Egyesült Államok

Az amerikai hatalom folyosói életre kelnek az elnökökről, politikákról és sorsfordító pillanatokról szóló átható beszámolók révén, amelyek formálták a nemzet pályáját. Ezek a magával ragadó művek az Egyesült Államok politikáját, gazdaságát és külkapcsolatait mozgató összetett erőket vizsgálják — a Fehér Ház belső dinamikájától az ország változó szerepéig a világszínpadon.

Egyesült Államok Könyvösszefoglalók

The Lords of Easy Money

írta: Christopher Leonard • 2022

The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.

4.32

3000+

🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Federal Reserve 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚖️ Economic Inequality ⚠️ Systemic Risk

Élményszerű

The Lords of Easy Money

The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.

írta: Christopher Leonard 2022 362 oldal

4.32

3000+ értékelés

🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Federal Reserve 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚖️ Economic Inequality ⚠️ Systemic Risk

The Creature from Jekyll Island

írta: G. Edward Griffin • 1994

A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.

4.29

6000+

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🔍 Hidden History

The Creature from Jekyll Island Összefoglaló

Élményszerű

The Creature from Jekyll Island

A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.

írta: G. Edward Griffin 1994 608 oldal

4.29

6000+ értékelés

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Gold Standard 🔍 Hidden History

The Demon of Unrest

írta: Erik Larson • 2024

A dueling code, a hunger for fame, and the 113 days that ignited America's deadliest war.

4.17

61 000+

🏛️ Civil War Origins ⛓️ American Slavery ⚔️ Honor Culture 📉 Political Failure 🔴 Presidential Crisis

Élményszerű

The Demon of Unrest

A dueling code, a hunger for fame, and the 113 days that ignited America's deadliest war.

írta: Erik Larson 2024 592 oldal

4.17

61 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Civil War Origins ⛓️ American Slavery ⚔️ Honor Culture 📉 Political Failure 🔴 Presidential Crisis

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

írta: Dee Brown • 1970

Broken treaties, forced marches, and buffalo slaughter: the American West from the losing side.

4.26

100 000+

🏹 Plains Indian Wars 📜 Broken Treaties 🗺️ Forced Relocation 🏞️ Westward Expansion ⚔️ Settler Colonialism

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Összefoglaló

Élményszerű

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Broken treaties, forced marches, and buffalo slaughter: the American West from the losing side.

írta: Dee Brown 1970 509 oldal

4.26

100 000+ értékelés

🏹 Plains Indian Wars 📜 Broken Treaties 🗺️ Forced Relocation 🏞️ Westward Expansion ⚔️ Settler Colonialism

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

írta: Mark Peterson • 2026

The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?

4.09

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌎 American Expansion ⚡ Settler Colonialism 💰 Political Economy ⚖️ Minority Rule

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution Összefoglaló

Élményszerű

The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?

írta: Mark Peterson 2026 390 oldal

4.09

22 értékelés

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌎 American Expansion ⚡ Settler Colonialism 💰 Political Economy ⚖️ Minority Rule

Abundance

írta: Ezra Klein • 2025

Polarization is a symptom. The disease is a system that rewards sabotage and punishes compromise.

3.89

53 000+

🧩 Systemic Dysfunction 🧲 Political Polarization 🏷️ Identity Politics 😠 Negative Partisanship 👥 Group Identity

Abundance

Polarization is a symptom. The disease is a system that rewards sabotage and punishes compromise.

írta: Ezra Klein 2025 304 oldal

3.89

53 000+ értékelés

🧩 Systemic Dysfunction 🧲 Political Polarization 🏷️ Identity Politics 😠 Negative Partisanship 👥 Group Identity

How Democracies Die

írta: Steven Levitsky • 2018

Coups are relics. The new authoritarian wins the election first, then slowly silences the referees.

4.16

33 000+

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📜 Constitutional Norms ⚖️ Checks And Balances

How Democracies Die

Coups are relics. The new authoritarian wins the election first, then slowly silences the referees.

írta: Steven Levitsky 2018 320 oldal

4.16

33 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🌐 Comparative Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📜 Constitutional Norms ⚖️ Checks And Balances

Team of Rivals

írta: Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

200 000+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

írta: Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 oldal

4.29

200 000+ értékelés

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Albion's Seed

írta: David Hackett Fischer • 1989

Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.

4.38

3000+

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Cultural History 🗺️ Regional Cultures 🧳 Migration Patterns ⚖️ Comparative History

Albion's Seed

Four British migrations planted rival cultures in America, each with its own definition of freedom.

írta: David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 oldal

4.38

3000+ értékelés

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Cultural History 🗺️ Regional Cultures 🧳 Migration Patterns ⚖️ Comparative History

Michael Jordan

írta: Roland Lazenby • 2014

Before the global brand and the six rings: one locked door and a sophomore's broken pride.

4.31

8000+

📖 NBA History 🏀 Basketball Greats 🗽 American Icons 🔥 Competitive Drive 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Michael Jordan

Before the global brand and the six rings: one locked door and a sophomore's broken pride.

írta: Roland Lazenby 2014 678 oldal

4.31

8000+ értékelés

📖 NBA History 🏀 Basketball Greats 🗽 American Icons 🔥 Competitive Drive 💪 Overcoming Adversity

Women, Race, & Class

írta: Angela Y. Davis • 1981

From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.

4.59

35 000+

🖤 Black Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 🏥 Reproductive Justice 🏠 Domestic Labor 🌱 Abolitionist Roots

Women, Race, & Class

From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.

írta: Angela Y. Davis 1981 288 oldal

4.59

35 000+ értékelés

🖤 Black Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 🏥 Reproductive Justice 🏠 Domestic Labor 🌱 Abolitionist Roots

Tried by War

írta: James M. McPherson • 2008

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

4.09

5000+

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Tried by War

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

írta: James M. McPherson 2008 329 oldal

4.09

5000+ értékelés

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

írta: John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4000+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict 📺 Media Influence 🎓 Realism

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

írta: John J. Mearsheimer 2006 484 oldal

4.12

4000+ értékelés

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict 📺 Media Influence 🎓 Realism

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"

írta: Patrick J. Buchanan • 2008

Britain's empire fell not to war but to a diplomatic blunder that handed the world to its rivals.

4.21

2000+

🔄 World War Revisionism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Imperial Decline 🤝 Appeasement 📜 Diplomatic Failures 🗺️ Political Realism

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"

Britain's empire fell not to war but to a diplomatic blunder that handed the world to its rivals.

írta: Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 oldal

4.21

2000+ értékelés

🔄 World War Revisionism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Imperial Decline 🤝 Appeasement 📜 Diplomatic Failures 🗺️ Political Realism

How the Word Is Passed

írta: Clint Smith • 2021

From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.

4.70

40 000+

📜 American Slavery 🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology

How the Word Is Passed

From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.

írta: Clint Smith 2021 336 oldal

4.70

40 000+ értékelés

📜 American Slavery 🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology

The Bridge

írta: David Remnick • 2010

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

4.10

4000+

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Bridge

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

írta: David Remnick 2010 672 oldal

4.10

4000+ értékelés

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Tycoons

írta: Charles R. Morris • 2005

Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.

3.74

2000+

🏛️ Gilded Age 🚂 Railroads 💰 Robber Barons 🏭 Industrial Revolution 📊 Corporate Consolidation

The Tycoons

Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.

írta: Charles R. Morris 2005 400 oldal

3.74

2000+ értékelés

🏛️ Gilded Age 🚂 Railroads 💰 Robber Barons 🏭 Industrial Revolution 📊 Corporate Consolidation

Sweet Sixteen

írta: Annelise Heurtier • 2013

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

3.92

1000+

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South 👥 Dual Narratives 👁️ Racial Awakening

Sweet Sixteen

A Black teen integrates an Arkansas high school; a white classmate learns silence has a price.

írta: Annelise Heurtier 2013 217 oldal

3.92

1000+ értékelés

🏫 School Desegregation ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🏚️ Jim Crow South 👥 Dual Narratives 👁️ Racial Awakening

The Great Crash 1929

írta: John Kenneth Galbraith • 1955

Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.

3.92

6000+

📜 Financial History 📉 Stock Market Crashes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧠 Market Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Economics

The Great Crash 1929

Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.

írta: John Kenneth Galbraith 1955 206 oldal

3.92

6000+ értékelés

📜 Financial History 📉 Stock Market Crashes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧠 Market Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Economics

Bachelor Girl

írta: Betsy Israel • 2002

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

3.72

1000+

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life 🏭 Workplace History 💋 Sexual Revolution

Bachelor Girl

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

írta: Betsy Israel 2002 324 oldal

3.72

1000+ értékelés

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life 🏭 Workplace History 💋 Sexual Revolution

1776

írta: David McCullough • 2005

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

4.10

200 000+

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare 📖 Narrative History 📚 Popular History

1776

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

írta: David McCullough 2005 386 oldal

4.10

200 000+ értékelés

🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare 📖 Narrative History 📚 Popular History

The Situation Room

írta: George Stephanopoulos • 2024

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

4.33

11 000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

The Situation Room

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

írta: George Stephanopoulos 2024 466 oldal

4.33

11 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

Fiasco

írta: Thomas E. Ricks • 2006

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

4.09

7000+

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🔍 Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations

Fiasco

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

írta: Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 oldal

4.09

7000+ értékelés

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🔍 Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations

The Grift

írta: Clay Cane • 2024

From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.

4.32

500+

🏛️ African American History 🐘 Black Conservatism 💰 Political Opportunism 🗳️ Voting Rights 📜 Reconstruction Era

The Grift

From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.

írta: Clay Cane 2024 400 oldal

4.32

500+ értékelés

🏛️ African American History 🐘 Black Conservatism 💰 Political Opportunism 🗳️ Voting Rights 📜 Reconstruction Era

My Life

írta: Bill Clinton • 2004

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

3.74

50 000+

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

My Life

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

írta: Bill Clinton 2004 1008 oldal

3.74

50 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

The Five Thousand Year Leap

írta: W. Cleon Skousen • 1981

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

4.27

7000+

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

The Five Thousand Year Leap

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

írta: W. Cleon Skousen 1981 331 oldal

4.27

7000+ értékelés

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

Fire and Fury

írta: Michael Wolff • 2018

Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.

3.44

77 000+

🏛️ White House Insider 🇺🇸 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Infighting 💥 White House Dysfunction 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Fire and Fury

Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.

írta: Michael Wolff 2018 336 oldal

3.44

77 000+ értékelés

🏛️ White House Insider 🇺🇸 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Infighting 💥 White House Dysfunction 🔍 Investigative Journalism

For Love of Country

írta: Tulsi Gabbard • 2024

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

4.34

2000+

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

For Love of Country

A Democratic congresswoman walks away from her party. What she saw inside explains why.

írta: Tulsi Gabbard 2024 242 oldal

4.34

2000+ értékelés

🇺🇸 American Politics 📖 Political Memoirs 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🕊️ Anti-Interventionism 🎤 Cancel Culture

Bad Mexicans

írta: Kelly Lytle Hernández • 2022

The Mexican Revolution began with ink, not gunpowder. The U.S. fought to stop it.

4.18

2000+

🪖 Mexican Revolution 🏜️ Borderlands History 🏴 Anarchist Movements ✊ Labor Strikes 🌍 Anti-Colonialism

Bad Mexicans

The Mexican Revolution began with ink, not gunpowder. The U.S. fought to stop it.

írta: Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 oldal

4.18

2000+ értékelés

🪖 Mexican Revolution 🏜️ Borderlands History 🏴 Anarchist Movements ✊ Labor Strikes 🌍 Anti-Colonialism

Who Stole the American Dream?

írta: Hedrick Smith • 2012

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

4.19

500+

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

Who Stole the American Dream?

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

írta: Hedrick Smith 2012 624 oldal

4.19

500+ értékelés

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

The Autistic Brain

írta: Temple Grandin • 2013

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

4.1

11 000+

🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

The Autistic Brain

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

írta: Temple Grandin 2013 240 oldal

4.1

11 000+ értékelés

🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

Did America Have a Christian Founding?

írta: Mark David Hall • 2019

Founders weren't deists. Christian convictions shaped the Constitution more than the Enlightenment.

3.99

379

🇺🇸 American Founding ⛪ Church And State 🕊️ Religious Liberty ✝️ Christian Founding 📜 Founders' Faith

Did America Have a Christian Founding?

Founders weren't deists. Christian convictions shaped the Constitution more than the Enlightenment.

írta: Mark David Hall 2019 240 oldal

3.99

379 értékelés

🇺🇸 American Founding ⛪ Church And State 🕊️ Religious Liberty ✝️ Christian Founding 📜 Founders' Faith

Asia's Cauldron

írta: Robert D. Kaplan • 2014

One sea, half the world's trade, six rival claims: the old Pacific order is over.

3.95

2000+

🔭 Geopolitics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ⚓ Maritime Strategy 🗺️ Territorial Disputes ⛽ Energy Security

Asia's Cauldron

One sea, half the world's trade, six rival claims: the old Pacific order is over.

írta: Robert D. Kaplan 2014 256 oldal

3.95

2000+ értékelés

🔭 Geopolitics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ⚓ Maritime Strategy 🗺️ Territorial Disputes ⛽ Energy Security

Tyranny of the Minority

írta: Steven Levitsky • 2023

Electoral College, Senate bias, filibuster: three 18th-century relics now delivering minority rule.

4.39

4000+

🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚫 Voter Suppression 🐍 Authoritarian Creep

Tyranny of the Minority

Electoral College, Senate bias, filibuster: three 18th-century relics now delivering minority rule.

írta: Steven Levitsky 2023 369 oldal

4.39

4000+ értékelés

🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🚫 Voter Suppression 🐍 Authoritarian Creep

The Indifferent Stars Above

írta: Daniel James Brown • 2009

For a young bride in the Donner Party, survival meant starvation, snow, and an unspeakable act.

4.25

40 000+

🧭 Westward Expansion 🇺🇸 Manifest Destiny 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 👩‍🌾 Pioneer Women ❄️ Nature's Indifference

The Indifferent Stars Above

For a young bride in the Donner Party, survival meant starvation, snow, and an unspeakable act.

írta: Daniel James Brown 2009 352 oldal

4.25

40 000+ értékelés

🧭 Westward Expansion 🇺🇸 Manifest Destiny 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 👩‍🌾 Pioneer Women ❄️ Nature's Indifference

The Path to Power

írta: Robert A. Caro • 1982

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

4.43

26 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation 🕯️ Backroom Politics 🌾 Escape From Poverty

The Path to Power

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

írta: Robert A. Caro 1982 768 oldal

4.43

26 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation 🕯️ Backroom Politics 🌾 Escape From Poverty

The Divider

írta: Peter Baker • 2022

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

4.45

3000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

The Divider

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

írta: Peter Baker 2022 725 oldal

4.45

3000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

We Are Not Yet Equal

írta: Carol Anderson • 2018

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

4.40

500+

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

We Are Not Yet Equal

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

írta: Carol Anderson 2018

4.40

500+ értékelés

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

Undaunted Courage

írta: Stephen E. Ambrose • 1996

A brave captain mapped the West for Jefferson, then got lost in his own mind.

4.23

68 000+

🏞️ American Frontier 🗺️ Expedition Narratives 🌅 Manifest Destiny 🪶 Indigenous Relations 🪖 Early U.S. Army

Undaunted Courage

A brave captain mapped the West for Jefferson, then got lost in his own mind.

írta: Stephen E. Ambrose 1996 592 oldal

4.23

68 000+ értékelés

🏞️ American Frontier 🗺️ Expedition Narratives 🌅 Manifest Destiny 🪶 Indigenous Relations 🪖 Early U.S. Army

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

írta: Thomas Frank • 2004

The poorest county in America votes Republican. Why a culture war delivers wealth to the top.

3.85

12 000+

🗳️ Political Realignment 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏭 Class Politics 😤 Cultural Backlash 🤔 Voting Against Interest

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

The poorest county in America votes Republican. Why a culture war delivers wealth to the top.

írta: Thomas Frank 2004 332 oldal

3.85

12 000+ értékelés

🗳️ Political Realignment 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏭 Class Politics 😤 Cultural Backlash 🤔 Voting Against Interest

Common Sense

írta: Joel Greenblatt • 2020

The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.

3.65

276

🏛️ Economic Policy 📚 Education Reform 💡 Market-Based Solutions 🪢 Social Safety Net 🏦 Banking Reform

Common Sense

The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.

írta: Joel Greenblatt 2020 146 oldal

3.65

276 értékelés

🏛️ Economic Policy 📚 Education Reform 💡 Market-Based Solutions 🪢 Social Safety Net 🏦 Banking Reform

Deliver Me from Nowhere

írta: Warren Zanes • 2023

Why Bruce Springsteen's darkest album was a home demo he never meant to release.

4.33

4000+

🎧 Album Making-Of 🏠 Home Recording 🧠 Creative Struggle 🌾 Dark Americana 🔧 Working Class Stories

Deliver Me from Nowhere

Why Bruce Springsteen's darkest album was a home demo he never meant to release.

írta: Warren Zanes 2023 320 oldal

4.33

4000+ értékelés

🎧 Album Making-Of 🏠 Home Recording 🧠 Creative Struggle 🌾 Dark Americana 🔧 Working Class Stories

Case Closed

írta: Gerald Posner • 1993

One mail-order rifle, three shots, and the case against conspiracy in the JFK assassination.

4.05

2000+

🔫 Presidential Assassinations ❄️ Cold War America 🔍 Conspiracy Debunking 🕵️ Forensic History 💥 Political Violence

Case Closed

One mail-order rifle, three shots, and the case against conspiracy in the JFK assassination.

írta: Gerald Posner 1993 640 oldal

4.05

2000+ értékelés

🔫 Presidential Assassinations ❄️ Cold War America 🔍 Conspiracy Debunking 🕵️ Forensic History 💥 Political Violence

Spies in the Family

írta: Eva Dillon • 2017

A Soviet general spied for the U.S. for two decades. His handler's daughter reveals why.

4.15

1000+

📡 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ CIA History 🏳️ Soviet Defectors 🔍 Mole Hunts 🤝 Handler-Agent Bonds

Spies in the Family

A Soviet general spied for the U.S. for two decades. His handler's daughter reveals why.

írta: Eva Dillon 2017 352 oldal

4.15

1000+ értékelés

📡 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ CIA History 🏳️ Soviet Defectors 🔍 Mole Hunts 🤝 Handler-Agent Bonds

Follow the Money

írta: Dan Bongino • 2020

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

4.36

500+

🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias 🔍 Intelligence Agencies 🗳️ Election Interference

Follow the Money

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

írta: Dan Bongino 2020 210 oldal

4.36

500+ értékelés

🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias 🔍 Intelligence Agencies 🗳️ Election Interference

Washington's Spies

írta: Alexander Rose • 2006

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

3.82

6000+

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence 🔐 Spycraft 🔢 Secret Codes

Washington's Spies

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

írta: Alexander Rose 2006 384 oldal

3.82

6000+ értékelés

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence 🔐 Spycraft 🔢 Secret Codes

Rebooting Justice

írta: Benjamin H. Barton • 2017

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

3.90

🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform 💻 Technology And Law 📜 Occupational Licensing

Rebooting Justice

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

írta: Benjamin H. Barton 2017 242 oldal

3.90

29 értékelés

🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform 💻 Technology And Law 📜 Occupational Licensing

America's Bank

írta: Roger Lowenstein • 2015

In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.

3.81

1000+

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary History 📉 Financial Panics 🎩 Gilded Age Banking 🗳️ Progressive Era

America's Bank

In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.

írta: Roger Lowenstein 2015 368 oldal

3.81

1000+ értékelés

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary History 📉 Financial Panics 🎩 Gilded Age Banking 🗳️ Progressive Era

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

írta: Donald T. Phillips • 1997

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

3.87

298

📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🔭 Visionary Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking

The Founding Fathers on Leadership

Beat an empire with better teamwork: the leadership manual hidden in the American Revolution.

írta: Donald T. Phillips 1997 274 oldal

3.87

298 értékelés

📚 Applied History 🤝 Team Building ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🔭 Visionary Leadership ♟️ Strategic Thinking

Blood and Thunder

írta: Hampton Sides • 2006

To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.

4.30

20 000+

🗺️ Manifest Destiny 🏜️ Navajo History 💔 Forced Relocation 🚂 Westward Expansion ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Blood and Thunder

To conquer the Southwest, America sent an illiterate tracker who became both a hero and a butcher.

írta: Hampton Sides 2006 460 oldal

4.30

20 000+ értékelés

🗺️ Manifest Destiny 🏜️ Navajo History 💔 Forced Relocation 🚂 Westward Expansion ✊ Indigenous Resistance

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