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Better History Books - Page 3

Books they didn't teach you in school. World history, ancient history, and then a focus on American history.
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The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique
82
Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist (Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle)
Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist
Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle
83
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (Gail Collins)
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
Gail Collins
84
Malcom X Autobiography
Malcom X Autobiography
85
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 (Robert Dallek)
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
Robert Dallek
86
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
87
Member of the Family (Dianne Lake)
Member of the Family
Dianne Lake
88
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon (Tim Weiner)
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
Tim Weiner
89
Stayin' Alive the 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class (Jefferson Cowie)
Stayin' Alive the 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Jefferson Cowie
90
What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr President? Jimmy Carter, America'S "Malaise", and the Speech That Sh (Kevin Mattson)
What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr President? Jimmy Carter, America'S "Malaise", and the Speech That Sh
Kevin Mattson
91
What You Want Is in the Limo (Michael Walker)
What You Want Is in the Limo
Michael Walker
92
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown (Julia Scheeres)
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
Julia Scheeres
93
Shah of Shahs (Ryszard Kapuściński)
Shah of Shahs
Ryszard Kapuściński
94
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam (Mark Bowden)
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam
Mark Bowden
95
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
96
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
97
Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future (Will Bunch)
Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future
Will Bunch
98
Greed Is Not Enough: Reaganomics (Robert Lekachman)
Greed Is Not Enough: Reaganomics
Robert Lekachman
99
Firewall (Lawrence E. Walsh)
Firewall
Lawrence E. Walsh
100
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom
101
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton (Joe Klein)
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
Joe Klein
102
Primary Colors (Joe Klein)
Primary Colors
Joe Klein
103
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
104
A Widow's Walk (Marian Fontana)
A Widow's Walk
Marian Fontana
105
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail
106
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama
107
The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
108
The Longest War (Peter L. Bergen)
The Longest War
Peter L. Bergen
109
A History of the United States in Five Crashes (Scott Nations)
A History of the United States in Five Crashes
Scott Nations
110
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church (The Investigative Staff of "The Boston Globe")
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
The Investigative Staff of "The Boston Globe"
111
Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America (Nathaniel Frank)
Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America
Nathaniel Frank
112
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
113
Strangers in Their Own Land (Arlie Russell Hochschild)
Strangers in Their Own Land
Arlie Russell Hochschild
114
Peril (Bob Woodward and Robert Costa)
Peril
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
115
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy (Talia Lavin)
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
Talia Lavin
116
Shutdown (Adam Tooze)
Shutdown
Adam Tooze
117
History's Greatest Lies (Weir)
History's Greatest Lies
weir
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