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America

America's story is one of restless ambition, fractured ideals, and extraordinary lives — from founding fathers and immigrant communities to inventors, politicians, and everyday people shaping a nation still defining itself. These books explore the forces, figures, and fault lines that have made America what it is, and what it might yet become.

America Shrnutí knih

Hillbilly Elegy
od J.D. Vance • 2016
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
3.83
500 000+
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity📈 Upward Mobility🔁 Generational Cycles
Hillbilly Elegy Shrnutí
Imerzivní
Hillbilly Elegy
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
od J.D. Vance 2016 274 stran
3.83
500 000+ hodnocení
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity📈 Upward Mobility🔁 Generational Cycles
Diplomacy
od Henry Kissinger • 1994
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
4.25
9 000+
🏛️ International Relations📜 Diplomatic History🌍 Geopolitics⚖️ Balance Of Power🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy
Diplomacy Shrnutí
Diplomacy
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
od Henry Kissinger 1994 912 stran
4.25
9 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ International Relations📜 Diplomatic History🌍 Geopolitics⚖️ Balance Of Power🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy
Benjamin Franklin
od Walter Isaacson • 2003
A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.
4.05
100 000+
🏛️ Founding Fathers⚔️ American Revolution🧠 Polymath Biography💡 Enlightenment Era🔨 Self-Made Lives
Benjamin Franklin Shrnutí
Benjamin Franklin
A runaway apprentice who tamed lightning, charmed Paris, and lost a son to the crown.
od Walter Isaacson 2003 586 stran
4.05
100 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Founding Fathers⚔️ American Revolution🧠 Polymath Biography💡 Enlightenment Era🔨 Self-Made Lives
The Making of Asian America
od Erika Lee • 2015
Asian American history begins with Spanish galleons in Mexico, a century before the Gold Rush.
4.32
2 000+
🏛️ Asian American History🌏 Asian Diaspora🚢 Transpacific History✋ Anti Asian Racism⚖️ Legal Exclusion
The Making of Asian America Shrnutí
The Making of Asian America
Asian American history begins with Spanish galleons in Mexico, a century before the Gold Rush.
od Erika Lee 2015 528 stran
4.32
2 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Asian American History🌏 Asian Diaspora🚢 Transpacific History✋ Anti Asian Racism⚖️ Legal Exclusion
Wizard
od Marc J. Seifer • 1996
Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.
3.73
6 000+
📝 Inventor Biography⚡ History Of Electricity⚔️ War Of Currents💰 Gilded Age🎩 Eccentric Inventor
Wizard Shrnutí
Wizard
Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.
od Marc J. Seifer 1996 678 stran
3.73
6 000+ hodnocení
📝 Inventor Biography⚡ History Of Electricity⚔️ War Of Currents💰 Gilded Age🎩 Eccentric Inventor
The Devil in the White City
od Erik Larson • 2003
An architect builds a wonder. A doctor builds a hotel next door for murder. Chicago, 1893.
4.00
700 000+
📯 Gilded Age🎡 World's Fairs🔪 Serial Killers🏙️ Urban History🏛️ Architectural History
The Devil in the White City Shrnutí
The Devil in the White City
An architect builds a wonder. A doctor builds a hotel next door for murder. Chicago, 1893.
od Erik Larson 2003 464 stran
4.00
700 000+ hodnocení
📯 Gilded Age🎡 World's Fairs🔪 Serial Killers🏙️ Urban History🏛️ Architectural History
The Image
od Daniel J. Boorstin • 1961
Most news is manufactured. We know it. And we still prefer the show over the real.
4.07
1 000+
🎙️ Media Criticism🎭 Manufactured Reality🌟 Celebrity Culture🏛️ Image Politics📢 Advertising Critique
The Image Shrnutí
The Image
Most news is manufactured. We know it. And we still prefer the show over the real.
od Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 stran
4.07
1 000+ hodnocení
🎙️ Media Criticism🎭 Manufactured Reality🌟 Celebrity Culture🏛️ Image Politics📢 Advertising Critique
From Poor Law to Welfare State
od Walter I. Trattner • 1974
How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.
3.69
318
🏛️ Social Welfare History🇺🇸 American Social Policy⚖️ Poverty And Morality🏥 Institutional Care⛪ Religious Charity
From Poor Law to Welfare State Shrnutí
From Poor Law to Welfare State
How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.
od Walter I. Trattner 1974 464 stran
3.69
318 hodnocení
🏛️ Social Welfare History🇺🇸 American Social Policy⚖️ Poverty And Morality🏥 Institutional Care⛪ Religious Charity
The Road to Unfreedom
od Timothy Snyder • 2018
The 2016 election was the target of a Russian authoritarian project decades in the making.
4.37
10 000+
🏛️ Modern Authoritarianism🇷🇺 Russian Political Thought💻 Information Warfare🗺️ Eurasianism📉 Democratic Backsliding
The Road to Unfreedom Shrnutí
The Road to Unfreedom
The 2016 election was the target of a Russian authoritarian project decades in the making.
od Timothy Snyder 2018 359 stran
4.37
10 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Modern Authoritarianism🇷🇺 Russian Political Thought💻 Information Warfare🗺️ Eurasianism📉 Democratic Backsliding
Neviditelný muž
od Ralph Ellison • 1952
He steals electricity and lives underground because the world above never learned to see him.
3.92
200 000+
🎓 Bildungsroman📚 African American Classic🎭 Unnamed Narrator🛤️ Picaresque Journey🏛️ Institutional Betrayal
Neviditelný muž Shrnutí
Neviditelný muž
He steals electricity and lives underground because the world above never learned to see him.
od Ralph Ellison 1952 581 stran
3.92
200 000+ hodnocení
🎓 Bildungsroman📚 African American Classic🎭 Unnamed Narrator🛤️ Picaresque Journey🏛️ Institutional Betrayal
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
od Jane Jacobs • 1961
Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.
4.29
20 000+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏚️ Urban Renewal🚶 Street Life🌆 New Urbanism🏘️ Urban Density
The Death and Life of Great American Cities Shrnutí
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.
od Jane Jacobs 1961 472 stran
4.29
20 000+ hodnocení
🏙️ Urban Planning🏚️ Urban Renewal🚶 Street Life🌆 New Urbanism🏘️ Urban Density
Thank You for Smoking
od Christopher Buckley • 1994
A tobacco spokesman charms his critics until extremists cover him in nicotine patches.
3.94
13 000+
🏢 Corporate Satire📺 Media Spin🏛️ Lobbying Culture🤝 Unlikely Allies🖤 Dark Comedy
Thank You for Smoking Shrnutí
Thank You for Smoking
A tobacco spokesman charms his critics until extremists cover him in nicotine patches.
od Christopher Buckley 1994 272 stran
3.94
13 000+ hodnocení
🏢 Corporate Satire📺 Media Spin🏛️ Lobbying Culture🤝 Unlikely Allies🖤 Dark Comedy
The German Wife
od Kelly Rimmer • 2022
A German wife hides her past from a camp liberator whose own trauma endangers them both.
4.37
52 000+
😔 Postwar Guilt🕰️ Dual Timeline⚖️ Moral Compromise🌾 Dust Bowl🔴 Rise Of Nazism
The German Wife Shrnutí
The German Wife
A German wife hides her past from a camp liberator whose own trauma endangers them both.
od Kelly Rimmer 2022 464 stran
4.37
52 000+ hodnocení
😔 Postwar Guilt🕰️ Dual Timeline⚖️ Moral Compromise🌾 Dust Bowl🔴 Rise Of Nazism
Destiny of the Republic
od Candice Millard • 2011
Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.
4.24
86 000+
🗳️ Gilded Age Politics⚕️ Medical History🏛️ Presidential Biography🔫 Political Assassination🧠 Criminal Insanity
Destiny of the Republic Shrnutí
Destiny of the Republic
Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.
od Candice Millard 2011 339 stran
4.24
86 000+ hodnocení
🗳️ Gilded Age Politics⚕️ Medical History🏛️ Presidential Biography🔫 Political Assassination🧠 Criminal Insanity
Capitalism in America
od Alan Greenspan • 2018
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
4.06
2 000+
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
Capitalism in America Shrnutí
Capitalism in America
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
od Alan Greenspan 2018 496 stran
4.06
2 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
The Robber Barons
od Matthew Josephson • 1934
A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.
3.73
429
💰 Gilded Age🏭 Captains Of Industry🎩 Monopoly And Trusts🚂 Railroad Empires🏛️ Political Corruption
The Robber Barons Shrnutí
The Robber Barons
A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.
od Matthew Josephson 1934 496 stran
3.73
429 hodnocení
💰 Gilded Age🏭 Captains Of Industry🎩 Monopoly And Trusts🚂 Railroad Empires🏛️ Political Corruption
A Fever in the Heartland
od Timothy Egan • 2023
In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.
4.35
49 000+
👻 Klan History🏛️ Political Corruption🔪 True Crime History📰 Exposé Journalism⚖️ Legal Reckoning
A Fever in the Heartland Shrnutí
A Fever in the Heartland
In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.
od Timothy Egan 2023 432 stran
4.35
49 000+ hodnocení
👻 Klan History🏛️ Political Corruption🔪 True Crime History📰 Exposé Journalism⚖️ Legal Reckoning
War on Peace
od Ronan Farrow • 2018
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
4.14
8 000+
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State🌐 Liberal Internationalism💬 Soft Power
War on Peace Shrnutí
War on Peace
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
od Ronan Farrow 2018 392 stran
4.14
8 000+ hodnocení
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State🌐 Liberal Internationalism💬 Soft Power
LatinoLand
od Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
500+
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies🧬 Racial Formation🗣️ Immigrant Narratives
LatinoLand Shrnutí
LatinoLand
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
od Marie Arana 2024 573 stran
4.31
500+ hodnocení
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies🧬 Racial Formation🗣️ Immigrant Narratives
Muž z Vysokého zámku
od Philip K. Dick • 1962
The Axis won. A banned book says they didn’t. Reading it is a death sentence.
3.59
200 000+
🕰️ Alternate History🇩🇪 Nazi Occupation🕵️ Spy Defector📖 Book Within A Book🎲 Divination And Fate
Muž z Vysokého zámku Shrnutí
Muž z Vysokého zámku
The Axis won. A banned book says they didn’t. Reading it is a death sentence.
od Philip K. Dick 1962 259 stran
3.59
200 000+ hodnocení
🕰️ Alternate History🇩🇪 Nazi Occupation🕵️ Spy Defector📖 Book Within A Book🎲 Divination And Fate
John Adams
od David McCullough • 2001
Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.
4.09
300 000+
👔 Founding Fathers🇺🇸 Presidential Biography⚔️ Revolutionary War Era📜 Diplomatic History📖 Narrative History
John Adams Shrnutí
John Adams
Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.
od David McCullough 2001 751 stran
4.09
300 000+ hodnocení
👔 Founding Fathers🇺🇸 Presidential Biography⚔️ Revolutionary War Era📜 Diplomatic History📖 Narrative History
The Plot Against America
od Philip Roth • 2004
Lindbergh wins the 1940 election, and a Newark Jewish family becomes the enemy.
3.82
70 000+
🕰️ Alternate History✡️ Jewish Identity🏚️ Family Under Siege🧒 Wartime Childhood😨 Creeping Dread
The Plot Against America Shrnutí
The Plot Against America
Lindbergh wins the 1940 election, and a Newark Jewish family becomes the enemy.
od Philip Roth 2004 391 stran
3.82
70 000+ hodnocení
🕰️ Alternate History✡️ Jewish Identity🏚️ Family Under Siege🧒 Wartime Childhood😨 Creeping Dread
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
od Paul Craig Roberts • 2000
Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.
4.06
127
⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform📜 Constitutional Law🏛️ Prosecutorial Power🔒 Government Overreach🔗 Mass Incarceration
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Shrnutí
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.
od Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 stran
4.06
127 hodnocení
⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform📜 Constitutional Law🏛️ Prosecutorial Power🔒 Government Overreach🔗 Mass Incarceration
On Boxing
od Joyce Carol Oates • 1987
A novelist finds that inside the ring, pain, time, and masculinity obey different laws.
3.89
1 000+
🥊 Boxing Culture✍️ Literary Sports Writing🧠 Philosophy Of Sport💪 Masculinity And Violence🩸 Athletic Suffering
On Boxing Shrnutí
On Boxing
A novelist finds that inside the ring, pain, time, and masculinity obey different laws.
od Joyce Carol Oates 1987 304 stran
3.89
1 000+ hodnocení
🥊 Boxing Culture✍️ Literary Sports Writing🧠 Philosophy Of Sport💪 Masculinity And Violence🩸 Athletic Suffering
Lincolnova dálnice
od Amor Towles • 2021
Two brothers aim for California. Two stowaways from a work farm demand New York instead.
4.22
300 000+
🚗 Midcentury Road Trip🇺🇸 1950s Americana🧭 Coming-Of-Age Journey🤝 Found Family🕊️ Redemption Arc
Lincolnova dálnice Shrnutí
Lincolnova dálnice
Two brothers aim for California. Two stowaways from a work farm demand New York instead.
od Amor Towles 2021 576 stran
4.22
300 000+ hodnocení
🚗 Midcentury Road Trip🇺🇸 1950s Americana🧭 Coming-Of-Age Journey🤝 Found Family🕊️ Redemption Arc
Benjamin Graham
od Benjamin Graham • 1996
Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.
4.32
253
🧱 Value Investing🏦 Wall Street History📚 Self-Education📉 Financial Crashes🗳️ Shareholder Activism
Benjamin Graham Shrnutí
Benjamin Graham
Before value investing had rules, its founder lost a fortune on fireworks. His memoir explains why.
od Benjamin Graham 1996 351 stran
4.32
253 hodnocení
🧱 Value Investing🏦 Wall Street History📚 Self-Education📉 Financial Crashes🗳️ Shareholder Activism
All the Shah's Men
od Stephen Kinzer • 2003
The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.
4.29
12 000+
🏛️ Iranian History🕵️ Covert Operations🛢️ Oil Geopolitics❄️ Cold War Interventions💥 Regime Change
All the Shah's Men Shrnutí
All the Shah's Men
The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.
od Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 stran
4.29
12 000+ hodnocení
🏛️ Iranian History🕵️ Covert Operations🛢️ Oil Geopolitics❄️ Cold War Interventions💥 Regime Change
New Cold Wars
od David E. Sanger • 2024
The post-Cold War peace was a mirage. The new rivalry is hybrid, global, and nuclear.
4.30
2 000+
🌐 Geopolitics🤝 International Relations⚔️ Great Power Competition💻 Hybrid Warfare☢️ Nuclear Strategy
New Cold Wars Shrnutí
New Cold Wars
The post-Cold War peace was a mirage. The new rivalry is hybrid, global, and nuclear.
od David E. Sanger 2024 528 stran
4.30
2 000+ hodnocení
🌐 Geopolitics🤝 International Relations⚔️ Great Power Competition💻 Hybrid Warfare☢️ Nuclear Strategy
Men Without Women
od Ernest Hemingway • 1927
Bereft of women, men face war and mortality in Hemingway's classic short stories.
3.58
16 000+
✍️ Literary Minimalism🥂 Lost Generation💪 Masculinity In Crisis🗿 Stoic Protagonists😶 Existential Dread
Men Without Women Shrnutí
Men Without Women
Bereft of women, men face war and mortality in Hemingway's classic short stories.
od Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 stran
3.58
16 000+ hodnocení
✍️ Literary Minimalism🥂 Lost Generation💪 Masculinity In Crisis🗿 Stoic Protagonists😶 Existential Dread
Why Nothing Works
od Marc J. Dunkelman • 2025
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
3.79
1 000+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis🏗️ Infrastructure Politics🏡 Local Control
Why Nothing Works Shrnutí
Why Nothing Works
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
od Marc J. Dunkelman 2025 416 stran
3.79
1 000+ hodnocení
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis🏗️ Infrastructure Politics🏡 Local Control
Our Malady
od Timothy Snyder • 2020
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
4.14
2 000+
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏥 Healthcare Reform💰 Profit In Medicine⚖️ Health Inequality🌐 Universal Healthcare
Our Malady Shrnutí
Our Malady
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
od Timothy Snyder 2020 181 stran
4.14
2 000+ hodnocení
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏥 Healthcare Reform💰 Profit In Medicine⚖️ Health Inequality🌐 Universal Healthcare
Celebrity Nation
od Landon Y. Jones • 2023
America traded heroes for celebrities. The deal changed how we vote, spend, and measure a life.
3.29
138
🎭 Celebrity Culture📖 Cultural Criticism👁️ Attention Economy📱 Social Media Culture🎙️ Media Studies
Celebrity Nation Shrnutí
Celebrity Nation
America traded heroes for celebrities. The deal changed how we vote, spend, and measure a life.
od Landon Y. Jones 2023 216 stran
3.29
138 hodnocení
🎭 Celebrity Culture📖 Cultural Criticism👁️ Attention Economy📱 Social Media Culture🎙️ Media Studies
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
od William Elliott azelgrove • 2018
Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.
3.66
130
🛩️ Aviation History🔍 Revisionist Biography🔧 Inventor Biography⚖️ Patent Wars🌟 Unsung Genius
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Shrnutí
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
Wilbur Wright solved flight alone. Orville Wright spent decades burying that fact.
od William Elliott azelgrove 2018 288 stran
3.66
130 hodnocení
🛩️ Aviation History🔍 Revisionist Biography🔧 Inventor Biography⚖️ Patent Wars🌟 Unsung Genius
Ain't No Makin' It
od Jay MacLeod • 2008
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
4.07
1 000+
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality🔄 Social Reproduction🚧 Structural Barriers
Ain't No Makin' It Shrnutí
Ain't No Makin' It
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
od Jay MacLeod 2008 537 stran
4.07
1 000+ hodnocení
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality🔄 Social Reproduction🚧 Structural Barriers
The End of Race Politics
od Coleman Hughes • 2024
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
4.38
2 000+
🎯 Colorblindness Debate🏷️ Identity Politics📊 Racial Disparities✊ Civil Rights Tradition🧬 Social Construct Of Race
The End of Race Politics Shrnutí
The End of Race Politics
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
od Coleman Hughes 2024 256 stran
4.38
2 000+ hodnocení
🎯 Colorblindness Debate🏷️ Identity Politics📊 Racial Disparities✊ Civil Rights Tradition🧬 Social Construct Of Race
Strange Rites
od Tara Isabella Burton • 2020
Americans didn't quit religion. They replaced church with SoulCycle, fandom, and social justice.
3.88
1 000+
🇺🇸 American Religion📊 Sociology Of Religion🌱 Secular Spirituality🧩 Personalized Faith🛒 Spiritual Marketplace
Strange Rites Shrnutí
Strange Rites
Americans didn't quit religion. They replaced church with SoulCycle, fandom, and social justice.
od Tara Isabella Burton 2020 301 stran
3.88
1 000+ hodnocení
🇺🇸 American Religion📊 Sociology Of Religion🌱 Secular Spirituality🧩 Personalized Faith🛒 Spiritual Marketplace
American Kompromat
od Craig Unger • 2021
The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.
3.91
1 000+
🕵️ Russian Intelligence🕸️ Political Conspiracy💸 Money Laundering🕶️ Espionage Tradecraft🔍 Investigative Journalism
American Kompromat Shrnutí
American Kompromat
The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.
od Craig Unger 2021 368 stran
3.91
1 000+ hodnocení
🕵️ Russian Intelligence🕸️ Political Conspiracy💸 Money Laundering🕶️ Espionage Tradecraft🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Great Escape
od Saket Soni • 2023
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
4.50
500+
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing📜 Indentured Servitude⚖️ Legal Battles
The Great Escape Shrnutí
The Great Escape
Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.
od Saket Soni 2023 368 stran
4.50
500+ hodnocení
⛓️ Labor Trafficking🚨 Immigration Enforcement✊ Labor Organizing📜 Indentured Servitude⚖️ Legal Battles
Edge of Eternity
od Ken Follett • 2014
Three families fight the Cold War from their kitchens: East Berlin, Washington, and Moscow.
4.21
100 000+
🧱 Cold War Saga👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Epic🏛️ Political Intrigue💞 Interracial Romance👁️ Surveillance State
Edge of Eternity Shrnutí
Edge of Eternity
Three families fight the Cold War from their kitchens: East Berlin, Washington, and Moscow.
od Ken Follett 2014 36 stran
4.21
100 000+ hodnocení
🧱 Cold War Saga👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Epic🏛️ Political Intrigue💞 Interracial Romance👁️ Surveillance State
The Stonewall Riots
od Gayle E. Pitman • 2019
A 1969 police raid ignited a rebellion that launched the modern fight for LGBT equality.
4.04
1 000+
🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History✊ Civil Rights History🌃 Underground Subcultures👮 Police Brutality📢 Community Activism
The Stonewall Riots Shrnutí
The Stonewall Riots
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Choice Theory
od William Glasser • 1999
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Choice Theory Shrnutí
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od Tom Little • 2015
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The Great Divide
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Inequality isn't fate; it's a policy choice, and the architects designed it for themselves.
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od Abbie Hoffman • 1971
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
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Entrepreneurial Nation
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Entrepreneurial Nation Shrnutí
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Russian Roulette
od Michael Isikoff • 2018
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Russian Roulette Shrnutí
Russian Roulette
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od Michael Isikoff 2018
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