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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 (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
81
Betty Friedan
Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist (Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle)
Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist
82
Patrick McGilligan & Paul Buhle
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (Gail Collins)
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
83
Gail Collins
Malcom X Autobiography
Malcom X Autobiography
84
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 (Robert Dallek)
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
85
Robert Dallek
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
86
Tim O'Brien
Member of the Family (Dianne Lake)
Member of the Family
87
Dianne Lake
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon (Tim Weiner)
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
88
Tim Weiner
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
89
Jefferson Cowie
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
90
Kevin Mattson
What You Want Is in the Limo (Michael Walker)
What You Want Is in the Limo
91
Michael Walker
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
92
Julia Scheeres
Shah of Shahs (Ryszard Kapuściński)
Shah of Shahs
93
Ryszard Kapuściński
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
94
Mark Bowden
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
95
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
96
Bret Easton Ellis
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
97
Will Bunch
Greed Is Not Enough: Reaganomics (Robert Lekachman)
Greed Is Not Enough: Reaganomics
98
Robert Lekachman
Firewall (Lawrence E. Walsh)
Firewall
99
Lawrence E. Walsh
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
100
Nelson Mandela
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton (Joe Klein)
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
101
Joe Klein
Primary Colors (Joe Klein)
Primary Colors
102
Joe Klein
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
103
A Widow's Walk (Marian Fontana)
A Widow's Walk
104
Marian Fontana
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail
105
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
106
Barack Obama
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
107
Alexander
The Longest War (Peter L. Bergen)
The Longest War
108
Peter L. Bergen
A History of the United States in Five Crashes (Scott Nations)
A History of the United States in Five Crashes
109
Scott Nations
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church (The Investigative Staff of "The Boston Globe")
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
110
The Investigative Staff of "The Boston Globe"
Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America (Nathaniel Frank)
Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America
111
Nathaniel Frank
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
112
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Strangers in Their Own Land (Arlie Russell Hochschild)
Strangers in Their Own Land
113
Arlie Russell Hochschild
Peril (Bob Woodward and Robert Costa)
Peril
114
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy (Talia Lavin)
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
115
Talia Lavin
Shutdown (Adam Tooze)
Shutdown
116
Adam Tooze
History's Greatest Lies (Weir)
History's Greatest Lies
117
Weir
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