President: The True Story...
    Lee Smith
    Hardcover
    193
    $17.34  
  2. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
    Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas...
    Brian Kilmeade
    Hardcover
    36
    $16.89  
  3. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about...
    Malcolm Gladwell
    Hardcover
    470
    $15.99  
  4. Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
    Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State...
    Rachel Maddow
    Hardcover
    478
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  5. Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
    Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family...
    Jerry Bledsoe
    Kindle Edition
    358
    $8.54  
  6. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
    The Body: A Guide for Occupants
    Bill Bryson
    Kindle Edition
    85
    $14.99  
  7. Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope
    Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their...
    Wendy Holden
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    1,887
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  8. Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs
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    Amanda Lamb
    Kindle Edition
    207
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  9. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
    Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli...
    Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
    Kindle Edition
    526
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  10. The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It
    The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump...
    Malcolm Nance
    Hardcover
    19
    $17.10  
  11. Stupid Wars: A Citizen's Guide to Botched Putsches, Failed Coups, Inane Invasions, and Ridiculous Revolutions
    Stupid Wars: A Citizen's Guide to Botched...
    Ed Strosser, Michael Prince
    Kindle Edition
    26
    $1.99  
  12. Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
    Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State...
    Rachel Maddow
    Kindle Edition
    478
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  13. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
    Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
    Mo Rocca
    Hardcover
    17
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  14. Night (Night)
    Night (Night)
    Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel
    Paperback
    4,156
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  15. Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped
    Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped
    A. Roger Ekirch
    Kindle Edition
    22
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  16. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in...
    Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and...
    S. C. Gwynne
    Hardcover
    2,730
    $12.69  
  17. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
    Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas...
    Brian Kilmeade
    Kindle Edition
    36
    $14.99  
  18. Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to Win World War II (Three Days Series)
    Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to...
    Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
    Hardcover
    38
    $18.17  
  19. Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century
    Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth...
    Alistair Horne
    Kindle Edition
    70
    $1.99  
  20. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
    I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman...
    Charles Brandt
    Paperback
    1,111
    $11.19  
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    The Hero
    Lee Child
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    Great Society: A New History
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  8. The History of Philosophy
    The History of Philosophy
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    Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
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    Great Society: A New History
    Amity Shlaes
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  11. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
    Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
    Mo Rocca
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    Andy Greenberg
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  13. The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 2: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle, and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II
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    Robert Lacey
    Hardcover
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  14. Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to Win World War II (Three Days Series)
    Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to...
    Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney
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  15. The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
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    Dan Carlin
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  16. Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals
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    Ken Follett
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    Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only...
    Roger Hallam
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    The New Testament in Its World Workbook: An...
    N. T. Wright, Michael F. Bird
    Paperback
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    The Wormwood Prophecy
    Horn
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  20. The Right Kind of Crazy: My Life as a Navy SEAL, Covert Operative, and Boy Scout from Hell
    The Right Kind of Crazy: My Life as a Navy SEAL...
    Clint Emerson
    Hardcover
    17
    $19.58  
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  1. The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
    The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of...
    Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton
    Hardcover
    149
    $19.34  
  2. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
    Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
    Jim Mattis, Bing West
    Hardcover
    411
    $16.80  
  3. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Paperback
    6,454
    $13.59  
  4. Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison)
    Dream Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison)
    Vashti Harrison
    Board book
    70
    $7.19  
  5. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
    The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers...
    David McCullough
    Hardcover
    905
    $16.90  
  6. The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
    The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
    Annie Gray, Gareth Neame
    Hardcover
    65
    $21.49  
  7. 100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
    100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go...
    Joe Yogerst
    Paperback
    61
    $17.39  
  8. Edison
    Edison
    Edmund Morris
    Hardcover
    39
    $25.99  
  9. Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World (Women in Science)
    Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who...
    Rachel Ignotofsky
    Hardcover
    13
    $12.99  
  10. Man's Search for Meaning
    Man's Search for Meaning
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    4,908
    $8.39  
  11. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
    Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
    Vashti Harrison
    Hardcover
    625
    $13.59  
  12. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Hardcover
    4,193
    $9.49  
  13. Witch Hunt: The Story of the Greatest Mass Delusion in American Political History
    Witch Hunt: The Story of the Greatest Mass...
    Gregg Jarrett
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    129
    $17.99  
  14. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition)
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    Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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  15. Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
    Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle...
    A. J. Baime
    Paperback
    483
    $13.86  
  16. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
    The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their...
    Daniel James Brown
    Paperback
    21,102
    $12.87  
  17. The Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers, Freedom Fighters, Sheroes and Female Firsts
    The Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers...
    Becca Anderson, Ntozake Shange...
    Paperback
    27
    $11.53  
  18. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of...
    Sonia Purnell
    Hardcover
    353
    $14.80  
  19. Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World 
    Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable...
    Ann Shen
    Hardcover
    373
    $13.58  
  20. History of the World Map by Map
    History of the World Map by Map
    DK
    Hardcover
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  1. Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
    Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart...
    Christopher McDougall
    Hardcover
    33
    $17.62  
  2. DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America
    DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America
    David Horowitz
    Hardcover
    290
    $18.39  
  3. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders...
    David Grann
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  4. Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of President Donald Trump by the Swamp
    Exonerated: The Failed Takedown of President...
    Dan Bongino
    Hardcover
    199
    $14.36  
  5. The Library Book
    The Library Book
    Susan Orlean
    Paperback
    1,028
    $11.59  
  6. Into the Wild
    Into the Wild
    Jon Krakauer
    Paperback
    2,773
    $9.72  
  7. Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
    Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage...
    Admiral James Stavridis USN
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    45
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  8. A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith
    A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to...
    Timothy Egan
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  9. NFL 100
    NFL 100
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  10. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth...
    Timothy Snyder
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  11. ASVAB Study Guide 2019-2020 Secrets: ASVAB Test Prep Book 2019 & 2020 and Practice Test Questions for the Armed Services...
    ASVAB Study Guide 2019-2020 Secrets: ASVAB Test...
    Mometrix Armed Forces Team
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    100
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  12. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
    21 Lessons for the 21st Century
    Yuval Noah Harari
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  13. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy)
    The British Are Coming: The War for America...
    Rick Atkinson
    Hardcover
    361
    $20.49  
  14. No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History
    No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older...
    Gail Collins
    Hardcover
    4
    $19.19  
  15. Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas (Texas Bookshelf)
    Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas
    Stephen Harrigan
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    9
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    These Truths: A History of the United States
    Jill Lepore
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    Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the...
    Donald L. Miller
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    6
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